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Projector screens vary vastly in quality. Has What Hi Fi reviewed them? We should have a dedicated section for projector screens in reviews online as well.

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

Agree totally as I am about to try and buy one ! Your suggestion has perfect timing. Do I sense that you may be considering???

 

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I saw a projector + screen recently and something obvious that i hadn't realised till i was being shown one was you can expand the picture past the size of the screen and onto the surrounding wall.  It filled the whole wall and looked cool. So it could be worth bearing in mind that you could use a whole wall to show off a picture. It was another plus point for projectors as a whole for me. I would like to go the projector route myself but will be difficult to make it work in my enviroment.

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

bigboss wrote:
Projector screens vary vastly in quality. Has What Hi Fi reviewed them? We should have a dedicated section for projector screens in reviews online as well.

We did review a couple a long time ago, but it's true to say we haven't done them recently and we probably should. I'll put it on my mental list of 'things to do'.

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

Couldn't you wrap up a bunch of reviews with a savvy shopper type feature with BB as our protagonist? We could have a shoot out of four screens, four projectors and a few blu ray players  Smile

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

BenLaw wrote:

Couldn't you wrap up a bunch of reviews with a savvy shopper type feature with BB as our protagonist? We could have a shoot out of four screens, four projectors and a few blu ray players  Smile

excellent!

I'd love to read that feature!

In the interests of being thorough, however, we should include side-by-side testing of the Panasonic ZT60 and 5090 Kuro...

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

It is a good idea, if WHF is happy. I will be shopping for a projector & a screen around this time next year, besides the sound system.

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RE: Has What Hi Fi reviewed projector screens?

sounds like a good idea as i dont know what to look for in a projector screen and if size matters, also i would like some advise on a projector some thing sub £1000 full hd and 3d if pos have seen the new epson 5910 for around £800 but also a new benq w1070 for around £650 has anyone seen any of these in action