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I just replaced my ~4 year old Mitsubishi HC7800D with a Sony HW40ES and it seems time to finally do something about the reflected light with my setup: I'm projecting from around 13' onto a 110" Elite 1.1 gain screen; reflected light from the light-colored carpet, ceiling, and adjacent wall have always been an issue but the Sony is quite a bit brighter than my older projector so it's even more noticeable now. Ambient light is a non issue so I'm really just trying to reduce the light that's getting bounced back onto the screen. We watch the projector with all the lights off, usually at night. I'd like to improve the projector viewing experience but haven't figured out a way to darken the walls/ceiling/floor in a way that wouldn't make the basement look weird when we're down there with lights on and not watching the projector. The basement runs the length of the house and I don't want to replace the entire drop ceiling but I'm open to maybe painting the wall behind the screen and the one that's perpendicular to the screen; I'm not sure what to do about the ceiling/carpet other than maybe painting or putting fabric over the first few rows of drop ceiling tiles. Any suggestions? Parker Lewis fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Dec 14, 2015 |
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I am so excited to finally post in this thread! Just this month we finished out our basement which has a place for a dedicated "media" room. I will be needing to purchase a screen, projector and any applicable mounting brackets. I have read through this thread and see a lot of info. Hopefully by giving you details on my setup will garner some good suggestions. What's your budget? Realistically between projector and screen and misc hardware for mounting etc I would not be opposed to spending up to $3000-3500 USD. If something costs less and will still yield great results I am okay with that. Intended sources -- what are you going to watch/play/do? A lot of streaming mostly through AppleTV; BluRay and DVD. Very little/no broadcast stuff. We don't have any cable/sat TV. I might occasionally turn on my XBOX 360 but unlikely since it has been on one time since we built our home over 2 1/2 years ago. I care not one little bit about 3D anything. How big of a picture do you want? "I don't care/Big" is an acceptable answer As big as I can fit (see photos and layout). I would be okay with a permanent mounted screen or a screen that can go up into a "box" if it is not too obtrusive and doesn't degrade the viewing experience Are you going to use a screen? (if you already own a screen, how big/what kind/what gain, if known?) Yes I intend to use a screen. I am willing to build/make my own if that means better, or buying a pre-done unit if a nominal fee/advantage over making my own. What are the restrictions, if any, on placement? None. I have power and HMDI cables run to where the projector will be mounted and plan on running those through a receiver (next on my list of things to research) Photos!  Floor plan of my basement, the media room in the center. I have pre-wired it for 7.2 surround. Light from window sources will not be a problem. The bedrooms all have doors that close. the two that are in the family room have blinds and are on the north side of the house so night time watching will be perfect. Distance from back wall to wall for screen is slightly over 14 feet. The screen will be on the wall with the side that has stairs. Projector will be on the side that is on the "top" of the floor plan photo  I have dimming wall sconces on the sides of where the screen will be as well as two matching on the back wall. Distance between the two sconces is ~110" and floor to ceiling height is right about 90". All lighting is recessed can lights so it is unobstructed wall to wall. Ceiling is painted with a matte white.  Another view of the wall. Eventually this side of the room will have built in book cases and will house media components. Ignore the bounce house, the little kids were jumping around last night.  Family room looking into the media room.
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Dec 16, 2015 18:25
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Parker Lewis posted:I just replaced my ~4 year old Mitsubishi HC7800D with a Sony HW40ES and it seems time to finally do something about the reflected light with my setup: I went with a wife approved way which works very well:  Only the walls that are adjacent to the projector wall are colored and I have a 3' black stripe on the ceiling, kind of hard to see in this photo.
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Dec 17, 2015 21:40
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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If I have the budget, is there a reason not to get a projector like the Epson 5025UB over the BenQ HT1075? The layout of my room is a little complex and it has coffered ceilings, which makes placement a bit complex, especially combined with my less than square walls. It seems that the Epson is much more flexible with screen sizes and lens shift. Plus, free lamp with the current rebates.
