r/budgetprojectors

Hey everyone! I’m looking for a budget projector for my small living room and need some recommendations.

My requirements:
Budget: ₹10,000 max (preferably cheaper)
Screen size: 80–100 inches
Autofocus is a must
Good built-in speakers, as I don’t want to buy external speakers
Mainly for watching movies and YouTube

I am not looking for 4k but decent native pixel
I’m based in India, so please suggest models available here.
Would really appreciate recommendations from people who have actually used these projectors!
Thanks!

Thanks for recommendation, anyone have any tips tricks regarding the setting it up?

I'm a first time projector buyer. Looking for something in 10K. Suggest me which one should I buy. Chat gpt suggested me e-gate atom 3x, 4x & 4x+ alongwith portronics beam 450 and wzatco yuva go plus..

What should I buy? First time projector buyer here...

Hey,

So i live in bengaluru india. Recently visited SP road, the electronic hub of the city.

I went around telling projector shops my requirement:

1. For ott watching

2. Home theatre (currently upto 100 inch projection, but from good 12-14ft distance )

3. Something that can be fixed

He strictly recommended that if my budget is this much I should stick to Epson optimal bena acer etc

These come with their own share of cons like low to almost no audio, manual focus

But boy he demo'ed an old acer projector (discontinued model) and the brightness was amazing

I was pretty much bound to pick some Chinese toy like wambo x5 pro but now this confusion keeps getting shittier

He said if you want for good 2-3 years this Chinese scrap would be good and features are better like audio auto focus

But if you want a serious home theatre, where you can simply use your existing speakers and you want something to be there with you for long go for brands like Epson, Benq, otoma

He suggested Epson e12, optoma x400lv etc

He couldnt demo these as he had packed pieces only, but convinced me those have better projection than the acer one i saw

What do you suggest chat, i am mostly convinced with his points

But are things like autofocus and all really going to be pain in the ass?

Even at full battery, as soon as I unplug it, it turns off. It won't turn on no matter what when it's unplugged. Weirdest thing is that when it's plugged in but turned off, the battery actually discharges so it loses power until I turn it back on.

I thought it was a rare hardware issue but I just did an exchange at Best Buy and I'm getting the same problem on my second unit, so I feel like I'm going crazy.

Does anyone else have this issue?

Anyone have suggestions for projectors of a similar price and functionality if the Vibe One doesn't work out? Just for casual use in a bedroom

I've seen others post here, but I haven't found a personal solution.

When I first got the projector, the wifi connected fine. Yesterday I hooked it up. The projector CAN connect to my wifi, but the android TV cannot. I turned wifi on, leave the wifi page, and then it immediately turns off. I tried to factory reset and it wants me to setup wifi on Android TV and it can't find any wifi. I have WPA2/3 WIFI with 2.4 and 5ghz connection Any suggestions?

USA

I'm looking at a 2nd hand TW9400 or going for the LS9000.... I'd lose my 3D which I still find fun to do on ocassion, but 1080 3D is a noticeable step down after 4K anyway.

No comments please about its not native 4K it's pixel shifting blah blah blah. Just looking for those with real world experience of both, not someone telling me I should get a 20K JVC 😆

Region india

i i am confused between two options one is Xgimi vibe one which i am getting a new one for 18k

Other is

Second hand Pixpaq gold ray 4k with amazon firetv stick for 19k but with 6months of warranty.

Please help me out, need to decide by tomorrow🥺🥺

Hello everyone,

On paper, they differ in brightness, but there are no independent tests for the Lyncast.

Do you have any opinions to help me with this choice?

I have a budget of 300 euros

Thank you

edit - I've found the m2 pro for 1100 cad for open box so im mostly between that and the N3.

The title is a bit long cause of all the projectors I was considering but the N3 4k is currently only 1k cad and kind of feels like a deal I should jump on now. I was going to wait till black Friday to see what projector deals pop up for around 500-800 USD to upgrade from my optoma pk31.

Environment and use:

My room is around 18 feet by 18 feet roughly and my pk 31 throws about a 155inch screen clearly without issues. I love this projector, and it's been fantastic, I highly recommend it to anyone that sees it on a good price (or wait for me to put mine on sale hah). I've found myself using it way more than expected and it's only made me want to throw my next paycheck at a nicer one more. I do not use a projector screen. I tried a few $50-$100 ones and they all looked the exact same as my white wall to me.

My use will be for watching movies mostly, some tv shows, occasional animated stuff, etc. I will also occasionally game on my switch or streaming my PC to my shield tv with moonlight/sunshine or steam link. I do have a shield tv so smart tv isn't really a requirement. I also have a sound bar so speakers don't matter. I can place the projector wherever in the room, center back, etc, no restrictions there.

