TV vs Projector | Which One is Best for Your Home Theater?! 

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@@AudioAdviceugh.. I can't decide on a TV or projector. Have 7.5' ceiling and a 12x17 room.

@@sandralodato1548 You might try our free home theater design tool. www.audioadvice.com/home-theater-design

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Thanks for the suggestion, that is a great point. A lot of the newer projectors are great for gaming! Thanks for watching.

Thanks for sharing. That sums it up pretty well, although the short throws can get you into a bigger image and overcome some light in the room

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They sure are getting really good! For example, the new Sony VPL-XW line of projectors support 4K 60 Hz input with an input lag under 21 ms, and 2K 120 Hz input with an input lag under 13 ms. That’s really awesome!

@@AudioAdvice That is good, so we are getting closer to blurring the lines. Do you think we'd ever see an HDR or DV, that color or brightness POP those bring? I am sure the 120 4k is around the corner the rate these are going. By the time i get moved into our new house and begin my theater setup, the tech may be there. Or they will have a 150in TV lol, out of my price range of course lol.

@@ThommyGunnGaming epson ls12000 supports full hdmi 2.1 meaning 4K /120hz at 16.8 ms!

@@kohfu1724 Thats great news, thank you for that info! Appreciate you!

I worked for Epson as a service technician for 2yrs. Don't waste your money buying projectors. I won't say more than that

That becomes a personal decision, many people prefer the way a movie screen looks vs a TV, but about an equal number prefer a big TV. Thanks for watching

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If you want a big picture, you will want a projector.

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We do not know of a projector with a tuner built in. You would need a separate tuner, but the other problem is you need a projector with a speaker, we only have the Epson short throw models with a speaker, and the sound is not very good. If you are going with a projector, you should do a separate home theater speaker system. Thanks for watching

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Is a fart reflected light?

How are you going to reflect black? Wouldn't the darks color you can create be the color of the screen

@@poisonpotato1 youre never gonna have the blacks that you have on a tv. I have a light grey screen and the contrast is amazing. When the lights are low, blacks are blacks. Watching a movie at night is much less strenuous on your eyes as well. And if you get a nice projector the dynamic range is going to be excellent

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Good question. A front projector will need a home theater receiver. While you could in theory have it switch with an automation system for each input it’s better to just put the aspect ratios on the smart remote. Some cable content might be widescreen and not all Blu-ray Discs are widescreen. Thanks for watching

Great question. The answer will really depend on the room size and how far away you might be sitting from a projector screen. This question would be best handled by one of our home theater experts in chat. - The right projector will usually come down to your needs, your room and budget, so if you need help deciding which one is right for you, come have a chat with one of our experts on audioadvice.io/aa-chat​ and we will be glad to help you you out! Thanks for watching.

Some tvs can upscale HD definition to 4k

Almost all projectors need a home theater system. You connect your gaming console and other sources to a home theater receiver which then sends the picture to the projector. You stream from your phone to a streaming source like a Roku or console.

Tv is still better

We sure love projectors for a dedicated home theater room!

True but depends on source. 24p content on a 120hz source i really dont see any lag on my A80J compared to my lcd monitor but it was def noticeable when using a 60hz source.

Yes, that is correct, however, we do feel the Sony video processor does the best job of motion of anything we have seen out there

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Yes, this was more of a very high level comparison, but we totally agree! Thanks for watching

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There are pros and cons to using TV in a theater room, even if it's the same size. Many believe that no matter what, a projector has a more cinematic look than a large TV.

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Many people use our free home theater tool to determine the ideal screen size. Thanks for watching

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Thanks for sharing. How is the image quality on that model? We have not seen the 98” one but we’re somewhat disappointed with the other sets we have seen from them. Thanks for watching

You will have to put one very close to the screen to accomplish that and you may have trouble finding one that can produce an image so small

We love projectors!

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If you care about absolute best picture quality, go with a TV with all the latest tech. Something like the Sony A95L would be a great choice. Chat with our team at audioadvice.com if you need more help!

That’s a great question. The new laser-based projectors have about a 20,000 hour life. The lamp base projectors do need to have the lamp replaced every 1000 to 4000 hours of use. Thanks for watching.

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We were explaining the pros and cons of each technology. Thanks for watching

We would recommend a projector. There are lots of choices for those and the audio portion. Please reach out to our team at www.audioadvice.com to talk about the options.

@@AudioAdvice Okay, I know that a projector is ideal when it comes to size. But does it have the best picture quality?? Let's say if I want HDR, Dolby Vision and perfect black levels. Will a projector provide me with all of that??

@@princesmith8008 If you want to watch a TV instead of what feels like a movie theater experience, you will get more of what you want in a TV. No projector has Dolby Vision. But until you have watched a movie with a great projector on a large screen, its hard to describe how different that is to watching on a TV. The creators of the content make it to be viewed on a large screen.

@@AudioAdvice Yeah I'm sure using a projector is more immersive than a TV because of the size, that's understandable. But what if I get a huge TV that is over 100 inch or something??

​@@princesmith8008I have a hard time believing anything that is lower contrast can look better. A 100 inch TV has to look better than a 100 inch projector. But then I am one of those people who has always been disappointed with the black levels of the image in an actual theatre. But then again I'm also 23 and grew up in the OLED age

Absolutely! It can sure be a tough choice sometimes. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for sharing, it is that feeling you get when you are in a commercial movie house.

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Jk! Stick with tv. Unless u have a completely light controlled environment

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Typically yes. Although some of the short throw models with ALR screens work well in a media room

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It is an advantage if you want an immersive image and to many people the picture coming off a screen looks closer to real life. Thanks for sharing

@@AudioAdvice "immersive" Meaning big, not quality? Sounds a bit like saying "our orange juice is totally watered down but we make it in bulk, so you want bulk, right?"

@@frosted1030 Not at all. You should experience a really good home theater for yourself one day and you will see what we mean.

@@AudioAdvice Until you have them side by side at the same scale, what are you comparing? "Oh, the large dim one at twice the price, that's for me!"? Is this what you are selling? It's hard to sell a $10,000 "experience" when most people can quickly see a difference between that and a decent $1000 display in brightness, refresh rate, measurable color quality, and integration into real-world situations. Most living rooms are not going to have theater setups. In fact, most people are still placing TVs above mantels (if they are large) or opposite windows/doors/light sources. In building a "home theater" do you find many people making less than $50,000 a year willing to blow more than half a year's salary on this project? See, some of us have to live in the real world where decisions have to be made like the old "food or medicine". We can't just renovate an entire room for low fidelity poor performance (but hey, it looks kinda like a theater) experience. I encourage you to compare apples to apples. Get a decent HDR TV and set it up next to your best projection TV in the same room, side by side. See which one looks better. Which one performs better axis. Which one has better color out of the box. ETC.

​@@frosted1030 you got it backward.. The whole point of a projector is to have a huge screen at the same cost as a smaller TV. No one is saying the projector is giving you a better image than a TV

Exactly, once you get above around 85" projectors make a whole lot of sense. Thanks for watching

Typically TV's are much better but projectors are starting to catch up! 😉

There is still nothing like a wall to wall screen! Thanks for watching

If it is lamp based, yes, you will need to replace the lamp.

Wow, we agree real life is more interesting, but not so much after dark when most people watch TV.

Said after you watched a video on RU-vid. Much different than tv....

I wouldn't miss the tv's from 36 years ago either

So you want me to fly a Jet with Tom Cruise? Instead of watching Top Gun on my house?

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