Got mine in today. Luckily I never throw any left over parts and pieces away so I dug out the pieces to my universal ceiling mount got it hung pretty quickly. Took a little bit of time getting the picture tweaked to line up with the screen since everything is manual, but it's not like you have to do that everyday. My ceiling mount has a long pole to get the projector under my ceiling fan so it isn't the most rigid mount. My new receiver (Yamaha 3060) and UHD player (Samsung M9500) won't be in until Friday so I don't have any 4K yet. Only had a few minutes to play with it, but out of the box was very impressed with how bright it is. Granted I'm coming from a 10+ year old Panasonic AE3000 with a dying bulb. Turned it onto bright mode and even with all the lights on in the room picture was easily visible. Would work great for superbowl party etc. Not sure what the HDR Simulate mode is for, but it turned people comically orange in certain scenes on TV. I'll have more time to play with it on Sunday. My daughters birthday is this weekend so what little free time I have is being spent in the kitchen making cupcakes for her school party and a cake for the party with friends.
I never calibrated my old system. I'm reasonably technically inclined. Is it worth getting the software and sensor and doing the calibration myself or would I be better off hiring a pro? I live in a small town so not sure where to even try and find a pro.
Edit: Daughter got home from school so we fired up the PS4 Pro (still using my 1080P receiver so no 4K) and loaded minecraft. With the old projector we struggled reading the descriptions on the items in the inventory. I often went and got a chair from the kitchen so I could sit 6-7' from the screen instead of my normal 14'. With the new projector, no issues at all. Words are crystal clear. Colors are so vibrant and really jump off the screen. It is killing me to have to wait until my new receiver, player, and a coupe of UHD movies come in on Friday.
I never calibrated my old system. I'm reasonably technically inclined. Is it worth getting the software and sensor and doing the calibration myself or would I be better off hiring a pro? I live in a small town so not sure where to even try and find a pro.
Edit: Daughter got home from school so we fired up the PS4 Pro (still using my 1080P receiver so no 4K) and loaded minecraft. With the old projector we struggled reading the descriptions on the items in the inventory. I often went and got a chair from the kitchen so I could sit 6-7' from the screen instead of my normal 14'. With the new projector, no issues at all. Words are crystal clear. Colors are so vibrant and really jump off the screen. It is killing me to have to wait until my new receiver, player, and a coupe of UHD movies come in on Friday.