Epson - Home Cinema 5050UB (V11H930020)

Honestly a room this nice you might want to just hire an integrator. It’s more expensive but it will be done right. The other option is to set up a video call with audio advice or dream media and show them the room and have them give you options. If you’re hands on and somewhat tech savvy it’s not hard to diy especially if the wires are already run Edit on second glance it doesn’t look like there’s runs for Atmos speakers or even surrounds. I guess the better question is what is your budget and what are you looking for? Edit 2: I read some of your other replies The cheapest projector I would reccomend is an Epson 5050ub. It’s 4k but with pixel shifting. It’s decent but you can do much better and it will run you about 2-3k. You can definitely go cheaper but you’re better off asking in r/projectors than here. Most of us are snobs about our image quality here. The next step up gives you real 4k wnd HDR and much better image quality. The Epson LS1200 is the most affordable of these at 4 grand. The new Sony projectors and JVC are fantastic if you can spend more

Same. I’ve had mine for four years and it’s amazing.

I have a 5050ub and was thinking of upgrading to a nz700. Worth it? Noticeable?

If only the 5050 would stop going up in price. I almost pulled the trigger on one for 2500 at one point but figured it would continue to go down in price. Boy was I wrong it’s up to 3700 now and I just can’t understand how a 6 year old electronic device has just continued to cost more.

Have you watched hdr content? This is where the 5050ub really shines. Also, use digital cinema on high settings. Calibrate it if you can. You'll be surprised how good it can be!

Same here. I have a 77" C3 with a soundbar and a 5050UB with a 5.1 sound system. I usually watch movies with really good sound on the projector and ones with really good visuals on the OLED.

I run a 5050ub at 135” in my living room. I game, watch movies, YouTube, anything and everything. I’ll likely never use a tv for my primary screen again.

I have a 110" screen paired with an Epson 5050UB and would choose that over a 100" TV every time if I could only have one. The projector looks great, but besides that, the experience feels different and more special when I lower the screen and watch on the projector. When I watch on the TV in the same room, it feels like I'm just watching TV instead of enjoying a moviegoing experience. Not to mention, watching a movie with a projector on a large screen is much easier on the eyes with its reflecting light vs. a TV's light blasting directly into my retinas. A large TV screen also produces more heat, which becomes very noticeable in a smaller room with the door closed. I love my TVs, don't get me wrong. But if I had to choose a 100" TV or 110" projector screen for movies, I'm going with the projector every time. I find immersion from more than just the screen size, even though the adjustable size is an awesome perk.

Plenty of options on a projector, and the Valerion is well reviewed. No way to know how bad the laser speckle may be and if it bothers you or anyone in your family. Rainbow Effect (RBE) is another thing nobody knows about until they see it themselves. I am RBE sensitive, but it typically doesn't bug me much and I get used to it at a point I don't complain except very rarely. A safer model may be something like the Epson 5050UB, which is larger and has a lot more lens it is working with. Hard to call that out as 'better' overall, but definitely won't have laser speckle or RBE issues.

Either the 5050UB or the BenQ X500i. If you can find a Valerion, it may do a really good job as well. The contrast is going to be okay at best with the BenQ or a model like the Epson 3800.

You will be very underwhelmed with the lifestyle options when coming from a solid home theater designed model. DLP may match the contrast of your old 8350, but the most comparable model to the 8350 today would be the Epson 4010. Better is their 5050UB, or LS11000/LS12000 series of projectors. Those are the direct upgrades to the 8350. The lack of zoom and lens shift means you are basically using keystone correction and digital zoom to make the image fit your screen. This loses resolution as well as light output when in use. Always. And should be avoided. It is still a personal decision, but I wouldn't expect you to feel like it is an upgrade in the least. But, you may be happy to live with it so you can put the projector where you want it.

DLP generally just can't keep up on black levels compared to the better Epson, Sony, and JVC models. The 5050UB has been long stated to be one of the best values for quality in the industry, but it is long overdue for a laser update to it. The NP5 is an easy one to call the 'best of the bunch', but the lamp light source instead of a laser really does suck.

This is what I use as well. Love it.