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Epson Home Cinema 5050UB Projector @ Amazon $2500
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The Epson is going to have size on its side. This one is pretty bright and has good black levels for a projector. The resolution is 1080p basically duplicated so you have 4 million pixels but only 2 million of them are truly individually addressable. The rest is sort of processed in, so it does look better than 1080p but not as good as either truly native 4K or even as good as say a DLP 4K projector, which has 2 million pixels shifted so fast that when you look at the screen you actually see 8 million addressable pixels per frame.
Here is how I would rate and compare these:
OLED TV: Best visual quality period, but limited to about a quarter of the screen size you can do with a projector (compare 75" to 150")
Epson 5050: Great black levels for a projector, best in class short only of expensive JVC units. Picture noticeably not as sharp as a TV or DLP projector. Good brightness and good picture quality for a projector. 3D is hit or miss, mostly miss on what I have experienced since it uses 3 chips in alignment, and I have always seen ghosting and crosstalk on Epson projectors for 3D. Also motion handling isn't as good as DLP or OLED.
DLP Projector: Worst black levels of all 3 choices, best motion and 3D handling. Almost as sharp as OLED (bigger pixels being the only reason not) and noticeably sharper than Epson. I would put the BenQ X3000i as a good comparison because it's available now, costs less than this and has a 4LED light source (not lamp) so it will not dim and cannot burst. It also does 1080p in 240hz if you game and low latency. It has not great black levels and the contrast isn't really as good as the Epson, but color brightness is better I think and the tone mapping (HDR for projectors basically) is really good out of the box.
Some people swear by DLP, others by Epson, and some prefer OLED for its superior picture. Personally I go DLP because having a 150" screen is much much better than OLED, and I do watch 3D so I need DLP. Also the motion is distracting to me on 3LCD Epson machines and I notice the sharpness hit on the Epson as well. The Epson does also have better mounting options with good lens shift. If you don't care about 3D and you don't notice the sharpness hit as much then the Epson might be a better choice, it's definitely a very nice machine for what it does.
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Projectors are generally weaker at every picture quality spec when compared to OLED or even some regular LCD, but in turn it is very flexible compared to most fixed panel display. And this is a even bigger advantage when you are talking about larger sizes. When it goes over a certain size, cost of fixed panel is increasing very fast and installation becomes hard and expensive, while it remains rather the same for projectors.
For me, I have a rather badly designed living room that I can install either a 110inch projector screen or a ~75inch TV, and given my lighting environment and sound system setup I chose to use a projector. I am very happy about it.
However one thing this has that a TV does not is 3D. And if you can get a 110" or bigger screen and experience 3D on it, man you're in for a treat. I'd prob get a 110"-130" screen and sit around 8'-10' away from the screen for optimal viewing.
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