I bought a new house. I really want to put a projector in my living room as an everyday tv. I don't know how one would hold up in the light though.
From what I've read the Epson 5030UB and a Sony one are the best out right now in this price range. I'd prefer the Epson.
I'm attaching two pictures. One is facing the wall the projector would be on and taken from the kitchen. The other is from the projector wall to the kitchen. These photos were taken at noon and the sun runs along that side of the house all day. Rises behind the projector wall and sets behind the kitchen wall so it would be coming in the windows on the right most of the time. I feel like I could take care of those windows pretty easily with some shades, but I wouldn't neccesarily want to black them out. The screen door I wouldn't touch and the kitchen lights would be on sometimes while watching it. The distance between the kitchen and the wall is pretty far though.
I could buy the projector to test it out and return it pretty easily but the screen is a different issue. That would be harder to return, I'm guessing anyway, so I don't know if buying one and projecting it onto the wall would be that helpful of a test. There's 146 inches between the two windows on the wall so I can put a pretty massive screen there. The bigger the screen the harder to make it bright enough though, right?
So my questions for anyone with experience with ambient light are; By looking at the pictures, is this something I can pull off for daytime viewing and nighttime with the kitchen lights on in the back? And how big of a screen could I potentially have?
From what I've read the Epson 5030UB and a Sony one are the best out right now in this price range. I'd prefer the Epson.
I'm attaching two pictures. One is facing the wall the projector would be on and taken from the kitchen. The other is from the projector wall to the kitchen. These photos were taken at noon and the sun runs along that side of the house all day. Rises behind the projector wall and sets behind the kitchen wall so it would be coming in the windows on the right most of the time. I feel like I could take care of those windows pretty easily with some shades, but I wouldn't neccesarily want to black them out. The screen door I wouldn't touch and the kitchen lights would be on sometimes while watching it. The distance between the kitchen and the wall is pretty far though.
I could buy the projector to test it out and return it pretty easily but the screen is a different issue. That would be harder to return, I'm guessing anyway, so I don't know if buying one and projecting it onto the wall would be that helpful of a test. There's 146 inches between the two windows on the wall so I can put a pretty massive screen there. The bigger the screen the harder to make it bright enough though, right?
So my questions for anyone with experience with ambient light are; By looking at the pictures, is this something I can pull off for daytime viewing and nighttime with the kitchen lights on in the back? And how big of a screen could I potentially have?
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