I don’t have a spare room to make a soundproof “home theater” (and making such a room would require you to be like extremely rich to even fund that renovation) so what’s the cheapest movie viewing experience you can conceivably get at home that’s good enough? (I hate the idea of movie theaters, so please don’t tell me to go to one lol, I hate being around people)

Preferrably no TVs because that would be very hard to take with me if I have to move in the future (its too fragile and too big and a huge hassle to deal with). So I’m thinking like some projectors or something like that.

Because my main viewing screen right now is just my phone and Christopher Nolan would be disappointed if he found out lol. (Don’t judge lol, the last time I actually used an actual PC was like few years ago, I no longer have a functional computer right now, because I haven’t found the need to replace the broken one, since phones do a lot nowadays)

I’m thinking like a budget of $1000 or less (the cheaper the better, but not like too low quality either).

(P.S. I don’t actually have that budget to get that immediately, but I’m just planning for something to look forward to in the future.)

Edit: I mean $1000 in US Dollars

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    On a tight budget, definitely look used wherever you can. You can get some banger deals on used computers, monitors, projectors, speakers, etc.

    I would reckon either a cheap laptop, mini pc, or used workstation would work as a device to play movies. Alternatively, if you happen to have a playstation, you could also use that as a dvd player.

    For speakers, the Edifier speakers are pretty good value. The 1280DB is under $200 and you can always hunt for sales. Make sure to get an active speaker so then you don’t need to get a separate amplifier. If you don’t fuss about sound quality, the teeny tiny pebble speakers are decent and can be found for very cheap too.

    For display, I would go for a used projector. For projectors, depending on how big your room is, try to look for short throw projectors (basically means big screen with a small distance).

    Another route would be a cheap monitor, which although smaller than what a projector can output, is still quite a bit bigger than a phone screen. It would work better than a projector if you have lots of windows and tend to watch movies when there’s a lot of sunlight (if you watch movies at night and/or you don’t have many windows, projectors work fine)