It's worth noting that with these kinds of projectors, the surface you are projecting on needs to be seriously perfect / flat. These projectors show every wall / surface imperfection like crazy. Conventional projectors tend to hide surface bumps and imperfections, so it's easy to think these short-throw ones do as well, but it's unfortunately not a case of 'let's just project at this wall' like you easily could with conventional projectors.

tseirfren:

It's worth noting that with these kinds of projectors, the surface you are projecting on needs to be seriously perfect / flat. These projectors show every wall / surface imperfection like crazy. Conventional projectors tend to hide surface bumps and imperfections, so it's easy to think these short-throw ones do as well, but it's unfortunately not a case of 'let's just project at this wall' like you easily could with conventional projectors.

indeed, if someone manages to fix that, projectors could see some mainstream adoption in the meantime, conventional projectors are so damn cool you dont even need to clean that wall since the light sits on top of whatever dust shows up

tseirfren:

It's worth noting that with these kinds of projectors, the surface you are projecting on needs to be seriously perfect / flat. These projectors show every wall / surface imperfection like crazy. Conventional projectors tend to hide surface bumps and imperfections, so it's easy to think these short-throw ones do as well, but it's unfortunately not a case of 'let's just project at this wall' like you easily could with conventional projectors.

Yep - it's one of the hidden costs of projectors vs TVs - for best results for any projector on a bare wall you need to sand the surface to at least 400 grit and preferably apply at least two coats of projector screen paint to it. On the bright side, the proliferation of LED projectors and cheaper paints have dropped the price considerably in the last couple years. You can get the paint on Amazon for 1/3 the price it was 5 years ago, but it's still $75 a quart - enough to do about a 100" 16x9 screen. Then you will still see every wave in the drywall. Most people end up just buying a recessed retractable screen after trying it. :P

illrigger:

Yep - it's one of the hidden costs of projectors vs TVs - for best results for any projector on a bare wall you need to sand the surface to at least 400 grit and preferably apply at least two coats of projector screen paint to it. On the bright side, the proliferation of LED projectors and cheaper paints have dropped the price considerably in the last couple years. You can get the paint on Amazon for 1/3 the price it was 5 years ago, but it's still $75 a quart - enough to do about a 100" 16x9 screen. Then you will still see every wave in the drywall. Most people end up just buying a recessed retractable screen after trying it. 😛

Huh I never considered such things I was tempted to get one few times especially the low priced ones for the odd time I will be using it. But I was already sceptical about it. Now that turned to nope 😛