eh

haven't seen one in use tbh

we had a projector in a theater room in my parents house growing up

I used it like 5% of thetime I viewed TV

just not my thing. newer ones might be dope in a lit room I guess

word man, im looking to spend a grand and a half though - looking at the high quality projectors, they are more than im looking to drop for our basement

an epson 8350 would serve you fine.

@Diode

another issue I canthink of, just wondering what your experience is

namix has kids

kinect/wii and shit are very popular with kids

how does that shit work with like getting in front of the projector? I assume you can't have it to close to the wall (maybe you can now) but if it's back and kids are running around doing crazy wii and kinect shit (next thing is, can the sensor be at the wall without a lot of cords) won't they get in the way and make it so there's shadows in the picture?

Another downside to projectors is the need for a separate audio system. Obv no speakers come with it so u need to make a second purchase for sound. Which could get pricey in itself

always what you should do anyways tbh

those little speakers suck dick and blow out quickly

It's nice having kind of shitty vision but not shitty enough to need glasses. I bought the cheapest 60-inch HDTV on the market, and I never notice any granule error or distortion. I also don't play video games, though.

I've heard that a million times knuckle and I disagree. My TVs speakers work just fine for me. I don't need to watch tv with a sub woofer providing bass. Or surround sound.


People waste a fuck load of money on that shit. I don't need an IMAX experience in my living room. Now a theater room or man cave yes but otherwise it's a waste

Yes.

most projectors are ceiling hung. not an issue.

mine is behind a wall with a cutout. it is definitely taller than most people.

word

we had ours in the middle of the wall. shit was from like 2001 though.

my dad's 6'8 so if he walked around the room he covered half the picture

AYO

Lmfao

Diode tok much for me to not lol sometimes.

First 5 words talm bout .. THE CONVULATING SPECTOMETER WAS LONG DEBUNKED WOTH A RANDOMINQL PARCIFERITH

Lol.

Diode legit is Rawn....if Rawn actually told the truth amd knew about the shit he talked about.

Repped.

Must spread :/

Diode needs to go to medical school to become full-on Bizarro Rawn.

Samsung
LG
then the rest

65 inch LG smart TV would probably run 1500. web browser and all the apps you need. multiple hdmi, USB ports for those downloaded movies, smart refresh, 'magic remote' with voice control, all the goods. Love my 47" LG

@Strikta

Good projectors are crazy expensive and not nearly as functional as a television

those things are just silly.

you advised someone to waste hundreds on a smart tv, a closed garden environment with no control outside of what the vendor gives you until their next batch is released and you are left with unsupported garbage.

you advised that in the era of chromecast, roku, firetv, etc.

nobody should buy anything but a basic tv with high pq if they aren't going the projector route. smart tvs are anything but.

Yeah except it's not. You're thinking of the current 4k and/or 3Dtelevisions.

And Chromecast is anything but reliable.

Regardless, projectors are at least three times the cost and don't do anything really at all.

you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. 4K and/or 3D has nothing to do with a canned, locked-in app suite that is severely underpowered and can only be updated by vendor firmware.

you also are clueless about anything related to a projector. a projector does the same thing a tv does. it displays a picture.

if you want to get into things like contrast ratio etc. then we can discuss. otherwise you are just... dumb.

lol @ chromecast being anything but reliable. how much easier can it possibly be? hdmi in. usb and/or ac in/ wifi on. same way a smart tv's shitty app system works but with the ability to customize and adapt, plus the bonus of mirroring any screen.

need more horsepower? roku, wd, firetv, etc. etc. etc.

fucking raspberry pi box

jesus.