Anyone able to compare 85inch TV and 120inch projector?

Sorry to hijack but I have a question regarding screens.

I have a 75" in the living room and have often considered getting a 120" setup. I would have to have a pull down. However, I've looked into these tab tension screens which appear to reduce the chances of the screen developing waves etc.

Also, the sofa is in a bay window with a lower roof than the rest of the ceiling. The plan would be to mount the PJ to the ceiling section of the bay window. This would mean the PJ is effectively above my head so noise is a concern. Without actually buying all the gear I won't know whether the noise is too distracting.
 
EddScott said:
Sorry to hijack but I have a question regarding screens.

I have a 75" in the living room and have often considered getting a 120" setup. I would have to have a pull down. However, I've looked into these tab tension screens which appear to reduce the chances of the screen developing waves etc.

Also, the sofa is in a bay window with a lower roof than the rest of the ceiling. The plan would be to mount the PJ to the ceiling section of the bay window. This would mean the PJ is effectively above my head so noise is a concern. Without actually buying all the gear I won't know whether the noise is too distracting.
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you need to plug values into projector central projector calculator

you may need to find a pj that has vertical offset that meeds your needs

as for sound

bigger the unit the quieter usually.
They aren’t silent unless you spend a few k and even then

my pj is quieter than the dell pc i use to drive it. But ive had horrendously loud units. You need one specially for ht. business and presentation pjs are too loud for more than a novelty
 
If you're going pull down, just get an electric one. For me they it really set the mood of "getting ready for a movie". Search ebay for 120inch tab tenssion screen and you can pick them up for less than £300.

I'd say my non tab tensioned screens in the past don't really have waves, it's more than the sides curl up making the picture a little out of focus and obviously that adds bit of weird warping to the image on the edges (that isn't always visible but is definitely highlighted when the camera pans left to right)

I'd say tab tensioning isn't essential, but is more important than it being electirc if you're really trying to save money.

You're facing the same problem as me with the bay window. Mouting the projector lower in the bay window however is likely to be a bonus because you likely won't need as much vertical lens shift (an optical solution that retains maximum picture quality without having to use digital keystoning). But @whitecrook is right, get yourself on https://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm to find out what size screen you can acheive and what the various limitations will be in terms of offset between the screen and the projector.

I'd also agree that sound is an issue with projectors. Again, @whitecrook is right that bigger can mean quieter, but I've also experianced the exact opposite. My firend has a dinky "office" projector that they set up on a table and it's the quietest projector I've ever heard... but some of the multiple £k projectors I'm looking at are slated for being too loud...

It's part of the reason that I'm lucky enough to have a dedicated room that lets me put the sofa essentially anywhere I want, and I want the sofa closer to the screen and further away from the projector at the back of the room explictly to avoid this issue of having the projector directly overhead.

One saving grace is that it looks like at least one or two places are letting you do a 14 day trial with no quibble return policy. So it might be worth picking something up that fits in your price range and seeing if it's something you could put up with.
 
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