CinemaScope™ HDHT Part 4 - Budgeting for the Project

[Rodolfo]

Some people budget for the sky is the limit (or should I say they do not need to budget) when implementing solutions from professional projection systems, like Barco, Sony 4K, etc. Some professional projection systems used for local theaters are in the $100K to $250K range for just the projector.

However, most people are not looking for that level of (expensive) sophistication for regular home theaters. I believe that level of quality offers a low return on the investment considering that a $10K-20K projector could perform very well in the home environment, unless you are looking for 300"+ diagonal screens and a large seating area to compete with George Lucas and the Skywalker Ranch.

Just to put some numbers together, the video part of a CinemaScope™ project could require...

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