Optoma - HCPRO-4400

I agree with your thinking totally. I have been researching new projectors for the last six months. Finally decided on Ls12000. Had set at 100% dynamic and was not as bright as my 3700. Instantly induced eyestrain and my wife agreed. Going to order the Optima 4400 pro this week. It checks all the boxes with higher brightness, 3D, true 4K and Dolby vision bypassing the need for my HdFury Vroom. This new projector was literally released the day I returned my LS12000 - what a pain u mounting and returning. I could never go smaller than a 150so big screen require quality high lumens

I’ve got the optoma laser series, it’s 4k, and works happily with appleTV, and is very bright (and not too pricey)

Day or night? Assume night, the optoma laser series are very bright and not crazy price. I use one indoors, but room is pretty light during the day and image still good

Have you considered buying used or refurbished? I got a nice 4k optoma for like $400

I have an optima 4k at 110" with a PS5 and gaming PC hooked up (mostly for sim racing). My son plays FPS on the PS5 and he has no problems with lag, constantly top of the scoreboard/victory royale/chicken dinners etc. IT looks fab and its relatively cheap for a big picture. It needs to be pretty dark, not pitch. We will probably go to a big TV next replacement cycle. Projector is noisy, hot and takes a lot longer than a TV to power up. You need to replace bulbs, which isn't cheap. It's just a bit more temperamental than a TV.