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Dec 17, 2015 21:44
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ShotgunWillie posted:If I have the budget, is there a reason not to get a projector like the Epson 5025UB over the BenQ HT1075? No. The 5025 is a superior projector. News for the thread: I'm officially out of the projector business. For those who guessed: yes, I worked at Projector Central.
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Dec 18, 2015 04:28
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Well... that explains a lot. Can you give me some advice on what kind of projector I should buy as a VJ? Everyone indicates 3-5k lumens is what I want but I have to travel around with it, so ruggedness / size is also a factor. Was looking at this one - which seems to fit the bill. I don't understand why there is such a huge discrepancy from the retail to the street price however.
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Dec 18, 2015 06:17
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King Hotpants posted:No. The 5025 is a superior projector. Thanks. Sorry about your job?
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Dec 18, 2015 14:10
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ShotgunWillie posted:Thanks. Sorry about your job? And/or congratulations, possibly.
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Dec 18, 2015 16:42
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I can't talk about it right now, but it'll be a hell of a story at some point. I know there are outstanding questions in this thread and I'll get to them soon. Thanks everyone.
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Dec 18, 2015 16:44
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Heavy teasing.
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Dec 22, 2015 07:49
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I got reminded why I don't go to the theater these days. I went to see Star Wars and my setup at home looked better. I don't loving get it. I miss film projection so bad.
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Dec 24, 2015 08:00
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King Hotpants posted:I can't talk about it right now, but it'll be a hell of a story at some point. Thank you!! You are a gentlemen among goons . . . or something like that.
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Dec 24, 2015 08:08
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4000 lumens and a good ol' burning filament with the BenQ MH741, or everlasting 1400 lumens and fancy LED technology with the LG PF1500? Hmmmm decisions decisions
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Dec 28, 2015 06:25
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I like the PF1500 but think I'll wait until something similar can do 4K and is brighter.
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Dec 28, 2015 08:26
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How long do people think it will be before we see affordable (~1k) 4k projectors?
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Uncle Ivan posted:How long do people think it will be before we see affordable (~1k) 4k projectors? I think itll be 3-5 years.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I am so excited to finally post in this thread! Just this month we finished out our basement which has a place for a dedicated "media" room. I will be needing to purchase a screen, projector and any applicable mounting brackets. I have read through this thread and see a lot of info. Hopefully by giving you details on my setup will garner some good suggestions. Anyone smarter than myself have an idea for a good option? Looking around it seems like the BenQ might be the best given my space constraints. That Epson 5025 wouldn't be out of my budget and I would be willing to go for that if it is that much better but I think it might have too large of a picture at the distance I will be from the screen.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Anyone smarter than myself have an idea for a good option? Looking around it seems like the BenQ might be the best given my space constraints. That Epson 5025 wouldn't be out of my budget and I would be willing to go for that if it is that much better but I think it might have too large of a picture at the distance I will be from the screen. I just ordered it. One of the reasons I got it was that it has a much wider zoom range compared to the w1070 and its ilk.
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Anyone have suggestions to fix this issue on a w1070: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/68-digital-projectors-under-3-000-usd-msrp/1910505-benq-w1070-color-issue.html ? I've tried all color settings I can think of. Starting to think it's a hardware issue. Lamp has four hours on it and the issue was happening with the original lamp as well.
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I know this is more for home theater than office projectors, but just a heads up to anyone shopping for "large venue" business projectors, the Epson Z9870UNL is no where near its rated output. Got one in for testing and put it side by side with a 6000 lumen Sony we already had and it wasn't even close. Epson's color reproduction wasn't great either. On the plus side the Epson had one of the easiest to swap lenses I've encountered. I was wary of Epson to begin with, but at the price point our vendor said they could get is we figured we'd check it out, but there seems like there is a good reason it's cheap.
