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I'm in the market for a real budget projector. It's not going to be used daily at all. I'll use it to put some movies on in the backyard this halloween for instance. I might occasionally use it indoors, but I doubt I'll turn it on much more often than once a month, if that. Portability as a feature isn't important to me, since it's not like I'm taking this camping or dragging it around an office all day. I've narrowed it down to a few options: Vankyo Leisure 3 for $70 https://www.amazon.com/LEISURE-Proj...213e2c27ceb5813 Bomaker GC555 for $110 https://www.amazon.com/BOMAKER-Projector-Carrying-Supported-Compatible/dp/B07MZL7H4X/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=dlp+projector&qid=1570198049&sr=8-3 APEMAN LC550 for $120 https://www.amazon.com/Projector-APEMAN-Supported-Portable-Speakers/dp/B07RFS71XQ/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=dlp+projector&qid=1570198049&sr=8-10 VANKYO Leisure 510 for $170 https://www.amazon.com/VANKYO-Leisu...tag=rsonsite-20 The Leisure 3 at $70 is dirt cheap but I don't mind tossing a few more dollars at it for something a bit better. On the other end of the spectrum the Leisure 510 certainly looks solid for the price point, but $170 is $50 more than I was hoping to spend. Both the GC555 and LC550 are right in the sweet spot for me, and I don't really have a way to choose between them. What do you guys think is the best choice here? Will I never be able to tell the difference between the Leisure 3 and GC555 and LC550, so I should save myself the $40? Is the Leisure 510 at $170 so much better than the other options that the extra $50 is worth it? Is the GC555 or the LC550 superior to the other for any clear reason?
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Taima posted:Oof man. Well my main advice would be EXTREMELY careful regarding the accuracy of the information being provided, as well as fake reviews, at that price point. Oh yeah, when they say 1080p I know that's total horseshit. It's because they "support 1080p," which means they don't actually display at that res. I think everything but the $70 one are supposedly native to 720p (1280x768) and they're scaling 1080 stuff. That's not necessarily a dealbreaker, but I agree that the advertising is highly suspect, and I've mostly been ignoring it.
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I haven't bought a TV in...a very long time. I think I paid $800 for a 42" LED screen, and it was a great deal at the time. What are the key details/features these days? I see OLED, Mini-LED, QLED, etc etc. I've read a few things about it, but I'd like some value judgment on the topic. I'm not an avid screen enthusiast with a home theater room; this is going up in the family room. Plenty of Bluey, occasionally a video game. The two most important considerations I would have is that it would need to do well in a room with a lot of ambient light, and function well as a display that spends 99% of its time running off a PC. (I run our TV today as a monitor for a PC and access all the streaming services from a web browser, as well as all the media I have saved.)
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