I bought a new house (thanks, Jordan) and need suggestions on a projector and screen so I can ignore them and buy something else. Just kidding, I need your help.
My problem is the basement is not exactly projector friendly with a weird shape and lots of windows, I'm hoping you can suggest both a projector and a screen for me which will work.
My main requests are as follows:
- used almost daily
- half used for gaming (Switch / Wii / NES with HDMI / Atari with HDMI)
- half used for video entertainment (Netflix / Kodi / antenna streaming)
- I absolutely do not play the latest / greatest video games
- used during the day as well as at night
- I think I'd like a screen that blocks ambient light
- I think I'd like a motorized screen (fixed may work too but limited wall space)
- I think I'd like a tensioned screen
- I think I'd like a screen with 4K specific material
- 4K capable projector
- I'd like a fairly quiet projector
- screen budget is $500 - $1000
- projector budget is $1000 - $1600
- I'm not really that picky about quality but I'd like the best quality I can afford
- I'll get audio later when I can afford it
I'll attach a crude drawing of my basement. Please ignore the measurements on it, some of them are correct but most are wrong. Just use the drawing as a reference shape for my explanation. Here are the actual measurements of my basement:
- living space width is 12 feet, 10 inches (stairs to opposite wall)
- living space length is 27 feet
- bathroom blank wall space is 8 feet, 3 inches wide from wall to doorway (not 2.31 metres)
- ceilings (I think) are 9 feet high
- basement is fully finished except the furnace room which is just studs
- 2 windows are large (4x5 maybe)
- 2 windows are 1x2 I think
- None of the other walls are large enough to use even if it looks like they may be in this drawing. They either have windows or a bar in front of them.
- I think we'll end up facing the bathroom and putting the screen either on that wall or as a motorized drop down in front of it (partially blocking the bathroom door). This width, including the door, is 10 feet, 1 inch wide. The wall beside the bathroom door is 8 feet, 3 inches wide.
And here is my basement.