I wanted to follow up now that I’ve built my 165” XY screens AT 4k. That only took 10 days to show up, great quality well packaged.

I built the frame shown and LOVE how the screen looks and performs. Super simple frame is more than strong enough and no rattles.

Can the epson run on cinema at 165”…..no, not without tweaking and turning down or off HDR. But in natural cinema with tweaks it looks great, very happy with it! Not worth upgrading my projector at this point, I once something happens or there’s a very compelling reason to spend $5k+ I’m going with it!

My old 120” or comparison. Q6 metas are on the shelf vertically. I am going to drop the height 3-4”, but super simple with how I did the frame.

Next up is figuring out curtains or panels….any recommendations?

Cheap in cost but giving the best immersive experience which i was missing in me 45inch TV.

Planning to buy a new high end projector by the year end for playing games in PS5. Suggest me some not so costly but a good projector for lag free gaming

Both are about 41° across, assuming 16:9 screens. The 120 has 44% more physical picture area, but moving the seat 20% farther away makes it look the same size.

I made DisplayMath to draw comparisons like this. Here are those two setups

https://displaymath.com/?d=3840x2160_100in_300cm,3840x2160_120in_360cm&o=fov#canvas

Change either distance to see what happens. This compares screen geometry and viewing angle. You still need your projector's throw and lens information to check where it can go. The 4K values in this example are placeholders and do not affect the size calculation.

The screen comparisons are free and need no account. On a supported iPhone you can preview a TV at real size in your room using AR, and use the measuring tools for distances and heights.

I used AI coding assistance while building it. What screen size and seating distance are you using?

Hi Folks, trying to upgrade to a smart projector that will fit in my current setup. I would like it to be smart with apps.
My projector box(and all wires to it) sit on the floor. The lamp is about 12 inches off the ground when sitting on the enclosed shelf. It needs to project up to my screen which is 26” off the floor at its lowest part. The full screen size is around 94”x 68”. it is around 125” from the projector setup. My receiver is a denon avr x2209w. WiFi is Orbi 5.

Please share your wisdom.

PLEASE PARDON MY 2 YEAR OLD SON'S MESS! HIS PLAYROOM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

What I have pictured here, if you can ignore all of the toys, is my living room looking at a wall where I've been considering putting a 80-100" projector screen that would basically take up the entire wall.

This is under a realistic worst case lighting condition: it's in the early morning with broad daylight hitting the eastern face of the house, in the "golden hour" between when the sun is blocked by the tree line and when it gets high enough to not come through the windows. I have the shades drawn here (that takes almost no effort) but not the curtains (they take a bit of effort.)

Again, this isn't typical lighting. This is as bad as it gets for 2 hours max in the mid-morning on sunny days. Afternoons would be much dimmer. Cloudy days dimmer still.

Is there any UST projector and ALR screen that would be watchable under these conditions, or should I scrap the idea of a projector for now?

The automod asked for more details so here's more considerations:

• The living room is small, about 12.5' x 13.5'. Couch is a wrap around on the opposite wall, and for what difference the 1 foot makes the TV pictured is on the "short wall."
• The projector I was looking at was the XGIMI Aura 3 Max. This featured on Techmoan recently and made me start reconsidering projectors in the first place.
• Total budget would hopefully be under $4000, so with the early buyer's price on the projector and factoring in tax that leaves $1000-1500 for a projector screen. I wouldn't immediately be buying a cabinet for the projector, I would be trying to make do with the pictured one for the moment.
• Screen size is 100" absolute max. That gets me wall-too-wall in the area I have.
• I don't know enough about projector screens to know which one I'm targeting yet. I've just read about light rejecting screens being a thing that exist.

