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Exactly. I wired up for 7.1 and a projector cable. At first I wasn't really sure if I was going to get a projector or not. I went ahead and setup the basement for it within the restrictions of the room. I haven't seen many setups that have been to the T ideal. Do everything you can before you sheetrock. I've wired mine for gigabit even though my current setup isn't. I also printed out a sheet and drew the outlet placements and lighting placements on the plan. Make sure you do it to scale, you can do this in Word or Visio, I didn't buy basement planning software, however your plan is the most important thing in the entire project. See the attached file of mine.

One challenge I have is that my projector has to be mounted on the frame I built around the duct work. It's only 80" from the floor to the bottom of the sheetrocked framed soffit. I am still reading about projectors, but that is one challenge I face, can I get one that has a minimal offset? Does it have to be centered or is there settings for horizontal shifting?

I started my basement finishing project in January and am currently about 85% done with the sheetrock. If you want photos or things I've learned the hard way, let me know. My current schedule will put me complete by Nov/Dec of this year. The only thing I've changed in the plan is sheetrocking the entire ceiling for head room and for cost containment.

Good luck with your project!

ps. I had to zip the PDF file to get it to upload, my PDF exceeded the 19.5kb, it's only 45kb when you download.