Epson Moviemate 25 Projector DVD & Music Player Combo
Home Theater alternative
This is an excellent product.  The MovieMate has \\"wow\\" factor ... your friends will be impressed.  Our family purchased the MovieMate 25 as an alternative to installing a home theater in our family room.  It's a lot cheaper, and it's portable.  You'll love it.   <br /> <br />If you enjoy watching movies, you'll use the MovieMate regularly.  However, the machine has the interesting effect of making bad movies seem not so bad.  The picture quality is surprisingly good.   <br /> <br />I haven't been able to figure out how to run TV signal through the MovieMate yet, but I was able to set it up with our video game system.  For tv shows, we have the Humax Tivo with DVD burner, so we just transfer the show to a DVD and then watch it on the big screen.   <br /> <br />We have used the 80 screen in our family room, plus brought it to a friend's house for a slide show.  It's bulky, but still useful.  However, after we got the MovieMate, we realized that the picture quality was still excellent on the wall.  So we are using our living room as a movie theater too when we're in the mood.  This permits us to watch an image that is 6 feet wide and 10 feet tall.  Trust me:  it's awesome.  Our 2 year old walks up to the \\"screen\\" and just bangs on the wall without incident (rather than the screen).  Very convenient. <br /> <br />Note: the first MovieMate we got didn't work (drive malfunction).  Epson replaced it in 48 hours by express delivery at no cost to me.  <br /> <br />Only drawback I can foresee is the cost to replace the lamp.  Epson says the lamp will last for 2,000 hours, but who really knows?   <br /> <br />In sum, if your family enjoys watching movies, this is a great alternative to setting up a home theater.  No wires, no wall installations, no plasma television to buy.   <br /> <br />