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My strong advice for my fellow HN readers is to buy a nice projector. Optoma makes several 4K models, and you can buy a screen of whatever size you want (silver

My strong advice for my fellow HN readers is to buy a nice projector. Optoma makes several 4K models, and you can buy a screen of whatever size you want (silver ticket on amazon for instance). They’re fairly inexpensive if you just want a 1080p or even one of the lower end 4K models, and none of them have any ‘smart’ tech. No malware, no anything. The immersiveness of a 100+ inch screen beats any TV, and if you want, you can hide the screen when you’re not using it. I would never buy a TV again. You also get to use real speakers, and because the system is much more modular, you can upgrade components much more at your convenience. Your friends will be jealous of your movie and gaming experience, but in the end you’ll probably have spent the same as you would have on a TV anyway.

akvadrako 6y ago
That depends if you want to use it in a dark or quiet room. A decent and bright projector is at least double the price of a decent tv. All the bright ones I’ve seen also require fans.
tigershark 6y ago
I think that projectors are not a good choice for a frequent use. The lamp has a relatively short lifespan. Their brightness in big screen sizes is abysmal, so you can’t use them in a lit room. Contrast, HDR and colour rendition is not on par with OLED as far as I remember.
- schrijver 6y ago
  LED projectors have a very long lifespan, require less cooling and consume little energy. They are less bright though than models with traditional lamps. Up to the point that, with the tiny projector we have, it only works when the sun has gone down. And indeed we switch off the lights when we turn on the projector. All this means you can’t use the device as a kind of audiovisual wallpaper while you go about doing other stuff, and for those who need that scenario a projector is probably not a good alternative. We switch it on to watch something specific from start to finish. I don’t mind this particular limitation, I feel like I pay more attention and enjoy watching things more in this way.

akvadrako 6y ago

That depends if you want to use it in a dark or quiet room. A decent and bright projector is at least double the price of a decent tv. All the bright ones I’ve seen also require fans.

tigershark 6y ago

I think that projectors are not a good choice for a frequent use. The lamp has a relatively short lifespan. Their brightness in big screen sizes is abysmal, so you can’t use them in a lit room. Contrast, HDR and colour rendition is not on par with OLED as far as I remember.

schrijver 6y ago
LED projectors have a very long lifespan, require less cooling and consume little energy. They are less bright though than models with traditional lamps. Up to the point that, with the tiny projector we have, it only works when the sun has gone down. And indeed we switch off the lights when we turn on the projector. All this means you can’t use the device as a kind of audiovisual wallpaper while you go about doing other stuff, and for those who need that scenario a projector is probably not a good alternative. We switch it on to watch something specific from start to finish. I don’t mind this particular limitation, I feel like I pay more attention and enjoy watching things more in this way.