How bright is it? Are 1800 lumens bright enough for a moderately dark room? (for gaming/movies)
1516260
It is more than bright enough for my moderately dark room. In fact, I have set it to Eco mode to preserve lamp life (and reduce fan noise, which isn't that bad) and even at that reduced setting it is more than bright enough.
1516261
If you have control over lighting, you only need in the range of 400 to 700 lumens for theater quality footage in complete darkness. Keep in mind that things in your room can reflect light and decrease contrast. I run mine in eco mode + theater settings, so it's well under 1800 lumens. On a side note, the dimmer you run it, the longer the bulb lasts.
1516262
It is in my opinion. It looks better the darker it is, but right now I am sitting watching it in my living room with two strong artifical lights on and it looks amazing.
1516263
I think it should be fine. Against a off-white wall, it's very good and used with a proper screen it's very bright. So much so that I run it in economy mode to preserve the lamp.
1516264
I have a completely dark theater/game room with walls painted with medium gray flat wall paint. My screen is a large - 200" diagonal and white. My present Epson 720p projector is 2700 lumens which I set the bulb at normal not eco and dynamic setting without turning up the brightness at all for best picture. 1800 lumens is considerably less than 2700 lumens but if I turn up the brightness will this give me the same quality picture I have now? Thanks, Donn
1516265
I use it to project photos on the wall for tracing (I am an artist). I darken my room and have no problems with the display. Sorry, but I do not use it for gaming or movies.
935793
I don't have any technical information on hand about the comparable brightness, but I can give you my opinion from using these every weekend for shows. At heir brightest, they are easily brighter than the normal 200 W lightbulb, but they can be dimmed smoothly through the range up to that level. They are bright enough that it is wise to avoid looking at them directly. The white color setting appears to be the brightest, so they can be run comfortably at a higher setting when you use a darker color like blue or red. The color setting can also be adjusted to get any variation of color you are looking for. I use eight across the front of my stage, and that is more than enough to light the stage and spotlight performers.
2265744
It depends on your settings. I'm usually using mine at full power, so it's going to be more like 2-3 for me. If you use dimmer settings and you aren't watching a video or something that takes up more battery it's going to last longer.
2097869
I wouldn't worry about the Lumens. I returned them because out of the whole box only one worked. I wouldn't recommend them.
1146519
I think it would depend on the size of the room. It is bright enough for mine, but my living room is medium size.
8879
Do you have picture of the reflector from the internet? I can compare it and let you know. Its pretty darn bright at 1600 lumen, I tell you that.
1496765
I purchased this in May or June of 2013 and used it twice for backyard movies prior to August. Since October it has been used as my primary TV source for my bedroom used 8 plus hours per day since then without and issue. I would assume that I am over 1,200 hours already and it's still just as bright.
2121191
I just use the standard settings. If youj are gaming, you can adjust brightness on the PC or console to meet your needs. Otherwise use the game mode setting.
1389855
Not sure About lumens. But its bright enough in the dark. The motion sensor worked really well. I wish it would stay on a little longer.
1382860
I have mine on a 85 inch screen in my bedroom and its plenty bright. at 720p seem to be plenty for me. its small and portable. easy to set up. you may want better sound than just the supplied speakers in the unit its self. it can project up to 300" diagonal. the 3d is ok but can be buggy to set up.
2071954
I have to go with the 230 lumens. Its very bright. You don't want to run it to long on that high setting.
1785705
That is exactly what we use it for, as well as boxing and football games! It's so much fun! Sadly, at only 2000 lumens, it does require darkness. Set-up happens @dusk and shows start after dark(looking forward to changing back to standard time...summer movies start quite late! Next projector I buy will be 3000+ lumens for that reason. It does work wonderfully though, friends are always impressed. One thing to note, sound it a bit lacking so we hook up our Bose Sound Dock for booming sound using "audio out" (RCA cable with headset plug on other end). Hope that's helpful.
2008763
I don't game but my friend does (who's got a similar plasma) and he thinks it's terrific. I believe motion speed is one of the prerequisites for good gaming and typically plasma's have better motion speed than their LED counterparts. Just my 2 cents.
28349
Well I bought for a 95 lumen projector but mine gives HD picture in low lighting and is clear enough for gaming
636537
Yes it's great of that if it's at twilight or darker. Broad daylight would probably not show up very good. We use it in a darkened living room projecting it to about 8ft screen size. It looks just like the movies. The high def via the hdmi jack is great!!!
1607633
i dont know what you consider to be bright, but it is bright enough to show clearly lit with my room light on and plenty bright in the dark.....hope that helps
1989227
My calibrated setting below produced a fantastic picture:Backlight: 80Contrast: 78Brightness: 56Color: 39Tint: -3Sharpness: 25All video processing like smooth motion, auto brightness off.Smart Dimming: OnTempest 790 put in a review in June of 2013 and this was his settings. I followed them and then made slight adjustments to fit our viewing. But, They as he left them are great.Hope this helps in your setup.