800 lumens just doesn't cut it. You'd need a totally dark room for it to look good. IMHO the minimum useful brightness is about 1200 lumens. This will allow a basically watchable image during the day in a room with a few windows that have the shades pulled down and very subdued lighting
You realize there's a rather large gap between rated lumens and actual lumens in most cases right? And that 800 actual lumens will work for a semi lit room?
Most of these home theatre projectors are starting to use real ratings (or actual expected ratings) instead of some arbitrary, theoretical maximum lumen rating, and if that's the case here as I suspect, this projector will be more than bright enough for most people in just about any room.
If I was rich, and had my own house, I'd have TVs anywhere with natural light and only put a projector in a home theater room with no windows and a popcorn maker.
No, seriously. I had an 800 and I currently have a 1000. They behave as described. It is a kind of big room, and I'm throwing them over a 107" screen, so I guess your milage may vary.
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800 lumens just doesn't cut it.
You'd need a totally dark room for it to look good. IMHO the minimum useful brightness is about 1200 lumens. This will allow a basically watchable image during the day in a room with a few windows that have the shades pulled down and very subdued lighting
You realize there's a rather large gap between rated lumens and actual lumens in most cases right? And that 800 actual lumens will work for a semi lit room?
Most of these home theatre projectors are starting to use real ratings (or actual expected ratings) instead of some arbitrary, theoretical maximum lumen rating, and if that's the case here as I suspect, this projector will be more than bright enough for most people in just about any room.
If I was rich, and had my own house, I'd have TVs anywhere with natural light and only put a projector in a home theater room with no windows and a popcorn maker.
No, seriously. I had an 800 and I currently have a 1000. They behave as described. It is a kind of big room, and I'm throwing them over a 107" screen, so I guess your milage may vary.