Kirby Sam
Novice Member
Just moved into a new place and the living room has a large wall that is fairly well light controlled with just ambient light vs. direct light from a window. Prior owner already ran an HDMI cable from the wall to a plug in the ceiling. Just to play around then return I bought Epson 1060 (1080p at 3100 lumens) and wow, was impressed how bright it was and the image quality on a light gray wall. This demo was enough to convince my wife so now I'm on a search for a permanent one.
I have a 18' throw and want the image to be between 120''-150'', I feel like 135'' would be the sweet spot. The room won't be fully light controlled but the wall is well shadowed and no direct sunlight, the 3,100 lumens from the Epson 1060 projecting a 175'' image was adequate 9and turned on eco mode at night) but don't want to go lower. Budget is under $2k. Do I go brighter lumens and stick with 1080p (they are several 4,000 on up for under $2k) or up to 4k resolution with the most lumens I can get (the optoma UHD52 seems like a good option and we make extensive use of Alexa at home)? I'm leaning towards painting the wall vs. a screen but a drop down screen could be in the cards in the future.
Any models I should focus on and any input on the brighter 1080p vs. lower lumen 4k? Thank you.
I have a 18' throw and want the image to be between 120''-150'', I feel like 135'' would be the sweet spot. The room won't be fully light controlled but the wall is well shadowed and no direct sunlight, the 3,100 lumens from the Epson 1060 projecting a 175'' image was adequate 9and turned on eco mode at night) but don't want to go lower. Budget is under $2k. Do I go brighter lumens and stick with 1080p (they are several 4,000 on up for under $2k) or up to 4k resolution with the most lumens I can get (the optoma UHD52 seems like a good option and we make extensive use of Alexa at home)? I'm leaning towards painting the wall vs. a screen but a drop down screen could be in the cards in the future.
Any models I should focus on and any input on the brighter 1080p vs. lower lumen 4k? Thank you.