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Hello,
I am currently running a Boxlight 20HD (Sanyo PLV70) at home, and just wondering if there is a 1080 projector available that would work for me. We use this as our TV, though other than occasional sports days or movie nights we generally watch about 2 hours / day, tops. Because this is our TV, we do like to keep some lights on, though we do keep the lighting fairly low.
With that, I don't think we would be able to go with a low lumen projector (the Boxlight was generally be considered a light canon.) At this point, the 20HD is working great for us, it does everything we are looking for, generally used with MythTV for watching recorded shows. I'm just wondering if there is some new 1080 projector out there that I "should" be looking at to replace this. Figuring that the next time I need to replace the bulb (currently on our fourth), maybe I would just look at replacing the unit.
My initial search didn't really turn up anything, but maybe I missed something. For completeness my room setup is a 15'x25' "basement" with 7' ceilings. The screen is 110" DIY blackout cloth. I do use the powered lens shift, especially since the projector is ceiling mounted, right at the top of the screen. With the low ceiling, I think I would require lens shift, since the projector can't be mounted any higher. The projector is currently about 13' from the screen, but I could change that if necessary.
Thanks,
I am currently running a Boxlight 20HD (Sanyo PLV70) at home, and just wondering if there is a 1080 projector available that would work for me. We use this as our TV, though other than occasional sports days or movie nights we generally watch about 2 hours / day, tops. Because this is our TV, we do like to keep some lights on, though we do keep the lighting fairly low.
With that, I don't think we would be able to go with a low lumen projector (the Boxlight was generally be considered a light canon.) At this point, the 20HD is working great for us, it does everything we are looking for, generally used with MythTV for watching recorded shows. I'm just wondering if there is some new 1080 projector out there that I "should" be looking at to replace this. Figuring that the next time I need to replace the bulb (currently on our fourth), maybe I would just look at replacing the unit.
My initial search didn't really turn up anything, but maybe I missed something. For completeness my room setup is a 15'x25' "basement" with 7' ceilings. The screen is 110" DIY blackout cloth. I do use the powered lens shift, especially since the projector is ceiling mounted, right at the top of the screen. With the low ceiling, I think I would require lens shift, since the projector can't be mounted any higher. The projector is currently about 13' from the screen, but I could change that if necessary.
Thanks,