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Epson Home Cinema 2100 1080p 3LCD Projector - Refurbished $399
Includes 2-Year Limited Warranty
Epson Certified Refurbished
Wondering if this is a good deal?
https://epson.com/Clearance-Cente...1H851020-N
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Contrast Ratios are always implied and will vary dramatically depending on how dark your room gets and how reflective everything is inside of that room. Light Control *is a must*. You also generally want a screen, projecting on a standard house wall with flat or semi-gloss paint will not be ideal but, you know, its functional. You can get a cheap grey screen (material only, sold cheap in various sizes on ebay) and give that a go, I'd recommend a greyish screen to help enhance the blacks that may get a little washed out on these inexpensive LCD based projectors.
Having said that, $400 for a 1080p projector is amazing, thats what replacement bulbs used to cost.
Optoma is a well known, established brand name. Look at each model and make sure you get one designed for home theater use (better image quality, punchy colors and black levels) versus industrial/classroom models (those tend to be brighter, while sacrificing contrast ratio and color accuracy).
The one thing you want to avoid with projectors is turning them on and off like TV's. Bulbs generally fail when you spark them, particularly when you do it if they are still warm. A good habit with PJ's is to turn them on and just leave them on, I routinely turn mine on for 10+ hour stretches, rather than turn it on/off, on/off several times a day....I've never blown a bulb (4 projectors over a decade)...they just get dim or start to flicker when they reach their end of life (2000-5000 hours in my case) and then you replace them.
or you get a new $400 projector depending on how often you use yours.
Also worth mentioning: 4K is not native on most projectors under $5000 and you can forget "real HDR" on any projector, even the $5000+ ones...1080p even at 120" is *FINE* for gaming/movie watching, 4K is of course better..even simulated...but you're not getting that for $500 yet.
HDR requires intense light output in specific regions of the panel and Projectors do not really operate like that, so even PJ's that cost $10k, $15k have dubious HDR light output numbers so just go in with your eyes open if you see HDR on any PJ and you're expecting the image to make you wince on bright scenes like a back-panel-lit LED or OLED might.
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Anybody want a killer deal on a used 2045 lmk. Still a great projector overall.
What kind of 3D glasses do you use?
amazon seemed to have a questionable warranty, but maybe has an extra warrantee you can purchase. From what i read, its a pretty good picture but not as good as a dlp, with rgbrgb color wheel like BenQ HT2050A and gt1080hdr have better picture but their lamp replacements are 250$ and 174$ each. the 2150 lamp replacement is 50$. from avs forums:
the epson 2150 is an entry level projector with weak black levels, but the change in screens helped immensely with black levels. the 1.1 gain screen was awful looking, the 1.0 was okay, but the .95 is worlds better. as other have mentioned i too keep the projector in eco mode (~1600 lumens @ ~12' throw distance @ 110" is plenty bright), with gamma turned up & brightness turned down. the picture quality is fantastic for the price...https://www.avsforum.co
so now just have to find a cheap .95 gain screen, and talk the wife into repainting the basement dark colors
also, the 2100 in a youtube video looks exactly the same as the 2150
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https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=39524184
I would but I'm cheap. Currently on a light beige wall and it looks fine
No luck at my WM. Was it out on the floor? Couldn't get a worker to help me look in the back
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No . Had an employee look in the back where brickseek said limited stock