| Intrinsic said: I think after this year I'm gonna hang up my projector cape. I've fought the good fight but it's a losing battle. My first projector and screen combo was an Optoma on an 88" screen. Now I'm using a different Optoma on a 100" screen. On average my screen and projector combos susully cost me around $2500. Projector, fixed frame screen, paint gun to DIY my ALR screen, mounts, cables, sound bar...etc. Now I can get a 75" 4K HDR TV for around the price that is ready to use out of the box. And that of course can work in all lighting conditions and has more smart and convenience features than any projector on the market can give me. I am not even going for broke on my 55-65" 4k HDR tv projector replacement. Cause I know it's just a stop gap for now. I'll spend around $1000-$1500 for the set depending on what size I land on then in 3-4yrs, buy another 4k HDR Tv that will probably be around 80"+ being that these TVs are getting bigger every year. Who knows it may even be an Oled. |
A friend of mine already caved in as well and swapped to a 4K tv. I love projection so I'll be sticking it out for a while longer. It's just a different feeling to watch a movie on a projector than on a tv, although I admit, it's a lot less hassle to simply hang a tv in that spot. I hope laser projectors come down in price as that would remove the annoying degrading lamp problem. (I'm on the fifth lamp since 2007) I paid $4500 for the projector, still looks great. It supports 4:4:4 60fps full RGB, yet all at 8 bit, no HDR ofcourse or the new color spaces.
But true, tvs keep getting bigger and flatter. An 80" Oled tv will look wonderful too. Will have to wait to see what becomes affordable first. For now I'm still satisfied with 1080p. Going from 100" to 55", not worth it for me. I struggle in racing games on my 52" living room tv after playing on the projector, too small!
