8abel8
Established Member
Hi all,
Long term (20+ years) crt projector user, been thru many projectors over the years and finally settling some 7 years ago on a Barco 1209sg 9 inch projector which i've been happy with over the years(albeit only running 1080i). I feel it's time now having had an eye on things over the years, to upgrade to 4K projectors.
My set-up is a bat-cave in my converted attic(pretty much pitch black with lights turned off, black ceiling and front walls), relatively small 80 inch diagonal stewart screen, viewing distance approx 12 feet (Up against the back wall but hoping to reduce that to 10ft to make better use of rear surrounds and upgrade to ceiling speakers for Dolby Atmos).
I've narrowered my choices to 2 projectors, the Sony VPL-VW270es or JVC DLA-X7900 both within my budget of £5k (i can get both either used or new within £300-£400 of each other). I won't repeat here the pros and cons of each but leaning towards the JVC given its' black level performance (coming from a crt that's important) but wondering whether native 4k is the way to go but will it likely make a difference on a relatively small screen size and would the JVC be fairly future proof for some years to come? (Can't extend budget to newer JVC native 4k Projectors or more expensive Sony projectors). Currently only have 1080p material but will also buy 4k Blu-ray player and stream Netfilx 4k, etc.. so 4k content will be rising.
I would appreciate your thoughts and great forum!!
Thanks
Long term (20+ years) crt projector user, been thru many projectors over the years and finally settling some 7 years ago on a Barco 1209sg 9 inch projector which i've been happy with over the years(albeit only running 1080i). I feel it's time now having had an eye on things over the years, to upgrade to 4K projectors.
My set-up is a bat-cave in my converted attic(pretty much pitch black with lights turned off, black ceiling and front walls), relatively small 80 inch diagonal stewart screen, viewing distance approx 12 feet (Up against the back wall but hoping to reduce that to 10ft to make better use of rear surrounds and upgrade to ceiling speakers for Dolby Atmos).
I've narrowered my choices to 2 projectors, the Sony VPL-VW270es or JVC DLA-X7900 both within my budget of £5k (i can get both either used or new within £300-£400 of each other). I won't repeat here the pros and cons of each but leaning towards the JVC given its' black level performance (coming from a crt that's important) but wondering whether native 4k is the way to go but will it likely make a difference on a relatively small screen size and would the JVC be fairly future proof for some years to come? (Can't extend budget to newer JVC native 4k Projectors or more expensive Sony projectors). Currently only have 1080p material but will also buy 4k Blu-ray player and stream Netfilx 4k, etc.. so 4k content will be rising.
I would appreciate your thoughts and great forum!!
Thanks