Have you been wanting to bring the big screen movie experience to your home with a 100” or larger projector screen, but don’t have the room? Or, perhaps you simply do not like the idea of having your lovely interior design ruined by a large projector with a black pole visibly attached to the ceiling? Well, now you can have that wonderful big screen movie experience in just about any room environment.
An ultra-short throw 4K HDR projector can provide you with a truly larger-than-life cinematic experience in virtually any size living space in your home. For example, you can place an LG HU85LA 4K UHD Laser Smart Home Theater CineBeam Projector 3.9” away from a wall for a beautiful 100” diagonal 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160) screen image. Or, you can place it 7.2” away from the wall and the screen size increases to an impressively large 120”.
The top three benefits of using an ultra-short throw 4K HDR projector in your home are as follows:
1. Perfect for Small Spaces
The most obvious benefit of a short throw projector is that it is excellent for small spaces. Instead of needing 15-20 feet of space to throw your 120” projector image, you only need around 8 inches. With very little space required between the projector lens and the screen surface, people will no longer block the projected image when they go to get a drink. Also, this means the projector light will not shine directly into your eyes every time you stand up.
2. Out of Sight
With aesthetics in mind, an ultra-short throw 4K HDR projector allows for flexibility in spaces because you don’t need the projector ceiling mounted. Rather than a visibly mounted projector in the middle of your ceiling, you can place the projector on a cabinet under the screen, or you can keep it hidden inside of an AV cabinet such as the modern style Salamander Designs AV cabinet for the Sony VPL-VZ1000ES Ultra-Short Throw 4K HDR Home Theater Projector.
If you do not want the projector screen housing visible at the top of your wall, then I have some good news. You can place an unfurling, rising projector screen on the floor or on top of your cabinet so that you can have a 120” projector screen image without the screen housing in plain sight mounted to the wall. The free-standing, motorized DarkStar® Max UST-FR rising screen includes ceiling ambient light rejecting material to look amazing even in a room with overhead lights turned on.
3. Lower Installation Costs
Installation and integration are less expensive when using an ultra-short throw 4K HDR projector in many respects. This approach reduces the cost of having to install a power outlet for your ceiling mounted projector, put wood support in the ceiling to securely mount a projector, remove sheetrock to run a 50ft HDMI 18Gbps HDR cable to your in-ceiling projector, and any subsequent patching and painting. Also, an ultra-short throw projector, unlike a conventional projector permanently mounted to your ceiling, can easily be moved to another room.
Tips for Achieving the Best Projector Picture Quality
For the best viewing experience with your ultra-short throw projector, you will want a perfectly flat surface, more so than traditional long-throw projectors. An ultra-short throw projector image on a pull-down screen will visibly amplify any subtle waves in the screen surface. This is why even your family room’s flat, white wall is likely to work better than an old school pull-down screen. That said, the right way to do this is with a fixed frame screen or a tab-tensioned motorized screen.
You will also want to use an ambient light rejecting (ALR) screen to give you better black level detail and to prevent the image from being completely washed-out in a moderately lit room. A ceiling light-rejecting (CLR) screen specifically designed for ultra-short throw projectors to significantly filter out overhead light will further improve black level detail and overall picture quality.
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