Home theater projector – find out how does it work and much more

We all have been in the cinema, weren’t we? Well, and we for sure have thought that it would be cool to have such theater room in our houses. Well, you can probably make that happen with help of home projector.

What is a projector?

At the beginning of this article we are about to tell what projector is. You should know that projector is, which is it is a very simple technological device which is used to project images from a PC , gaming system or a TV. This technology works by shaning and filtering light through a tiny, transparent lens and then is projecting it onto a screen.

Types of projectors

Now as you know what projector is, you should also be aware of its types. If you thought there is just one type, then you were wrong. There are couple of types since they use one of three main technologies, which are:

1. DLP,
2. LCD,
3. LCoS.

DLP – digital light processing

This type of projector is available in single-chip and three-chip versions. You should know that this type of projector is the best to watch 3D movies. These projectors which uses three-chip versions are mostly being used in movie theaters. You should be aware of DLP projector advantages and disadvantages. Its advanatages are:

• sharpness,
• fast motion,
• brightness,
• 3D.

Now as you know its advantages you should also know what its disadvantages are. Its disadvantages are:

• it may have possible rainbow effect,
• it may be muddy rendering of black colors,
• it has limited placement flexibility.

LCD – liquid crystal display

These projectors are just right in the middle between of DLP and LCoS projectors. These projectors are quite affordable. However these projectors aren’t as good as DLP projectors when it comes to 3D movies. You should get familiar with advantages and disadvantages of LCD projectors. Let’s start with LCD advanatages:

• it has high brightnes,
• it has good handling of motion,
• it has good rendering of blacks.

As now you know now its advanatages you should also be aware of its disadvantages as well. Its disadvantages are:

• it has noisy dynamic iris,
• it doesn’t have LED or laser light engine options.

LCoS – Liquid Crystal on Silicon

These projectors shines lights though the panel and creates an image. The light in these projectors is reflecting the light off the panel. These projectors are offering the darkest black levels and contrast ratios of any other kind of technology. You should be aware of its advantages and disadvantages. Its advantages are:

• dark blacks,
• film like imagines,
• high contrast ratio.

Now when you are aware of its advantages you should also ge some informations about its disadvantages. Its disadvantages are:

• quite noisy 3D,
• it is expensive,
• it has blurry fast motion scenes,
• it has lowe max brightness.

Are projectors worth buying?

We all are aware of this that every year TV’s are getting bigger and bigger and you may seem like your older TV is too small now. That is why getting a projector is a good idea, since it gives you a larger screen size for quite less money. You should know that these projectors makes it esier for people to watch and enjoy 4K resolution on a big screen.

Projector examples

As you know now probably everything about projectors, we are here to list couple of best examples of projectors. In our opinion the best overall home projector is Epson Home Cinema 5050UB. Another awesome projector for the money is BenQ HT2050A. If you are looking for the best cheap projector then you should in our opinion go for AAXA P8. If you are looking for portable projector you should for sure consider Anker Nebula Mars II Pro.

As you can see there are many options from different types of needs. We hope that those examples are going to make your choices easier. We also hope that thanks to our advaices you will enjoy watching your movies with help of our little advices.