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Earlier this week, our apartment was broken into and out 46 inch LED TV was stolen. We're looking for something to replace it, at least temporarily till we move out in a few months, and a friend of mine showed us the LG PW800 Minibeam projector. We've never had a projector before, but were interested in trying one out. At $700 for this one, it seems like a reasonable trade-off between quality and price before we go whole-hog and invest in a big fancy one for a home theater setup when we move into an actual house. Has anyone had experience with the PW800? I mostly just wanna know if it's utter poo poo or not before I go buying one. I found this review here of it, is it fairly accurate? What else should I know or keep in mind? •What's your budget? cheaper is better for now. >$1000 preffered. •Intended sources -- what are you going to watch/play/do? 90% TV, possibly some DVDs •How big of a picture do you want? "I don't care/Big" is an acceptable answer at least 46 inches, bigger is ok. •Are you going to use a screen? (if you already own a screen, how big/what kind/what gain, if known?) not at the moment. It's something we could save up for though. The walls are off-white/tan •What are the restrictions, if any, on placement? none, really. I don't have exact room measurements, but I was going to basically move the projector around till the picture was the size placement I wanted, then add shelving for the projector in that spot. While a TV would probably be more suited to what we want and/or are used to, we want to go with a projector for now because it's portable and can be put away when not in use, so people can't see it when they look in through our windows while we're at work.
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That's practically a novelty projector, I'd buy a real one for that much money. You can put a regular projector in a drawer just as easily.
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revmoo posted:That's practically a novelty projector, I'd buy a real one for that much money. You can put a regular projector in a drawer just as easily. What would you recommend at a similar price point?
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neogeo0823 posted:What would you recommend at a similar price point? This thread likes to jerk off about the W1070 at the expense of just about any other rmodel. It's a decent projector but I didn't find it very impressive. I'd use the projectorcentral calculator to figure out what you need for your room and then look through reviews of the models that fit the bill for throw, size, and brightness. Those are your key variables you need to figure out before choosing a model. I will add, if you plan on using a projector a lot, I'd plan on just buying a whole new unit every year or so and just sell the old one to recoup some cash. Easier than dealing with long-term projector issues like dust buildup, color wheel problems, fan issues, etc etc loving etc. Do the math on $/hr and figure out what makes sense for you.
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I pre ordered a Samsung 4kUHD player. I have a fake 4k (e-shift) projector, and I have an HDCP 2.2 converter. Theoretically I should be able to use this two ways: 1. Run it at 4k at 8 bit color or 2. run it downscaled to 1080p with 10 (12?) bit color. Number two is the big question, so I'll let anyone know how it goes for those that have a similar setup. I'm also not sure about wider gamuts as I haven't looked that deeply.
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I've got an epson 5020ub that seems to have died on me. I was using it last night, no problem. Went to turn it on today, two red lights came on after the unit powered on and the fan spooled up, and shut the machine down. According to the manual, if the unplug/replug in method of repair doesn't work, it's an 'internal problem'. I've had this issue once before, and unplug/replug fix did work, but not this time. It's about 2.5 years old, so it's off warranty. I've called epson and they referred me to a repair place for an estimate on repair, but who knows when i'll be able get ahold of them and get their quote. Anyone else have an experience like this?
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Okay, so I ordered an Epson 5025, and it is wonderful. Except for a stuck blue pixel in the lower left. So I exchange it for a new one. Bootyful. Except... Another stuck blue pixel, but now in the center of the screen. Called Visual Apex and they are out of stock with no ETA for replacement. I have two options: 1. Apply price of projector to a new replacement from Visual Apex, probably an Epson 5030ub-R 2. Exchange through Epson for a refurb or new 5025UB What would you do? Why?
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More lumens and a motorized lens would have me jump for the 35.
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Aeka 2.0 posted:More lumens and a motorized lens would have me jump for the 35. Huh?
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Whoah massive typo. Sorry that was a phone post. In my limited research it looks like the 5030 has a motorized lens and is brighter over the 5025.
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So I've gotten interested in buying a pico projector. I've got a small bedroom (about 8' long) with a big white wall and want to get something I can hook my tablet up to for streaming TV and movies and some light gaming. I'm not super fancy when it comes to picture quality, they all do HD to some extent, I just want a projector that will throw a good brightish image onto this big blank wall. My bigger concerns are finding a projector that's fanless or super quiet and one that doesn't suck when it comes to inputs (I've read some picos have issues with decoding external sources or just plain screwing up external video inputs). I know picos are not pro level products and it will never be as good as some 9000 lumen projector, but is there anything on the market that works and could be considered pretty good quality? I have a curtain on the 1 window in the bedroom so I'm not too concerned about the room being too bright. It would be nice to use the projector not have to draw the curtain (only have to put the shade down) to watch some TV in the afternoon but I can deal with that. Any recommendations or do all the picos suck?
