Have you got a UST laser projector? What's your opinion of them.

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Hi.

I am thinking of selling my Sony 75" ZD9(never thought I would)

I've seen reviews on HDTVTEST you tube channel of UST projectors.
But I can't make my mind up which one to go for.

I want one that can do 130-150" and is good for films and my PC.
Don't really want to spend more than £2,300 for it.

What would you guy recommend?

Thanks
 
tres said:
My only experience is with a Xiaomi Mi 4k UST laser projector
I bought it from ebay for £1k about 2 years ago I think
I replaced my TV with it in the living room

It definitely has the wow factor
4k images look superb
4k upscaling with an Nvidia shield makes 1080p content look great

with an 100" ALR screen, daylight viewing is fine, dim room viewing is incredible.
The projector isn't great in daylight without the ALR screen so it's a must.

My main issue with it is the projector fan noise. I built mine into a TV unit to hide the projector which helps a bit with the noise. You zone it out after 2 minutes of watching something.

Phone photo hence not intended to show screen quality

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That looks great :)
Thanks for the info.
 
Rannoch said:
I saw a Epson LS300 yesterday, the fan noise at full brightness was too much for me, it was very loud. With the brightness turned right down the noise wasn’t noticeable and the image was still very good. It was on a Benq alr screen.

I’m going to order the ls500 from Amazon, probably a used one and if it’s too loud it’s going back.

There’s a review here and he mentions fan noise

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Never heard of that one.
So the LS500 is 4K and the LS300 is 1080p

I know the LS500 has to be 30 inch's away from the screen.

 
tres said:
100” ALR PET crystal screen from XY screens. Got it via AliExpress after recommendations.
Its much better now it's in the unit, probably normal projector noise but it was my first and I wasn't used to it! As soon as anything is playing then it's not really noticeable.



You can always go ALR at sometime in the future. Try and trial a UST with & without the screen.

This is the video that convinced me to go ALR. (Around 8 mins 45 onwards)

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133" £210? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...exp_id=623a87ac-1be5-4bf9-ba11-fa045ebbcaad-0
 
tres said:
No, i'm talking proper ALR

Someone posted this image in another thread about ALR:

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Which to me looks absolutely useless, no different from a mirror.

For UST, you want ALR that actually reflects ambient light away from your viewing position.
The only way to do this is micro structure.

Here is the magnification of mine

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And here is how it works

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Angled reflective surface only reflects from light coming from underneath the screen (where your projector is)

Imagine daylight coming from behind your viewing position - it'll hit the orange reflective surface and be reflected downwards
Ceiling lights are reflected back up/absorbed

When I first unrolled the screen, I thought they'd sent me the wrong one. It was bright grey.
I then changed my viewing position 180 degrees and it was black.

They are expensive but absolutely worth the money, and you can always buy it as an upgrade in the future.
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It does say ALR on the page.

It's maybe like a lot of TV\Audio things. Some people pay £200 for a HDMI lead.
I would go for that ALR one.
 
Richer sounds has a good deal on a BenQ V6050 and a free 100 inch ALR V2 fixed screen.
For £3000. I'm just looking at reviews on the V6050.

Anyone got a BenQ laser?

So not a true 4K machine.
Like others it's using the DLP chip :(
 
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