Movies, shows, videos and slideshows at home make for a relaxing family weekend in a home theater.
Nothing beats the fun and entertainment provided by home theater. And, when one talks about home theater, one cannot help but talk about televisions and video projectors.
Televisions were originally the only ones rolling the dice before. Now, because of technological advancements, the video projectors are now sharing equal attention on the screen, if not owning more preferences.
But, who should actually reign from the two?
Before we even answer that question, let’s understand first the intention behind it. Let’s start off by reflecting: “If we finally determine who rules, what then?”
“The winner gets crowned, what’s that to us?”
Only by reflecting on the given questions can you finally understand that the trouble of going over all these musings benefit no one else but the home theater, in the end.
Prepare your screens for the brightest show yet: who rules your home theater, projectors or tvs?
What is a Projector?
A projector (video projector) is a device that processes signal/video information sent by a video source. It processes the image’s color, breaks it down, reflects and sends it through multiple mirrors and then reforming it using light for final dispersal via lens.
Images projected by the device ends up larger than the image size fed by its video source. Depending on the type of projector, images perceived are either thinly, or heavily pixelated.
The two main types of video projectors are DLP (Digital Light Processing) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display. The DLP projector stands out as the advanced processor between the two. But, in terms of easy access and affordability, the LCD type gets the longer end of the stick. Projects lab has lots of resources to learn more about projectors.
What is TV (Television)?
Directly patterned to the anatomy of the video projector invented in the late 1800’s, the television (popularly nicknamed the ‘boob tube’) remains a massively-owned appliance to date.
Invented in 1927, the TV is an infant in comparison to the ancient Zoopraxiscope , the earliest version of a video/movie projector. But, probably due to its affordability and convenience during those times, the TV the world by storm.
A direct transmitter, processing its own video images and sounds, from external signals broadcasted by channel sources.
Today, designers of the mobile device screens admit to taking the TV as an inspiration. Despite the rampant growth of mobile devices in the market (thanks to the social media), the TV remains to be seen.
In fact, the main TV design has had massively evolved into today’s 3D flat screens.
Who Should Rule my Home Theater?
If you’re all eyes on establishing the topnotch home theater, then expect to go over countless considerations, all major one of them.
Above it all, you’d have to properly weigh between video projectors and TVs. With today’s dense technological upgrades, you’d surely be in one head-scratching moment after another.
Lucky for you, we have pitted them both here according to various standards/platforms. We’ll go over these platforms one by one, and hopefully come up with a decision.
- Size
TV:
- Latest upgrades of flat screen TVs may extend up to a 85-inch size, but still not larger than the projectors’ 150-200-inch specs.
Projectors:
- The potential screen size and image projected by the projector in the projector screen is obviously larger than that of the latest TV upgrades.
Winner: Projector
- Brightness
TV:
- Modern TVs of the best quality do not need light contrast in the room to present an image. The TV is obviously brighter because it does not release/project light out of its screen, but instead processes and keeps its own light to illuminate its image.
Projector:
- Projectors with even the highest lumens–1,000-3,500– are unable to project image brightly in the presence of ambient light. And, if you run the projector in taut brightness for hours, its bulbs will potentially heat up and become busted.
Winner: TV
- Resolution
TV:
- The Ultra TVs have higher resolution.
Projectors:
- Resolution of even the highest projector qualities is only half impressive from that of the TV’s.
Winner: TV
- Convenience & Ease
TV:
- For the simplest and most overt reason, the TV is easier to use and put up in the home theatre.
Projector:
- Projectors require various set-up accessories, wiring, and web-like video in and out systems. Besides, projectors need meticulous planning and thinking to be properly set up.
Winner: TV
- Sound Control
TV:
- TV obviously, has sound control.
Projector
- Projector does not emit sound.
Winner: TV
Final Verdict: The TV (given that it’s of the highest 4K HDR TV) obviously exceeds the projector a mile over according to various criteria.
However, the best TV models prove to be highly expensive. If you’re concerned with the cost, yet you needed to upgrade your home theater pronto, then you might temporarily be satisfied by a 4K quality projector.
