Advice on buying a projector and screen please

[brianmcr]

Hi, not been on here for a while.

Looking at buying a second hand projector and screen for using the odd time for sports and cinema nights with my kids. Looking for some general advice.

Got the chance of a BenQ TW523P for around £175 and Optoma H181X for around £200. Also either a second hand Optoma 78" screen for £20 or could go for a new VonHaus 78" screen for £30.

Looking at the projectors their display is 16:10 and the screens 16:9, can image be adjusted to fit. Also how far away from screen for 78" image does projector need to be.

Any info and help much appreciated.

 

[Son_of_SJ]

After all you both have projector setups ......

 

[bigboss]

You can usually adjust the image to fit the screen. I haven't checked your projector options to see whether they lack the feature or not. Also, because of this, distance can be flexible. What throw distance were you thinking of?

 

[brianmcr]

I've got anything up to just over 4 metres where I can place the projector, just for occasional use so will be placed on a stand when using.

Also found a second hand Epson 3LCD for sale, ratio is 4:3 so unsure how this will look when playing sat box or bluray at 16:9, does it just show it in letter box format and adjust projector position to suit?

 

[bigboss]

No, don't go for 4:3. The effective 16:9 picture will be very small.