Effective Ways to Pick the Perfect Projector for Your Viewing Needs

Effective Ways to Pick the Perfect Projector for Your Viewing Needs While the price of large-screen TVs has dropped significantly in recent years, a front projector remains the best value for someone who wants to watch their favourite movies and TV shows on a really big screen. However, selecting the right projector from a crowded field of models ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars can be a daunting task.

Different projectors are intended for specific applications. Even more than a TV, the performance of a projector is influenced by the room environment as well as the size and type of screen used with it. So, before you go shopping, consider the following key questions to help you find the best projector for you.

What Do You Intend To Do With The Projector?

Are you primarily looking for a projector to watch movies or sports, play games, or display business presentations? Many of the most affordable projectors are ideal for business applications such as PowerPoint or whiteboard presentations and company video chats. They may provide adequate brightness and a variety of connectivity options for connecting to a computer, but their resolution may not be full HD (19201080 pixels) or in the proper shape (16:9) for movie and TV viewing. Most importantly, business projectors frequently have highly exaggerated colours that are meant to pop in a brightly lit conference room but don't look natural with movies in a darker room, and they lack video adjustments to make the image more accurate.

You should get a full HD projector that can reproduce all or most of the Rec 709 colour gamut used for HDTV and home video releases. It should ideally include a Cinema or Movie mode that is close to reference standards, as well as the controls needed to fine-tune the image for optimal performance. If you've already purchased a 4K Blu-ray player or other 4K source, expect to pay more for a projector with 4K resolution and support for high dynamic range video, such as the JVC DLA-NX5.

For sports and gaming, a full or 4K HD model that is very bright (2,500 lumens or more) and has a 120 Hz refresh rate, which results in less motion blur in fast-moving images, is ideal. Gamers should look for a projector with very low input lag, which means that there is less time between when something happens in the game and when it appears on the screen. Many home entertainment projectors now include a game mode with lower input lag; the lag amount should be 16 ms or less. For sports and gaming, we recommend the Viewsonic PX701-4K.

What Kind Of Room Are You Going To Use The Projector In?

This question is especially important for moviegoers because it determines how much money you should spend on a projector. Do you have a dedicated theatre room where you can completely block out all extraneous light, or do you only watch movies at night with the lights turned off? Do you want to see all the fine details in your favourite dark, moody thriller in a truly cinematic big-screen experience? If this is the case, it may be worth paying a little more for a higher-end home theatre epson projector that can deliver an image with truly deep, dark black levels and a particularly high contrast ratio, resulting in a richer, more engaging image. These projectors frequently use higher-quality lens systems that allow for better contrast and crisper images, but they're also larger and heavier—so you'll probably want to mount them permanently to the wall or ceiling, rather than setting them on a table or shelf.

What Size Screen Do You Require?

The more light output your projector requires to produce a well-saturated image, the larger the screen size. The brightness capability of a projector is typically listed in ANSI lumens, but keep in mind that manufacturers' stated light specs can be misleading; in real-world use, projectors typically put out much less light, at least in the more accurate picture modes. For a 100-inch screen, we recommend at least 1,000 ANSI lumens, which means you should look for a projector with a stated light output of around 2,000 lumens. (If you're talking about a dedicated theatre room projector, you can get away with a lower number because you'll almost certainly be keeping the room completely dark.)

What Unique Features Do You Require?

Finally, consider whether you require any special features that may not be standard. Almost all home theatre projectors now include at least one HDMI input for easy connection to media players, cable or satellite DVRs, and gaming consoles. If you intend to stream all of your content, you can connect a Roku or Amazon streaming stick via HDMI and avoid having to connect an additional set-top box.

Many projectors still include an RGB computer input, but analogue connectors such as component and composite inputs are becoming increasingly rare—so if you want to connect an older, analog-only source device, look for a model that has them specifically.

If you need to power a connected device, such as a wireless HDMI receiver, many projectors now have a powered USB port for this purpose. If you have a motorised screen, a 12-volt trigger allows you to send raise or lower commands automatically when the projector is turned on or off. This feature is more common in higher-end projectors but less so in lower-cost models.

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