Want a Home Theater? Start with the Projector!

Everything you need to know to buy the best projector for your budget.

Odin Halvorson
4 min readMar 24, 2023

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This guide has all the resources that you will need to cut through the crappy marketing hype and tricky language that projector manufacturers use. Whether you’re aiming for the low or high end of the market, knowing your specs will help you pick out the best projector for your needs.

I’ve been fine-tuning our home theater on a low budget for years. When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived, I knew I needed to make something special to turn our then 500 square-foot overpriced apartment into a nest of safety. What better way to do that then to create a home theater? Want my full guide on all things Home Theater?

Lux & Lumens

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This is super important to understand because so many projector manufacturers toss these words around as if they were…

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Odin Halvorson
Odin Halvorson

Written by Odin Halvorson

A futurist/socialist/fantasist writer, editor, and scholar. MFA/MLIS. Free access to my articles at OdinHalvorson.substack.com | More over at OdinHalvorson.com.