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Conina on 15 March 2020
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victor83fernandes said:
Conina said:

I really doubt that the contrast of your projector looks even better than the contrast of a cheap TV without HDR.

Projectors have some advantages (screen size, better immersion due to a bigger field of view), but especially contrast is one of their weak points... worse black level combined with lower brightness (especially stretched on a big screen) than standard tvs.

Which projector do you have?

Which Panasonic TV do you have?

I do not care for specs on paper, I only care for what my eyes perceive, and my projector has a much more natural looking picture, way more pleasant and doesn't tire my eyes. With many advantages, such as great view from angles, no reflections on screen, example, my TV shows reflection from the ps4 led light, no way to disable the light. But doesn't show on my projector.

I already wrote that projectors have some advantages over TV (screen size, better immersion due to a bigger field of view), you just added some more: no or less reflections (depending on the projecting screen) and less tiring for the eyes (due to indirect light and less brightness). "A more natural look" mostly depends on the color settings, both on TVs and on projectors.

I'm a fan of projectors, too. I bought my first one (720p, Panasonic PT-AE700E) in 2004 and it was a great companion for my Xbox 360 + PS3 and of course DVDs for years. Since 2008 I have a Sony VPL-VW50 (1080p), which was and is a great companion for all my 7th and 8th gen consoles and of course Blu-rays for over a decade.

Here are some photos of planning the setup in 2004 and the result:

But none of these advantages supports your claim of a better contrast on projectors. Contrast ain't a matter of opinion, it is the degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrast.

And most projectors have a shitty black level (darkest parts of a picture) compared to even cheap TVs AND less brightness (the lightest parts of the picture) than even cheap TVs without HDR.

victor83fernandes said:

Actually the only issue on my projector is not being able to drop the brightness, its a bit too much, I put it on energy saving mode and its still too bright, on my TV in a dark room I drop the backlight brightness to a third.

I ask again: which projector model do you have and which is the "throwing distance" (distance between projector lens and projector screen)?

Another big advantage of TVs for the daily use is that you don't have to darken the room completely. We like to have a bit sunlight in the room now and then, even while we play video games.

Here is my room completely darkened. The image on the projector screen looks good, but even then the TV brightness is much brighter and the TV darkness is much darker (OLED) than the image on the projector screen. And that's without HDR, since my PSVR is connected and there ain't HDR passthrough:

Here is my room with a tiny bit of sunlight. Projector still usable, but already much less contrast:

Here is my room with a bit more sunlight:

Here is my room with the blinds a quarter opened:

Here is my room with the blinds half opened. Still no direct sunlight on the projection screen, see the red line. And the projector is completely unusable with the lighting conditions: