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Step 1: Buy a projector. Step 2: Buy a roku box, or a used laptop. Step 3: Buy a decent pair of speakers. Step 4: Set it all up. Step 5: Enjoy a large screen that is also portable, and that probably cost significantly less than the same-size TV would have.

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I think it's only a matter of time until projectors get "dumb-smart" as well, unfortunately. So yeah, you'd better get a projector now.

Do you have recommendations for projectors? Anything that can be used during the day?

Good blackout curtains. Pretty much anything with HDMI input will do, honestly... I generally get projectors from places that recycle office furniture, you can get a 4000 lumen XGA projector for $75 that way.

I prefer LCD over DLP because they degrade more gracefully.

http://robots-everywhere.com/re_wiki/index.php?n=Main.Projec... may help with lamp life if you end up with something pre-LED.

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