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They keep perching like little birds, it's so cute

First time getting into projectors (wife missed movie nights now that all the rooms are occupied by kids) so she sent me on the hunt for a projector.

She wanted immediate results (😅) so like any genius I went on Amazon and bought a couple projectors that made massive claims, figured what the heck they can be returned if they're unfit for me. They actually weren't terrible (H10, and a couple Voplls) but the daytime viewing was impossibly bad. That said, I didn't have the ALR yet, so who knows their true (albeit short term) potential.

Then, after a bunch of research and scouring marketplace and ebay, I ended up with an Epson 4050 ($300) and a Da-Lite Parallax Thin 0.8 gain 110" ($250). Got a cheap Amazon mount and cut/strengthened it to my liking, and all that's left is to get some smurf tube in the wall for the wire. Already had a nice bluetooth 5.1 system to connect to my Firetv Cube so that cost was already sunk long ago. Now I just have to hope none of the kids use the screen for target practice.

So, after being wildly discouraged by the insane price tags that can come with a theater room, I managed to get out the door for $575 (plus the cost of my existing Cube and 5.1 system) ergo how I feel I lucked out! So for anyone out there who's looking to get into it: if you're on a budget, if you've got a shortlist of gear you're looking for, and put the work in to hunt out the deals, they'll eventually pop up. Hunting the used markets can definitely be overwhelming, but man is it so satisfying now that I've reached this result!

10' 6" from lens to screen gives me about 108" diagonal on my projection, so I've got a 1" black bezel until I get a bigger room haha! Screen pics are dark room vs fully lit, both in Eco lamp on HDR settings.

Just wanted to share my joy at joining the club.

After countless hours or research and scouring the interwebs, I scored and got a used Epson 4050 on marketplace for $350 as my first delve into projectors. The lamp has high hours (~3.5k) so that's definitely on the list of things to do. For a little background, the seller is a stand up guy, and is even offering to have a new bulb shipped to me at his expense (which I don't feel right for him to do since he offered me such a great deal on this thing), so I'm confident it wasn't an issue known to him, though the pj has been stored for a year or two.

Streaming from the latest Gen fire-TV cube which is proven without defect. I've done the basic troubleshooting of setting everything to auto, ensuring auto iris is off, going through power consumption modes. I just can't seem to get it to play nice. It does just fine on the HDR settings in the pj, which leads me to believe it's not a handshake issue, but if I put it to dynamic/auto/auto-bright (preferable because the room gets light during the day), it does this pretty consistent flicker. I'm hoping it may be bulb related since that's already on the to-replace list, but am worried it may be a board issue or something else.

Thanks for reading my novel, and any insight would be greatly appreciated!

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