A Home Theater for $250?

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Little Car

Little Car

6 ай бұрын

I’ve been a big fan of projectors ever since I got my first one in the 1990s. At that time I could get a 120” or 3m image at a time when you were lucky to get a 35” or 89cm cathode ray tube TV screen. Admittedly it wasn’t the best resolution - Laserdisc only offered 425 lines which meant for some pretty chunky pixels! LCD screen TVs have caught up to the point where you can buy a 72” or 1.8m screen for a reasonable price, but there’s still nothing in my mind at least quite like the cinema-like experience of a projector if you have a room that can support it, and excluding the audio part of it you can set one up for as little as $250.
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@machupikachu1085
@machupikachu1085 5 ай бұрын
Great segment! I've had projectors for years, and it really does rule! Movies, video games, sports - even had a few Superbowl parties with them. One of the easiest solutions for a custom screen is paint. There are special paints made for projectors that reflect light the way a high end screen will for less than $50 per can. If you don't want to spend that much, just get a high gloss white bathroom or kitchen paint and put that on your projector wall. When you move, you can just paint over it. Cheers!
@Rich-on6fe
@Rich-on6fe 6 ай бұрын
The flatness of the screen is rather important for short throw optics. And room colour becomes important to get decent contrast. Old gear is much better than no gear.
@VladoT
@VladoT 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your insights
@peterestall
@peterestall 6 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a new projector for a while, but that is another story, but when it comes to cheap screens a white blackout roller blind mounted to the ceiling has always worked perfectly for me.
@JessicaFEREM
@JessicaFEREM 5 ай бұрын
You can get a soundbar over in america for $200. that would basically be a full wireless 5.1 setup.
@mtumasz
@mtumasz 6 ай бұрын
I’ve been using a projector instead of TV for the past 18 years and always felt pretty smug about the bang I’m getting for my buck. Plus I love how movies look on the wall and hate the glossy look of LCD. Whenever I tried to watch a film on someone’s TV I felt as if I was watching the making of that film
@KarlHamilton
@KarlHamilton 6 ай бұрын
I had a big beast of a projector from the mid 90s about 10 years ago. It was a novelty, but the picture quality was pretty naff. I just cant see how a 4k projector is even possible, but then again I am finding myself increasingly suprised by new technology. May see about a demo.
@NeroVingian40
@NeroVingian40 6 ай бұрын
Nice video!
@kylek6922
@kylek6922 5 ай бұрын
I love my portable projectors. With blacked out bedroom windows I find an average size room gets about a 7 foot to 8.5 foot viewable screen. Presently I use a AXXA M7 LED unit capable of 1200 lumen but running in Eco mode which is about half. With a old spare laptop for the video source that connects to a home NAS I store my favorte movies and shows on, and a USB audio processor I connect with 3.5mm connections to a couple portable bluetooth speakers I already had, its all pretty darn watchable. Even better is tearing it down and taking it all camping with my portable 7 foot Epson ES3000 screen. Since its all able to run from battery, I've done it in the woods 30+ miles from civilization and commercial power, and the nearby campers sure scratch their heads trying to figure things out when watching me set it all up and then their jaws drop when it gets dark and I open the screen and the shows come on :D
@simonescalici5302
@simonescalici5302 5 ай бұрын
great vid, quick tip: many college/universities sell off their old gear, surplus, or units that have been replaced on a schedule. can find some great deals. bring some cookies to the A/V dept at your local and see what you can find out
@graealex
@graealex 6 ай бұрын
The problem is always that you need to get the room dark. Hasn't been a problem for me in the last 20 years, because I seldomly want to watch TV before dusk. But I can easily see why people would rather have a big TV that works well at all room brightness levels.
@imnotamechanic3491
@imnotamechanic3491 6 ай бұрын
I've just recently achieved my dream of a home cinema, I spent a bit more, but have got a passive 3D system. But if I had gone 2D it was £300 for the projector (£3k in 2012), £50 for 7.1 reciever (£500 in 2012) and I paid another £50 for 2 centre speakers and 2 rears (I use the 2nd centre as a the back surround, as dont have many BD anyway). I did splash out £500 between the player (UB900) and front speakers (transmission line for extra bass). I got a 106" screen for £60. So for just over £1k I have an amazing cinema, but I could have got a quality projector, player and front speakers for £200 and had a very good system for £400 (~a cheap 60" TV). The extra £40 comes from the garage shelving/racking which I put my projectors, player, reciever and centre rear speaker on, with the 2 projectors, I didnt want to be putting lots of holes in