Projector for less than £100 --- is it possible

[Jigger]

I guess they don’t make this anymore but cost me £112 in 2016. It was LED to so should last longer. This was it in my garage on the back of a curtain back then, light bulb behind it with a bit of card blocking the light toward the screen.

Check the spec and see if you can get similar.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01D306EFI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Jigger]

That pic is less grainy on my phone

 

[albie999]

Shame I cannot find something around that price, that is kinda what I would like. Also, interesting that you not got the image huge, which actually does not look that bad, seeing as you are still having the visual in front of you. Can you remember how far away, you had the projector from your screen?

 

[casuk]

Had a quick look on ebay and there are loads around the £60 mark, 5000 lumens, wifi, hdmi, ect

 

[Jigger]

Shame I cannot find something around that price, that is kinda what I would like. Also, interesting that you not got the image huge, which actually does not look that bad, seeing as you are still having the visual in front of you. Can you remember how far away, you had the projector from your screen?

It was overhead about 2m30 away (halfway down the garage). It certainly did the job.

 

[albie999]

It was overhead about 2m30 away (halfway down the garage). It certainly did the job.

Did you have any Shadow problems, as in you getting in the frame?

 

[Grant85]

I don't even feel comfortable hitting a driver at the range as I feel a bit compact in the bays.

I have potential to set up something in the garage, but would be more than happy doing irons and wedges indoors. Really work on distance control, which is where a few hours practice is going to help massively.

 

[Jigger]

Did you have any Shadow problems, as in you getting in the frame?

No because I had it directly above where the ball would be so I was never in front of it. I had a piece of card next to the light bulb to block light it the direction of the projector as it was right next to it but the higher the lumens the less of an issue that becomes. As a contrast, this is my 3200lumen short throw projector for a similar distance not on full zoom. That’s full width of the garage.

 

[albie999]

No because I had it directly above where the ball would be so I was never in front of it. I had a piece of card next to the light bulb to block light it the direction of the projector as it was right next to it but the higher the lumens the less of an issue that becomes. As a contrast, this is my 3200lumen short throw projector for a similar distance not on full zoom. That’s full width of the garage.
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Was it a short throw projector?

 

[Jigger]

Was it a short throw projector?

Not in the first pic no.

 

[albie999]

Ah ok, just thought a non short throw would have been further away, which is why was worried about the shadow

 

[Jigger]

Ah ok, just thought a non short throw would have been further away, which is why was worried about the shadow

You can pretty much see the difference between short throw and without in my pics above Albie. One covers the whole space the other is like having a big tv there.......but not one you can smash ?

They are both an equivalent distance away from the screens pretty much. I think project point has a throw calculator on their website but don’t think I could make much sense of it to be honest. I bought the same one a local pro uses for his pop up simulator.

 

[albie999]

So, I borrowed a friends projector, just to see how it gets on before I order a sub £100 one. The one I loaned is an old XGA projector (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanyo-PLC-X.../dp/B002HL93W6) .... it seems to do the job, so looks like a sub £100 might work for me

 

[Jigger]

So, I borrowed a friends projector, just to see how it gets on before I order a sub £100 one. The one I loaned is an old XGA projector (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanyo-PLC-X.../dp/B002HL93W6) .... it seems to do the job, so looks like a sub £100 might work for me View attachment 28760

Happy days ?

 

[albie999]

Picked up one of these for £70 ... https://m-uk.gearbest.com/projectors/pp_372075.html, after watching some YouTube reviews, seems like a good projector for the price