kbfern
Distinguished Member
I have been wanting to change my pj for the last year or so and came close to getting a JVC X500 recently but this morning I got thinking............
I do love projectors and think it's great that finally we are close (within a year or two) to getting 4k projectors other than the current Sony offerings in addition with very long life illumination (like the LS10000) but at what price? I imagine a laser Sony or JVC will be well over £10-15k so well beyond what I could consider spending on a pj.
Bluray UHD along with netfix/amazon and now BT mean that native 4k material is at last starting to filter through, even some broadcast tv is possible within a year or so from Sky etc.
So....... not really thought about a new tv for quite a while as my current set, an 8yr old Sammy plasma 720p 50" model has and still performs very well. But I have been thinking that I probably need to replace it soon with a 4k set and today got me thinking.............
Why not consider a bloody big 75"/85" 4k tv instead as it seems that they are coming down in price fairly quickly and an 85" UHDTV is now down to under £6500. Agreed it's an LED but it can't be more than a year before 75/85 OLED could be the same sort of money or even less (for a 75").
Considering I could move closer to the screen (say 5-6ft) a smaller size screen than the 100" I have now may not be as noticeable.So with these much larger 4k tv's now in their 3rd/4th gen and prices coming down & tech improving is the death knell for projectors nearly here.
Obviously if you want a huge 120-150" screen a pj still has to be the choice but if around 85" and viewing from a close distance maybe a tv is a better option.
What do you think?
I do love projectors and think it's great that finally we are close (within a year or two) to getting 4k projectors other than the current Sony offerings in addition with very long life illumination (like the LS10000) but at what price? I imagine a laser Sony or JVC will be well over £10-15k so well beyond what I could consider spending on a pj.
Bluray UHD along with netfix/amazon and now BT mean that native 4k material is at last starting to filter through, even some broadcast tv is possible within a year or so from Sky etc.
So....... not really thought about a new tv for quite a while as my current set, an 8yr old Sammy plasma 720p 50" model has and still performs very well. But I have been thinking that I probably need to replace it soon with a 4k set and today got me thinking.............
Why not consider a bloody big 75"/85" 4k tv instead as it seems that they are coming down in price fairly quickly and an 85" UHDTV is now down to under £6500. Agreed it's an LED but it can't be more than a year before 75/85 OLED could be the same sort of money or even less (for a 75").
Considering I could move closer to the screen (say 5-6ft) a smaller size screen than the 100" I have now may not be as noticeable.So with these much larger 4k tv's now in their 3rd/4th gen and prices coming down & tech improving is the death knell for projectors nearly here.
Obviously if you want a huge 120-150" screen a pj still has to be the choice but if around 85" and viewing from a close distance maybe a tv is a better option.
What do you think?