The Truth about Switching to a Projector! [120” 4K Laser Ultra Short Throw]

My experiences is: the wow factor is there for the "first time", but after minutes/hours you realize that TV is better in every aspect except in size.

“77 inches, i know what you’re thinking, it’s too small” No one was thinking about that 😅

As someone who lives in a pretty small apartment (and does not care too much about the finer details of the image), the projector absolutely wins out because it can provide an extra large screen without taking up so much space or requiring much setup. I bought the Anker Nebula Capusle II, a 720p projector for 600 USD a year ago and I've really enjoyed using it for both watching films and playing cinematic games that don't require split-second precision (like Red Dead Redemption or Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice). The projector is just the size of a beer can too (it's even shaped like one), and while it isn't a short-throw I can still get a huge image within a 2-meter range. Since I just project it directly on my wall with the blinds closed, the only extra gear I need are a couple of books to prop it up on my desk.

I've had a 120" projector setup since 2009. Pro tips: make sure the screen's center is parallel to eye view from the couch, and 9'-12' is the optimal viewing distance. Black diamond screens make the image pop, even if you take the screen out in the sun, it will still look like you're looking at a regular TV. The black diamond also drastically increases contrast. Lastly, Epson makes the best projectors, at a competitive price, and has the capability to convert ALL 2D content into 3D.

Clicked the product link, and I must admit, that has been the quickest time I've closed a tab after seeing its price. But it's definitely gorgeous though.

Love my projector with 120” screen got it right after the pandemic hit and it’s been a life changing experience. I sit about 10 feet from it and the center point of the screen is almost at my eye level. The immersion is just unreal watching movies and tv shows. Don’t need to go to the movies anymore. My next upgrade will probably be something triple laser UST with 150” ALR PET Crystal screen. Thx for showing us this setup. 👍

I have the projector. Not into gaming, but for movies it is awesome. You can get special paint for a screen. The nice thing is that when you're not watching, it is just a blank wall instead of an eyesore. Getting good sound is key to the experience.

I have an Ultra Short Throw. We use it a few times a month and like it but prefer a regular TV 80-90% of the time. It’s great for big sporting events, movies with surround sound and watching music videos at night, but it’s more gimmick than something I’d want to watch daily. It’s a nice luxury to have though but would not recommend it for your main living area.

This is good if you have a job which offers regular transfers. Moving a TV is always a hassle. It may break sometimes. Great option when you move too much.

You have convinced me that I can't afford neither... What I did is bought a roller stand for my 55 incher, and put it right in front of me, and it feels like a 120 incher

Contrast is very important to me. Hard to step away from that once you get an OLED. Mini LED TVs are also good options.

Optically, this appears to be an amazing engineering feat. I think there may be a lot to be done on the screen side, maybe playing with light polarity, to mitigate this issue with ambient lighting. The projection angle is so strong that very little ambient light comes from that angle. This could be leveraged in a smart way.

I recently changed from a 43" TV to a 100" projector. In games its just okay due to contrast in the day (I have a very sunny living room), but movies look exceptional at night! I am a contect consumer with casual gaming and I am 100% satisfied with the change. Hope you like it for future as well.

Great overview. The TLDR is if you care foremost about screen size, get a projector. But if image quality is your chief priority, then you shouldn't be looking at a projector anyway, unless $ is no object and you can spring for the best of the best. To achieve IQ approaching that of LG's flagship OLEDs, you'd need to spend between $30-50k on a top-flight projector. And even then, the black levels still won't be absolute black in order to achieve the (theoretically) infinite CR of the best OLEDs, and the response time (even with Game Mode active) will be higher than that of the best OLEDs. The average Joe may not be able to discern meaningful differences between the two display types, and ultimately may be over-wowed by the sheer size advantage of a front projection system, but if you're all about picture quality, the latest and greatest OLEDs offer the best bang for the buck as of 2022.

I truly appreciate reviews like this. Honest reviews.

I certainly prefer movies on a projected image, and not because of the size. Our eyes see the world through reflected light and I feel projected images feel more organic over tv’s, which are essentially like staring at a light source. I’m not so fussed about all the technicalities, because the way it ‘feels’ to me is more important than how it technically looks.

Impressed by how short the throw is. I would have gone bigger. My 1080p projector is almost floor to ceiling: its great. An added "bonus" is we are using it in the day

And if you go through the trouble of mounting it to ceiling it is even better. It takes no more room than flat screen TV. But the benefit a projector has over flat screen is : space or more accurately the lack of space it requires. With motorized roll up screen you can have the screen appear out of thin air to front of the window and disappear when you do not need it. But roll up screen absolutely suck with UST projectors. UST is really, really picky for the screen surface. Even tensioned screen will have waves and ripples in the screen pretty soon. And those are REALLY horrible for UST. And with laser it it so bight that you need grey low gain surface. Also the thing about Laser projectors they do never mention is that with the advertised 4 times longer "lamp" life than normal lamp projectors is not the life of lamp which in normal projector you can replace with few hundred dollar replacement lamp making the projector as good as brand new. In laser projector the "lamp" life is the life of the whole projector. You buy $25000 Laser projector which you get to throw away in 4 years once the laser dims in heavy daily use. As where lamp projector is running still running great after 30 years (like mine was) you just replace the lamp when ever you feel the image gets too dim.

hello, huge fan of projector here. I bought my first projector 15 years ago with dvd player + amplifier + loudspeaker (5+1), I have a wall and I used a kind of special 'paint' for the screen/wall and this is a nice idea IMHO expecially when the projector is off. Some years ago I changed the DVD player and I bought a new Blu-ray player, both the players where 'SMART' so I have Youtube and all the apps. Five years ago I bought a new projector (Epson). My 'screen' is about 120 inch and, after all these years I can't watch a TV anymore without thinking 'hey is small' :-) I must say I don't play videogames, maybe this is why I am so enthusiastic about this. nice video, bravo from Italy 🙂 PS: I know the kind of projector like the one on this video, yes 'plug and play' is nice but I am sure you must 'calibrate' again every time someone move the beautiful LG HU915Q ... IMHO is bettter to install only once 🙂

Wow, the projector game has really come up in the past 10 years. Had this set up first with my home computer windows 7 and bumping image up with crossfired cpu and graphics card ( both AMD) also a tv tuner card. Did this for 5 years. Was just difficult to rearrange the room and then after a bit it required an tv turner card that had to be authorized by cable company. Eventually went to a 55" tv.