All of the images are projected on a 1.1 gain, 150” white screen in a dedicated home theater with complete light control. The projector is ceiling mounted at the rear of the room.
The first three are live tv shots using the standard “cinema” image setting (50% brightness). The only lighting in the room is fairly dim upward lighting on the ceiling.
The next three are a very dark scene from an Avengers movie. One is with all the lights in the room on, one is with only the upward lighting on, and the last is with all the lights in the room off.
Pros:
-For this room setup, the projector is plenty bright. The colors look vivid and fantastic.
-At lower brightness levels, the projector is very quiet. At higher levels, it still isn’t loud, but the fan is noticeable.
-There is no noticeable lag when gaming on an Xbox series X.
-Black levels/darker scenes are pretty good, but do not look as good as on a high end TV.
Cons:
-Compared to a TV, getting a good looking image is a lot more work. The projector could be angled too much up or down, could be turned too far left or right, could be rolled slightly to the left of right, the screen could be crooked, etc. In addition, the projector lens controls are maddening. Unlike almost every other control option, the lens zoom and focus controls do not have any visible range or numbers displayed. Therefore, you cannot easily compare different options. If you alter the focus one direction, then it’s impossible to know if you returned it to the setting it was at to start with.
-The image settings could use more explanations. What am I supposed to assume Vivid, Natural, and Dynamic mean?
-Switching from one type of source to another (for instance, Hulu to Disney Plus on an Apple TV) takes much longer than on a TV. It’s probably at least 5 seconds, if not longer.
Overall, I’m very happy with the purchase, but it has taken way more time tinkering with the settings to get to this point than I expected.