Was running my projector at max brightness for 2 years before I figured out the mistake

I kept thinking my cheap Epson projector looked washed out during the day. So I cranked the brightness to 100% and called it good. Last month I swapped to a cheap gray screen from Amazon and suddenly realized the issue was never the brightness. The black levels were completely blown out because I was fighting the white wall. Now I run it at 70% brightness on the gray screen and it looks way better than it ever did before. Anyone else make this mistake or am I just slow on the uptake?

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anna_green484d ago

Right there with you. I did the exact same thing with my BenQ before I learned that black levels matter way more than raw brightness.

harperb463d ago

I mean the white wall struggle is real. My first projector was an Optoma and I ran it at max brightness for like a year before I figured out the same thing. The gray screen really does make a huge difference, way more than I expected it to. It's honestly kind of annoying that nobody tells you this stuff when you buy a projector. Even 70% is probably too bright now that I think about it. Black levels are just way more important for overall picture quality.