Lumens only measure brightness. Most home theater projectors are relatively dark compared with consumer projectors since it's expected you'd operate them in a dark room anyways, and their quality lies in lens, the actual image, the chip, etc...
Is it worth the price? I don't know, you go watch it.
Even still, it's only 800 lumens. Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi all have 1080p home-theater projectors with relatively the same specs at much lower prices with +/- 1500 lumens.
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Only 800 lumens? For a $15,000 price tag?
When does the name mean $13,000?
Lumens only measure brightness. Most home theater projectors are relatively dark compared with consumer projectors since it's expected you'd operate them in a dark room anyways, and their quality lies in lens, the actual image, the chip, etc...
Is it worth the price? I don't know, you go watch it.
Even still, it's only 800 lumens. Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi all have 1080p home-theater projectors with relatively the same specs at much lower prices with +/- 1500 lumens.