What I'm looking for or at:

I like my PK31, in dark or semi dark rooms its almost perfect but I've noticed I watch during the day a lot and my room does not have proper curtains, or even a door (it's like the room above our garage in a bungalow, so all the light from the kitchen, living room, etc pours in) and the shutters don't do a good job of keeping light out. Honestly despite this all it doesn't look bad in day time, it still looks pretty decent and I am happy with it but I thought it would be fun to upgrade to something nicer and see what it's like.

What I would like is natural colours, good viewing angles and decent contrast and decent day time performance. I don't care for having super vividness, pop, saturation or having crazy brightness (I even find my hdr on my OLED monitor too bright even though its not the brightest one, don't get why people search for eye searing brightness so much). Lower latency is nice but it doesn't need to be crazy low. I would also like to avoid laser speckle. I watched resident evil in theaters recently with ultravx + laser and quite honestly the speckle was so bad for me that it felt way worse to watch than non-laser, so that will be a first and last for me. I'm assuming some of the laser projectors I'm looking at won't be as bad about this though. Being able to easily correct the screen would be nice too, without relying a ton on digital processing and losing brightness or making some sort of other trade off for it. This was a pain point for me on the pk31 cause there was only so much you can do without manually moving and shifting it around till it's just right (although once you have it setup right it's just fine, so this isn't the biggest deal for me). I don't move the projector around much so this is a small qol and not a priority. Low fan noise would be nice too.

I was looking at the following, and these are the prices I currently see them at or have seen them at in the past (and don't mind waiting for: JMGO N3 4K C$999 (US$704), Valerion StreamMaster Plus2 US$999 (C$1,419), Hisense M2 Pro US$899 (C$1,277), JMGO N1S 4K US$699 (C$993), XGIMI Horizon S Pro US$799 (C$1,135), Dangbei DBOX02 C$1,106 (US$779), Optoma Photon Life PK32 US$499 (C$709). I feel like I should jump on the N3 4k, it feels like a no brainer, but wanted a sanity check. The pk32 I would have jumped on already without even thinking about it but I already missed the 500 usd flash sale. I may keep an eye on it to see if it comes back.

My wife and I just got our first apartment together and are in the market for an affordable projector for our room. We already have a large TV in our living room; our intention was to have something sitting above our bed to project on the wall in front of us (throw is ~11ft and screen/wall size is ~6ft wide), and maybe portable enough to move around our apartment main room or possibly outside our apartment for campouts or while traveling with friends. Streaming features are nice, but I think a little more of its time will be spent plugged into my laptop to play movies or so we can play games together in bed (so low latency is kinda important).

Years ago I got a Viewsonic M1 Mini. It wasn't terrible, but I wasn't really impressed. I would travel a lot and it was convenient as a power bank and to show quick things on the go, so for my purposes at the time it got the job done. Now that we're settling down a bit, I wanted to upgrade to something a little more permanent.

From the research I've been doing on this sub, videos covering different projectors, and speaking with some that friends have, the two that have caught my eye the most are the WEMAX VP04 and the NexiGo PJ40 Pro. My friend demo'd the WEMAX for me and it seems nice. I love how portable and quiet it is. Some youtube reviews pointed out the NexiGo having better color and brightness, but it seems to have a much louder fan and isn't quite as portable.

I'm curious to know which of these two yall would recommend if you've used them, but I'm not married to the idea of either of these two projectors. If there's a better option out there or others I should look into, please let me know! I want to find the best value for what we're looking for.

I have this sister. And she wants a projector for “Big living room” in her new apartment(very helpful with the size description 🫩). She wants to watch shows in day & night. I’m thinking the set up will be some dimming curtains for daytime watching.

My budget is a soft $300. Anybody have any recommendations that won’t burn themselves away in a few months(she’s pretty tech illiterate)?

Oh, & I live on in a rural town area in the non-contiguous part of the United States so buying 2nd hand isn’t really an option for me. At least the light pollution is pretty easy to deal with because of our locale. Preferably Amazon too since I can borrow the prime subscription from family

Location: Toronto/Canada

Budget: <$150 CAD

Use case: Outdoor movie night for 60"+ screen, upgrade from YG300 (which we have been using and is pretty bad, but usable in complete darkness for a small screen).

I found a BenQ MW824ST locally for $80 CAD, which would be plenty good for my use case but its lamp is already over its rated hours, so should probably be replaced soon.

Buying a new lamp from benq would be $150 CAD which seems a bit silly to be investing in something I only spent $80 for.

Chinese lamps seem to run $30-60 CAD which feels much more palatable, but is it a large risk?

Should I just try to find a different model with a less used bulb to just make things easy?