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Sup forums! Either I'm blind, or there's no projector thread. This must be rectified! The beauty of watching a movie on a 200" screen (or more) in the comfort of your own home, is a remarkable thing. I'll start with a not-so obvious question. I'm setting up a small home theater and I've narrowed it down to these two models, with a similar price tag (€710 and €860, this side of the globe, if you're wondering): Epson EH-TW570 3,000 lumen 720p 100 Hz refresh rate Epson EH-TW5200 2,000 lumen 1080p 200 Hz refresh rate Both have Epson's triple LCD technology, 15,000:1 contrast ratio, and support 3D (not that I plan on watching 3D movies, but you never know.) I'm quite puzzled. I'll use it in a small room, as theaters go (5x5m / 16x16') mostly at night, so it will be reasonably dark, but in the past I've always felt brightness and contrast to be the defining factors for a projector's image quality, not resolution. I'd also like to project on a white wall, unless it comes out so ugly that I absolutely have to buy a screen, and I know that walls reflect less. I'm planning on watching movies, not much else. Which would you buy?
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minimum 18k or bust. The only thing I've seen that is better than any monitor anywhere are large venue projectors on a small screen (small being like 8x5 foot). Its like a portal into something realer than real life To try and answer your question I would not get a 720p anything this day and age, but in particular if you're going to be viewing it on a 200" screen. I'm surprised there isn't a home theater subforum that seems like it would be exactly the sort of stuff SA would sperg on heavily
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Sep 24, 2014 21:58
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There is a projector thread in IYG. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2705815
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Sep 24, 2014 22:36
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1gnoirents posted:minimum 18k or bust. The only thing I've seen that is better than any monitor anywhere are large venue projectors on a small screen (small being like 8x5 foot). Its like a portal into something realer than real life
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Sep 25, 2014 00:01
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They both matter, but I guess it depends on content too. On the other hand would you buy a 640x480 projector if it were the same price and 5000 lumens? Part of me thinks there has to be a way to get a modern resolution at a good lumen without paying any more for 3D crap. But actual options, unfortunately, I am greatly uninformed for this class
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Sep 25, 2014 01:47
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Go to the IYG thread I guess but since this thread is still open: - 1080p absolutely matters at projection-sized screen ranges - Lumen counts are generally enormously inflated and 2000 vs 3000 is probably not going to be a huge difference in a dark or light controlled room - Projecting on white plaster/drywall is an awful idea and will really look like textured poo poo Sources: I went from 720p to 1080p projection, have owned projectors for 8 years, started out with projecting on a wall when I was in university, have had several projectors, and have researched a lot God speed, OP
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