MalcolmSex
Standard Member
Hi,
I've just moved into a new house and we are setting up a cinema room.
Room
The walls and ceiling are being painted a very dark colour and the windows have shutters on them and we are going to install blackout curtains on the inside. So overall it should be very light controlled.
Screen
The screen width is roughly 290cm so 332cm diagonal / 130". The room is 5.5m from screen to back wall and the projector can be mounted anywhere along the ceiling. I'll be building my own fixed screen using the many online guides and therefore the material and gain can be anything I need.
Usage
I will be mostly using the projector for films and TV series through streaming services i.e Netflix, Prime etc. So a lot of content is 4K and HDR. I will also probably hook my PS4 up to it for a bit of gaming, but this is a secondary use. I probably won't play competitively online as I have a PC for that.
Projector
Now the difficult bit, which projector?! I am willing to go second hand if I can snag a deal.
I've done a couple of days of research and there's loads to take in, it also feels like to step up in quality it goes in £500-£1K steps i.e £1K is entry level, £1.5K is a bit better, £2.5K is starting to get really good etc.
So new I can afford the:
Epson EH-TW7000 and TW7100.
Benq W2700
Various Optoma models (too many to choose from)
However on eBay it's quite different. There are currently 2 BenQ W2700 that will go for less than £1K. There's an Optoma UHZ65 that might go for around £1500 and loads of older JVC models that were very highly rated between 2012 and 2015.
So, what would you guys do? Where would you put your money for a projector for this usage?
Thanks for any help.
I've just moved into a new house and we are setting up a cinema room.
Room
The walls and ceiling are being painted a very dark colour and the windows have shutters on them and we are going to install blackout curtains on the inside. So overall it should be very light controlled.
Screen
The screen width is roughly 290cm so 332cm diagonal / 130". The room is 5.5m from screen to back wall and the projector can be mounted anywhere along the ceiling. I'll be building my own fixed screen using the many online guides and therefore the material and gain can be anything I need.
Usage
I will be mostly using the projector for films and TV series through streaming services i.e Netflix, Prime etc. So a lot of content is 4K and HDR. I will also probably hook my PS4 up to it for a bit of gaming, but this is a secondary use. I probably won't play competitively online as I have a PC for that.
Projector
Now the difficult bit, which projector?! I am willing to go second hand if I can snag a deal.
I've done a couple of days of research and there's loads to take in, it also feels like to step up in quality it goes in £500-£1K steps i.e £1K is entry level, £1.5K is a bit better, £2.5K is starting to get really good etc.
So new I can afford the:
Epson EH-TW7000 and TW7100.
Benq W2700
Various Optoma models (too many to choose from)
However on eBay it's quite different. There are currently 2 BenQ W2700 that will go for less than £1K. There's an Optoma UHZ65 that might go for around £1500 and loads of older JVC models that were very highly rated between 2012 and 2015.
So, what would you guys do? Where would you put your money for a projector for this usage?
Thanks for any help.