Note: This story was originally published in 2021, but it's been updated with new info and links.Īs well as covering TV and other display tech, Geoff does photo tours of things like cool museums and locations around the world, including nuclear submarines, massive aircraft carriers, medieval castles, epic 10,000-mile road trips, and more. For those of us who still aren't satisfied with 75-, 85-inch or even larger screens, projectors are the only way to go. It's just that their value compared with TVs has shifted. Projectors aren't going away anytime soon. Models using lasers and LEDs, while still often behind in performance compared with their UHP-lamp siblings, keep getting better and dropping in price. They continue to get brighter, and their contrast and color capabilities keep improving. This isn't to say projectors have stagnated. Don't get me wrong, a huge image is awesome, but it's a lot harder to justify now, given how much better and cheaper truly huge TVs have gotten. These days, projector ownership means sacrificing a variety of things, like image quality, livability, possibly price, all in the name of the largest possible image. And in the case of OLED and many of the best-performing LCD and QLED TVs, the image quality will be significantly better too, especially with HDR. Unless you're willing to make sacrifices to your living situation, the slightly smaller screen of a TV is going to be easier to live with. This was somewhat true when I said the opposite a few years ago, but it's definitely true now. It pains me to say it, but for most people TVs are now a better option than projectors. Home Theater Projectors: 6 Things to Know Before You Buy. Why You Shouldn't Expect Great HDR From a Projector.If you want to watch your projector during the day in a room with lots of windows (like the one shown at the top of this article) and enjoy the best image quality, you'll need lots of curtains. No matter how good a fancy screen is at reducing the impact of ambient light, it's still going to look worse than the same screen in a dark room. Yes, there are ambient light-rejecting screens, but they're expensive. If you're watching a dark movie or playing a dark video game, it's going to be hard to see. Which is to say, if you're watching sports or something that's bright overall, you're fine. The brightest parts of the image aren't hugely affected, but the darker parts are. A projector throws light at a screen, but any other light in the room is also getting thrown at the screen. Watch this: How to buy the best home theater projectorįorget 4K and HDR - the biggest image-quality issue with projectors is much more practical: ambient light.
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