Optoma CinemaX P2 XPR 4K Ultra-Short Throw Laser Projector + 4yr Warranty Expired

Ordered same price from Amazon last night. Not budgeted for ALR/CLR screen. Any advice on best 120" non-ALR/CLR screen with this projector? Also thinking of ceiling mount to keep area in front of screen open.

Have had this a few months now and thought I'd chime in on the common questions that I had myself.

TLDR: I would recommend at this price

Image quality has marginal increases. Going from white wall (watchable to start tbh) to screen to smoothed white wall with projector paint to alr screen all have marginal increases. I watched with the projector over an outlet for 2 weeks before my screen order came in and you can clearly see the outlet but if you're projecting ~130" you can blend it into the background. Similarly speckles on the wall make the image slightly grainy but you completely get used to that, but once upgraded going back feels bad but livable tbh. Black levels are good for what it is but not true black obviously, but not a deal breaker at all to me or anyone I've shown it to. Sound gets very loud and is much better than alot of TVs and sound bars (although I don't know if that is saying much), but can still use an upgrade.

I'll say the best way to put it is it's kind of like a recipe. You can have buns and a patty for a burger. Then you can add cheese. Then lettuce. Then tomato. Then ketchup. Then mustard. Then grilled onions. Etc etc. The more you add the more you get and the more you'll pay. Missing something is a deal breaker for some but not others. I'll say if you haven't experienced top notch stuff in a lot of these areas then you'll love this as all of it will be an upgrade.

Also in this case watching on a wall to start is a good option to see where you want to allocate money for upgrades next (light control, screen, audio, etc). Or you may find you don't like it and return it. For me at my entire wall of 130-140" with light controlled room the size brightness and color are a great experience.

The one con I'll say is UST is "plug and play" without ceiling mounts or anything but it requires ~2 feet of space away from the wall because measurements of distance away are from the back of the device and

Thanks. Can I assume that if I wanted a 100" screen the distance would be about 10"?

If you need good blacks, definitely not a projector. For picture quality, OLED wins, every day of the week. Specifically LG OLED. There is no better picture on the market. If you just want size, then the projector is fine, but 77" is still big. I'm sure this still has decent picture, but contrast is one of the the most important picture quality details, if not the most important, and nothing else can achieve what OLED does with its perfect black levels. You won't get any of that nasty gray looking black that you'll get with this and everything else. Not to mention that no projectors support Dolby Vision, at the moment, which is vastly better than HDR10. Not every 4K movie or show supports Dolby Vision, so sometimes you'll still be watching things in HDR10, but Dolby Vision has significantly better contrast than HDR10 and 67 billion more colors. That's not a typo.

Thank you for sharing your experience. You said "entire wall of 130-140" ". The spec says 120", when scaling to 130" or 140", how is the picture quality compared to 120"? Is it still pretty clear? Thanks!

My projector is probably a bit dated at this point - my setup is the Vava 4k projector with a standing (motorized; goes up and down) ALR screen (which is basically mandatory with UST).

It is entirely based on the space you want to set up, and ultimately your own personal circumstance and how you plan to use it.

Personally, 83" hands down. If you have kids...or pets (especially cats...), you might find yourself readjusting the projector a lot. Standard projectors are usually ceiling mounted will likely be undisturbed - not so much for UST. Another big caveat with UST is that the range of placement is very limited. Unlike standard projectors where the lens can shift and focus so you have a little bit of leeway, there is basically just one perfect spot with UST, lol.

Also, projectors in general are not silent. They have a fan that increases in speed and volume the longer you use it. You'll definitely hear it during silent scenes; a problem that is generally non-existent for OLED.

Outside of the inconveniences and caveats, I think it really boils down to what kind of experience you're looking for. As everyone else is saying, there is definitely something a bit magical with a 120" screen...but if the alternative is a 83" screen, that should be pretty impressive as well even before all the picture quality perks of OLED.

Not sure Buydig is an approved dealer. but if they are not, best buy has this for the same price right now. Does anyone have this? I tried out a short throw LG projector last week in my home. My house is old, so the walls aren't perfectly straight. However, I've had a projector on that wall for 10 years and never had image issues. I don't know if the short throw magnifies things more than a projector hanging from the wall does, but the LG had wavy lines at the top and curved on the sides. I've never seen anything like that before, so I took it back and ordered a LG OLED. This is a good price though, so I'm curious on other's opinions.

I have the Samsung LSP7T.

After taking the time to read through the comments I thought I'd chip in because at one point I was also faced with the decision as to whether or not I needed an ALR screen. I can say unequivocally that you DO NOT need an ALR screen provided that you have control over the ambient light in the room that you'll be using your projector in. I grabbed the 120" Silver Ticket WHITE screen from Amazon and could not be more pleased with the results.

The human eyes get accustomed to most imperfections and you will not notice after a few minutes.

the one thing about ultra short throw is that they are ideally projected on a perfectly flat surface. Any waves in your screen or wall or sheet or whatever your projecting on will be very magnified because of the extreme angle of incident. In my opinion, ultra short throws work best with fixed projection screens, a smooth flat wall, or possibly a drop screen that is tab tensioned and not inexpensive pulldown screens or a fabric sheet or wavy sheetrock/plaster even wall texture could be trouble.