SwiftOnSecurityNov 13, 2022
Unless you're unwilling to compromise on screen size or have some other extreme edge-case deal breaking scenario like needing the center-channel behind the screen, a projection home theater doesn't make sense. It's a waste of money and it's worse in many ways.
A lot of hobbies are like this. The expensive stuff there for some stupid reason people won't compromise on.
Show threadSIEM ShadyNov 13, 2022

@SwiftOnSecurity Absolutely true today. Moved into a new house with a different layout, and sadly my home theater is packed away.

Did my first in around 2005. It was an Optima 720p DLP. It cost $2700 at the time and I had to spend another $700 on light control.

Back then, there was nothing close to a 120" screen, so I was Da-Lited (HT pun intended).

Next week I have a well-appointed 85" TV showing up that was less than that first projector.

That said, good projectors are one of the few living room display devices left that don't have a bunch of bloatware and trackers. You have to add that with a fire stick or roku yourself.

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@SwiftOnSecurity That said, I did re-purpose my second projector for the "teen room" I setup in the house that hosts my nieces and nephews around holidays. Cheapo 86" screen and an Epson 8350 1080P LCD.

It's mounted high so the kids can see it from the top or bottom bunks. Using an old Klipsch Promedia 2.1 computer speaker setup. Slid half of the back row from my old theater between the bunkbeds.

Nov 13, 2022 at 2:54pmWeb
Show threadSIEM ShadyNov 13, 2022
@SwiftOnSecurity The bulbs are cheap for that one. They aren't getting my 5040UB in there.