the wall, but for renters who dont have the option of mounting, this is an ideal cheap (if not the most aesthetic) solution - projector is 1.8m up, its very sturdy and has shelves for the other equipment. As for the darkness issue, we have large windows, but were able to get blackout curtains on ebay for £40. The projector is 2000 lumens, but can still be seen OK with the light on (I wouldn't watch movies, but kids play games and watch stuff). I have a massive silver screen now for the passive 3D, so have the projector at max zoom and its about 115", slightly bigger than recommended, but as they have zoom you can adjust the size in a fairly big range for any given throw. Biggest tip is to make sure you focus it so you can see the pixels on a piece of white paper held on the screen (screen materials wont always show them up). If you have the room I highly recommend it, surround sound & sub is well worth it, plenty of choice of 5.1 recievers available (just make sure it has HDMI) for not much.
@OneAndOnlyMe
@OneAndOnlyMe 5 ай бұрын
LED light source projectors are becoming cheaper and cheaper. I have a ViewSonic LED light source projector (cost me $999). LED projectors are ridiculously bright, usable in daytime, only bettered by laser light sources.
@robertwestinghouse4098
@robertwestinghouse4098 6 ай бұрын
I bought a cheap (AUD135) and it is fine. The audio is another matter. But excellent result, as is your videos.
@LittleCar
@LittleCar 6 ай бұрын
Glad it worked out you Robert. Which one did you get?
@robertwestinghouse4098
@robertwestinghouse4098 6 ай бұрын
@@LittleCar thank you. A no-name eBay LED Portable Projector.
@richardhalliday6469
@richardhalliday6469 6 ай бұрын
Excellent advice regarding not taking on board Videophiles advice if you don't wish to spend a fortune. I have the Home gear 120" motorized screen, Epson TW650 projector ceiling mounted, LG sound bar with sub woofer and two small rear speakers. The projector has two HDMI inputs so one from my Virgin box and the other has Fire stick ( most streaming sticks connect audio via Bluetooth which is handy). Total cost having shopped around including cables, mounts and sundries ( trunking for neat cable runs etc) came to £800. I'll admit no labour cost as I fit the system myself, I'm a retired electronics technician so that helps. I absolutely agree with all your comments, my little set up provides a fantastic cinema experience for the price of a decent brand TV. As for following your favourite football team - well that is a whole new experience ! I sometimes find my self standing up and joining in with the corner shots and penalty kicks as you are so close to the action!
@LittleCar
@LittleCar 6 ай бұрын
Great setup! I was prompted to do this video because I installed a HDMI cable in the wall when I remodeled in 2020, then found the cable didn't work. I recently found a way to get it to work, so switched to putting the projector on the ceiling.
@anikoletos
@anikoletos 6 ай бұрын
Very useful and down-to-earth info but you didn't address the fan noise issue at all. From my experience, especially having a projector behid the sofa, relatively close to where I'm sitting is a no-go.
@LittleCar
@LittleCar 6 ай бұрын
It's never bothered me, and the one I have right now has been maybe 1 metre from my ear. Cheap projectors overdrive the fans to keep the projectors cool so that may be the issue - I'm not sure which projectors you've tried.
@barron204
@barron204 6 ай бұрын
Would like to get a portable projector for outdoor movies.
@BobAbc0815
@BobAbc0815 6 ай бұрын
I guess one could use a big enough screen to block the window🤔
@tamasbenko8303
@tamasbenko8303 6 ай бұрын
Big advantage of the projector over tv is that you don't have to pay tv licence.
@imnotamechanic3491
@imnotamechanic3491 6 ай бұрын
TV licence is for anyone watching live TV (or iPlayer), you have not needed a licence to posess a TV, I've never had one (not even growing up), but got a TV at 6 and watched videos, then DVD's. They did used to get you to fill in a form at the shop so they could pass it on to the licensing people, it just meant they came around again and my dad had a nice chat with the guy (wasting as much of his time as possible).
@Atomy111
@Atomy111 5 ай бұрын
Projectors seem more and more irrelevant especially now with oled hitting the main stream no?
@bingdong8571
@bingdong8571 6 ай бұрын
Careful! U start with a 100 dollar projector but within a few years you can easily shoot past the 100000 dollar mark! Its an addiction
@Ethan7s
@Ethan7s 6 ай бұрын
Converting back and forth from USD and pound is so tedious. If only there were a universal unit we can all understand.
@lakrids-pibe
@lakrids-pibe 6 ай бұрын
How much is that in cheeseburgers?
@graealex
@graealex 6 ай бұрын
In the first few seconds it literally says to turn on subtitles/CC for other currents and units.
@jamesengland7461
@jamesengland7461 6 ай бұрын
Entirely different countries on different continents, and the prices are different anyway, with VAT and shipping and all.
@garywilson7003
@garywilson7003 6 ай бұрын
Awwww... you run out of ideas then?😢
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