Home Cinema 980 3LCD 1080p Projector

I just got the 980 a few weeks ago and love it. Very bright, great picture, easy setup, compatible with my PS5. A few things I don’t love is no image shift, no way to dim the brightness (there is a setting to take the brightness down but it is only for the pictures brightness, not the actual brightness of the projector) and the hdmi ports are very sensitive but that could just be mine. Overall though very worth it and very happy with it

Also want to add, Best Buy had a deal on these for around $100 off in store. Not sure if it’s still active but worth a look

Good call on the Epson HC 980; that's a solid pick for your use case. If you want slightly better contrast and a touch of lens shift for easier placement, the BenQ HT2050A or HT2060 are great alternatives, but for simple nighttime streaming the HC 980 is a solid pick.

I would suggest either a business projector like Epson power lite or one of the Epson HC 880,1060,1080, 980 series which are for home cinema but are very bright. Some of them are older so you can look for them used or refurbished maybe in your price range

Putting the projector into ECO mode should lower the bulb brightness a bit.