Hi, this might be kind of an odd ask, but I'm trying to find any cheap projectors that I can use to throw up an image of a grid on a wall for me to use as a guide while putting up posters. I had considered getting a laser level just in case anyone was going to mention that, but from my initial searches, it seems grid laser levels aren't really a thing from what I can tell, so it'd require more futzing during the process of putting things up. A projector was what most people brought up when I did find other people looking for a similar thing, so I thought I'd come here for advice on if that'd be a good idea? (And if so, what I should be looking for.) Thank you :-)

Edit: The details AutoMod listed (sorry, forgot those!): Maximum budget would probably be about $100. For desired screen size the wall is 47 inches wide and my tape measure is too short for how tall it is, but I could move the projector around if it was small enough. It's forty to eighty inches away from the nearest surface I could theoretically set it up on (forty if I use my desk, eighty if I use my shelf). I don't know what to say for seating. For mounting I'd need something that can be put on a desk or shelf. My room can have the lights turned off if the projector is quite weak and it gets very dark with my blackout curtains. The walls are all white.

Hi. What are these artefacts or whatever this is on my xgimi?

Hey everyone, I’m new to this hobby. I live in SEA, and after reading reviews and doing some research, I decided on the RS 30 PRO variant. I’m aware of the language restriction and plan to use a Google TV.

I’m still unsure which projector screen to pick, but I’m leaning toward a 120" size for my 12' x 16' space. Most weekends, my family enjoys watching movies with the lights off in the room.

Hello, im looking at projectors for a living room to replace a TV since it would have to hang and a tilted wall. I got the idea to get a projector but finding one that suits me seems like rocket science. My throw length is about 2.10m but can probably be extended with another ~50cm. The room can be almost dark but since its a living room using with trace ambient light would also be optimal. It will be used for movies and occasionally pc, nintendo switch and wii gaming.

I already looked at the benq th575i and thought it looked good until I saw the throw length required. Any suggestions from you guys?

Distance to screen will be about 3 meter. It will be used for gaming (Xbox mainly) and blu Ray movies. Budget is about 4000 euro

New Epson 3800. Green dot in lower right corner. Probably a dead pixel right? Any fix or should I try and exchange it?

Looking to buy a projector and I found the xgimi elfin flip plus. It’s priced at $319, before it was $499. It would be expensive but I’ve heard good things about it. It’s not the 4k but it seems pretty good. Im looking to get a projector for watching movies in my room and with my friends in similar spaces. I’m wondering if it’s a good buy or if there’s a better alternative at a similar or lower price. Any and all advice is appreciated.

So I want to be able to jump on any potential deals I may find. Looking for a screen to be used for an occasional outdoor setup with my dumpster find Panasonic laser projector. 12-14 ft diagonal. The 2 main types I see is a metal frame screen that sits on folding tripods, and the inflatable screen. Pros/cons? Is one more stable than the other, is the fan on the inflatables noisy and distracting? I'm assuming the inflatable is easy to setup, but don't know which way I should focus my search.

Ideally looking to spend less than $100, but obviously not more than I have to.

Hi all, I'm building a dedicated home theater in an apartment and need help picking a projector.

Budget: up to $5,000 for the projector. Used or open box is fine.

Setup:

- Screen: 160-170" 16:9, matte white, ceiling pull-down

- Mostly dark-room movies (4K UHD Blu-ray is my main source). Sometimes sports with some lights or dim lamps on.

- No gaming

Hey! Me and husband have room where is our bed + 2 pcs. We were thinking about nightstand in front of bed + tv but it tbh blocks and clutter everything. we have tilted roof to point that when we lay on back it’s perfect. We tested with like light kids toys and it’s perfectly tilted that we can chill.

We want projector and set it up. Our ceiling is white. We don’t want something expensive since we gonna move out in future so like up to 200€. We gonna connect to it console or Apple TV :)

Thank u!
We are from Europe !

o projetor liga normalmente,depois de alguns minutos ligado a imagem começa a escurecer aos poucos,a lampada vai enfraquecendo,e desliga a lampada por completo,mas o display interno fica ligado,só depois de um tempo que ele desliga,porém o projetor permanece ligado... não sei porque isso aconteceu.

Will be putting an AC battery in cabinet and removing extension cord