EH-TW7000

For a completely dark room with a 3.85 m throw and a 2.8 m screen, all three options can work, but prioritizing quiet operation and consistent image quality, the Epson EH-TW7000 seems like a solid pick. It’s reliable, delivers strong color accuracy, and generally runs quieter than the Optoma UHD38x, which has had some reported reliability issues. The ViewSonic PX701-4K shines in brighter rooms, so its advantage is less relevant here. If you’re open to slightly stretching the budget, some Dangbei 4K projectors are worth checking too, they offer excellent brightness, color, and low fan noise, plus solid build quality, making them beginner-friendly for home theaters.

I don't think people with the 5050UB should be unhappy. But, the LS11000 costs more, and has lower contrast, while XGimi is pushing out models like the Horizon 20, base model, for about $1,600, that is every bit as good or better than what Epson has in their 3200/3800 models, for less/similar money. The high end models that are in the same price range of the 5050UB are squaring up against it nicely. Valerion has been tested against JVC models with solid performance. I think Epson is trying to compete in the high end, instead of doing their best in the middle range where they have excelled for decades. Not just years, but decades they have been such an easy recommendation. We also saw from BenQ that it is not that expensive to switch from a lamp system to a laser system. It just makes no sense to buy a lamp based projector that is over half a decade old in design, considering the competition.

I've had both tv's and projectors in my small apartment. It comes down to do you live alone and do you like the dark? If you live alone and like the dark, the projector is much better. You get a huge image and you can just project it to your wall and don't have to carry a huge tv to your apartment. I have the Epson 3200 (now in my garage) and used it when I lived in my apartment and it was great (other than arguing about opening curtains). If you live with people you will be arguing about opening the blinds every day. They might want them open and you want them closed. It becomes a headache and then you will just end up with a tv.

Hi, everyone. I had a previous post on here over a year ago trying to figure out how to make a projector screen that was a gift work for me in my Loft-style apartment. I had much trial and error (even purchased the wrong kind of projector and had to return it once I realized it wouldn’t work), but it was all worth it in the end after I finally got the setup to work as best as I could. The projector is a EPSON Home Cinema 3200 4K UHD 3 chip projector with HDR that I found for a great deal and the stand I found on Amazon after other solutions I had just wouldn’t work correctly. I couldn’t be happier with the setup and am glad I received help on this platform after having weeks of not knowing what I was doing. Any advice I can provide would be to research and research as much as possible with the space you have, throw distance required and screen type to help make the projector choice much easier. It’s all worth the extra work to make sure your choice is the best one for your space. Any additional tips people can suggest in making my current setup a bit better, feel free to let me know. Mainly made the post to say thanks to the few people on here that tried to help me out when I didn’t know what I was doing. ❤️ Thank you all!

Thank you so much! The screen was a gift from my brother but I saw it was $125 on Amazon. The projector was $899 plus shipping so around $923 and then the stand was $35. My audio setup is tricky because I have a Sony Soundbar with subwoofer that was given as a gift, but that cost $300 new if you were to purchase that. I use a PlayStation 5 for UHD and Blu Rays (will upgrade to a region free player when possible) and the NVIDIA Shield Pro for streaming which is around $200 and worth every penny. So in total for streaming setup including the shield pro is around $1400+. Totally worth it!

I had a wimius off Amazon for a while as a secondary screen before upgrading to a Epson TW7000 as the main screen. It's night and day difference and totally worth it. The cheap Chinese projectors don't have nearly as much detail clarity or brightness especially in the day

For what it's worth I really like my TW7000 - great contrast and brightness - I have no treatment in my room and can watch TV in the day too I can't see a noticeable difference when playing at 1080 vs upscaled 4k