How to Pick a Home Theater Projector

[@Antibackgroundnoise]

Yep, I agree with you that the environment is just as important as the equipment. It's actually the same with the audio. Personally, I would rather listen to a £2,000 audio setup in the room with good room acoustics, then listen to a £20,000 audio setup in a room with bad room acoustics. Btw good video with excellent information.

[@sammy10001]

Hey great review. 2 questions: 1) is glass a type of screen material? In the works now or in future? I know it ruins the centre channel options, but I've never liked the fuzzy look of a projector and main reason I have a TV, for the glossy image. But then again, if glass doesn't exists or is so much of a compromise, a tv is probably better. Was just wondering. 2) do you think velvet based treatment could help a TV based home theather aswell? Could it make oled look even better? Thanks

[@techmosaic7489]

For your first question regarding glass, I don't have a good answer for you. I've seen it used in art installations and certain very limited commercial installations, but never in professional cinemas or home theater. Projection onto glass just isn't an area of expertise for me. Regarding your second question, if you are watching TV with the lights off, then a wall lined in black velvet can improve the image compared to a plain white wall. However, the difference is far less drastic than with projection. And fewer people are willing to make that type of aesthetic compromise for a relatively small visual fidelity improvement.

[@joekool5676]

Very informative video. I currently have an old Epson projector. Powerlite home cinema 3020. Any idea how big a screen I can go with and what gain to maximize contrast and image quality.

[@techmosaic7489]

Assuming you are using a standard white 1.0 gain screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, I would recommend going with a 135" screen at the largest. Though you should double check whether your room and seating distance can accomodate that. A 120" scree tends to fit much better in most residential homes. Are you planning to get a standard white 16:9 screen or something else?

[@joekool5676]

@techmosaic7489 I am willing to get whatever is best for maximizing picture quality. Gray screen should give better contrast and black levels correct? The projector has 43000:1 contrast ratio and color and light output listed at 2300 lumens

[@joekool5676]

@techmosaic7489 yes 16:9. Projector is 1080p with LCD technology. 15 feet distance from seating to screen and can accommodate 135 in screen size in terms of wall real estate

[@mauriciob8260]

I think you put in a low grade the laser projector thecnology , for example I have the Dangbei Mars Pro 4k laser projector and the image , bright and contrast quality is outstanding . I had before the Viewsonic 4k Px 748 with 4000 lumens DLP bulb technology and my Dabgbei put a better image , another good feature of laser projector is you don't need to change bulb every 3,000 hours , laser projector have more lifespan around 30,000 hours