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Help, what home theater projector should I get?

I need one that can be seen well with lights on with good picture quality and deep color. I want to shine it on my whole wall, 10x15ft, 15 ft away from the wall. Try to find cheapest model.
If you can find one with larger screen please do tell.

First, you can't get a first class picture from ANY projector with the lights on (any more than you can from a TV).

Second a 10'x15' image at ~12'-13' viewing distance is way too large. At that distance a 125" (diagonal) 16:9 image is pushing the 40 degree limit for subtended angle recommended by THX and is much larger than the 92" image suggested by SMPTE.

That said, if you insist you will need a projector with very high brightness (say 5000 lumens minimum) and high resolution (otherwise the huge fuzzy image will be horrible to look at from that close).

As to specific models see the recommendations for the use you want defined at the upper left at the link.

You are looking at about $10,000 for what you say you want. On the other hand you can get a great projector for a more reasonable image size and a dark room for well under $1000.

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