Hi,
I want to purchase a projector but after extensive research I cannot find one which suits my requirements and wondered if anyone had any recommendations?
My requirements;
- Vertical shift - Needs to be shelf mounted. I don't want to have the projector on a table in front of the sofa and the ceiling is a concrete slab so cannot get cables to a ceiling mount discretely.
- Short throw - the space is quite short (only 3m), but can't be ultra short throw as there are no sockets on the wall I want to project on to and no way to run cables to that side discretely. The wall can only accommodate a 2m wide screen maximum and I would be satisfied with as small as a 60" image so perhaps short throw isn't necessarily required?
- Cost - I don't have a massive budget, would want to spend max £1k including screen (and speakers if necessary i.e. no/poor quality in-built speaker), however could be tempted to spend more if a projector has low maintenance costs and ticks the other boxes (e.g. a sufficiently bright LED?)
- Image quality - I am not fussed about 4k but would like 1080p as a minimum. I have no use for 3D.
- Brightness - The projector will be in the living room I want a projector which can handle ambient light.
- Connectivity - A couple of HDMI ports, a USB port and an audio out for external speakers is all I require.
- Use - this would be a replacement for my TV and I would estimate between 500-1000 hours of use per year, not sure if this would be economical with a DLP?
Any suggestions are welcome!
Thanks
I want to purchase a projector but after extensive research I cannot find one which suits my requirements and wondered if anyone had any recommendations?
My requirements;
- Vertical shift - Needs to be shelf mounted. I don't want to have the projector on a table in front of the sofa and the ceiling is a concrete slab so cannot get cables to a ceiling mount discretely.
- Short throw - the space is quite short (only 3m), but can't be ultra short throw as there are no sockets on the wall I want to project on to and no way to run cables to that side discretely. The wall can only accommodate a 2m wide screen maximum and I would be satisfied with as small as a 60" image so perhaps short throw isn't necessarily required?
- Cost - I don't have a massive budget, would want to spend max £1k including screen (and speakers if necessary i.e. no/poor quality in-built speaker), however could be tempted to spend more if a projector has low maintenance costs and ticks the other boxes (e.g. a sufficiently bright LED?)
- Image quality - I am not fussed about 4k but would like 1080p as a minimum. I have no use for 3D.
- Brightness - The projector will be in the living room I want a projector which can handle ambient light.
- Connectivity - A couple of HDMI ports, a USB port and an audio out for external speakers is all I require.
- Use - this would be a replacement for my TV and I would estimate between 500-1000 hours of use per year, not sure if this would be economical with a DLP?
Any suggestions are welcome!
Thanks