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:So I've gotten interested in buying a pico projector. I've got a small bedroom (about 8' long) with a big white wall and want to get something I can hook my tablet up to for streaming TV and movies and some light gaming. I'm not super fancy when it comes to picture quality, they all do HD to some extent, I just want a projector that will throw a good brightish image onto this big blank wall. My bigger concerns are finding a projector that's fanless or super quiet and one that doesn't suck when it comes to inputs (I've read some picos have issues with decoding external sources or just plain screwing up external video inputs). Budget?
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mediaphage posted:Budget? $600ish?
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:$600ish? You can probably just buy a big boy short-throw projector for that much cash and have real lumens...
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revmoo posted:You can probably just buy a big boy short-throw projector for that much cash and have real lumens... Thing is, I don't have a ton of space to place the projector and I want the unit to be very low noise over all as the projector will probably sit pretty close to my head (elevated on a window sill but still, behind my bed). Picos are appealing because of the small form factor, if i really got serious I guess I could put a projector on a ceiling mount above the bed (I have high ceilings) but my thinking is that for my needs something small would work best. I'm willing to buy something cheaper than $600, the best selling picos on Amazon are around $300-400, I just want to know it will be a good investment before I spend
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Anyone have a mounted projector & in-ceiling speakers (like dolby atmos)? My wife & I are building a new house and I'm getting an entire bonus room. I want to pre-wire for 4 in-ceiling speakers and I'm heavily considering a projector due to the size of the room. I just want to make sure that when it's ceiling mounted that the speakers wouldn't shake the projector in some way.
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Feb 19, 2016 20:57
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You're going to have shaking issues from big bass more than anything.
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Dotcom Jillionaire posted:Thing is, I don't have a ton of space to place the projector and I want the unit to be very low noise over all as the projector will probably sit pretty close to my head (elevated on a window sill but still, behind my bed). Picos are appealing because of the small form factor, if i really got serious I guess I could put a projector on a ceiling mount above the bed (I have high ceilings) but my thinking is that for my needs something small would work best. I'm willing to buy something cheaper than $600, the best selling picos on Amazon are around $300-400, I just want to know it will be a good investment before I spend To be honest, I've had a pico projector in the past (Qumi 5) along with a ful-size projector (w1070) right next to my bed, and while the w1070 was a bit louder in terms of pure decibels, the Qumi was a hell of a lot higher pitched due to the much smaller fan, which I found infinitely more distracting and annoying.
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Now that we have completed a few things around the house. I'm looking at getting our home theater setup. I was looking at the BenQ W1070 but I saw thewirecutter recommended the HT2050. Now I'm not sure which one to get. Also, is there a big difference between the W1070 and HT1075? Is there a recommended ceiling mount?
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suddenlyissoon posted:Anyone have a mounted projector & in-ceiling speakers (like dolby atmos)? My wife & I are building a new house and I'm getting an entire bonus room. I want to pre-wire for 4 in-ceiling speakers and I'm heavily considering a projector due to the size of the room. I just want to make sure that when it's ceiling mounted that the speakers wouldn't shake the projector in some way. I don't have any in wall or ceiling speakers, but if people don't get projector shake from having 2000 watts humping through numerous subwoofers, I wouldn't think the type of speaker that you'd ceiling mount (I'm presuming 6.5" driver size max) could possibly be an issue. Maybe if it was mounted shittily and like 1' away from your projector or something. calandryll posted:Now that we have completed a few things around the house. I'm looking at getting our home theater setup. I was looking at the BenQ W1070 but I saw thewirecutter recommended the HT2050. Now I'm not sure which one to get. Also, is there a big difference between the W1070 and HT1075? I've got this one and have been happy with it, though I'm no expert: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GEL9RW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
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