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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3132438" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Problem is, once you get into higher-end home theater stuff, you really have to rely on online reviews. Unless you've got someone like [USER=7292]@doctorjj[/USER] who you can visit and evaluate their setup, and then you only get to check out the ONE projector or screen or whatever they have.</p><p></p><p>None of the "big box" stores really have properly set up viewing areas, even Best Buy's "Magnolia Room" BS. Evaluating TV screens in the store is 95% useless, they are NEVER properly set up or calibrated for a true viewing environment, because they're in a huge, brightly-lit store. And the ones they put into those little viewing rooms they still don't truly calibrate properly. They turn up the brightness and saturation to make their demo videos "pop" and impress people in the short term when they're demoing stuff in the store, but the truth is, if you had them set anywhere close to that in your home, you'd quickly grow fatigued and annoyed with the picture and would probably even develop headaches, etc. That is, unless you have your setup in a giant sunroom, lol. And the problems with projectors are compounded even more than that, you absolutely CANNOT find a place to properly evaluate a home theater projector <strong>anywhere</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I don't have much room in my current house, and with my recent job change, it doesn't look like a new place is on my agenda anytime soon. <sigh></p><p></p><p>So I have a ton of research to do if I want to do this, as it's going to be a sub-optimal setup from the start. My maximum viewing distance is about 12 feet from the wall, with another wall 3 feet behind me. I don't know if it's really even worth moving to a projector setup with those dimensions, but I keep thinking I'd like to try it out... my 65" just isn't exciting for me anymore. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /> lol. </p><p></p><p>Yeah, first world problems, I know. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm just spitballing, who knows if I'll actually do anything with it or not...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3132438, member: 9374"] Problem is, once you get into higher-end home theater stuff, you really have to rely on online reviews. Unless you've got someone like [USER=7292]@doctorjj[/USER] who you can visit and evaluate their setup, and then you only get to check out the ONE projector or screen or whatever they have. None of the "big box" stores really have properly set up viewing areas, even Best Buy's "Magnolia Room" BS. Evaluating TV screens in the store is 95% useless, they are NEVER properly set up or calibrated for a true viewing environment, because they're in a huge, brightly-lit store. And the ones they put into those little viewing rooms they still don't truly calibrate properly. They turn up the brightness and saturation to make their demo videos "pop" and impress people in the short term when they're demoing stuff in the store, but the truth is, if you had them set anywhere close to that in your home, you'd quickly grow fatigued and annoyed with the picture and would probably even develop headaches, etc. That is, unless you have your setup in a giant sunroom, lol. And the problems with projectors are compounded even more than that, you absolutely CANNOT find a place to properly evaluate a home theater projector [B]anywhere[/B]. I don't have much room in my current house, and with my recent job change, it doesn't look like a new place is on my agenda anytime soon. <sigh> So I have a ton of research to do if I want to do this, as it's going to be a sub-optimal setup from the start. My maximum viewing distance is about 12 feet from the wall, with another wall 3 feet behind me. I don't know if it's really even worth moving to a projector setup with those dimensions, but I keep thinking I'd like to try it out... my 65" just isn't exciting for me anymore. :D lol. Yeah, first world problems, I know. ;) I'm just spitballing, who knows if I'll actually do anything with it or not... [/QUOTE]
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