JVC DLA-X30BU

At $3500, the X30 was less expensive than many previous JVC home theater projectors. Like its predecessors, it has excellent black level performance and a dynamic, high-contrast picture. Film mode gives you  550 lumens  which is about perfect for a 120" diagonal image on a 1.3 gain screen. That's with the lamp at Normal power.  Boosting up to High lamp gives you over 800 lumens, so it's perfect for really large screens or rooms with ambient light. In Normal lamp mode, the X30 is almost silent -- which only reinforces the "is this thing on?" factor introduced by the projector's deep black level. With the lamp at High power, the fan produces a low rush of air that we did not find distracting, even when sitting within a foot or two of the X30's exhaust vent.  With a 2.0:1 zoom lens and powered adjustments, the X30 is easy to mount in any number of possible locations. The lens shift allows for 2.9 picture heights of total range. This allows you to place the projected image completely above or completely below the centerline of the projector's lens such that the bottom (or top) edge of the image is 45% of the image's height above (or below) the lens centerline. This makes a ceiling mount or low table placement a snap. The horizontal shift has a total range of 1.8 picture widths, allowing a shift of 40% of the picture's width in either direction.