Which is better for watching movies, a TV or a projector?
Years ago, a man invited me to his apartment to meet his wife and baby. After dinner, we watched a Jacques Tati movie. Rather than use a TV, he projected it from his computer onto a big white wall.
It made perfect sense. Why bother with a TV when you can get a movie-size projection? A $100 projector can give you a 10-foot-wide viewing area. I saw one from Epson, a quality brand, for $70 on Amazon.
But according to CNET, TVs are the better buy, thanks to a rapid drop in prices and improvements in technology. The big ones used to cost upwards of $10,000. Now you can get a 75-inch 4K TV for $1,400 from TCL, which recently won a CNET “Editor’s Choice” award. A 55-incher, still huge, is around $750.
CNET says a movie shown from a home projector isn’t as bright, nor as sharp, nor as contrasting. Many cannot display the full range of colors. They say the only way projectors make sense is if you want a 100-inch screen or more.
ABSURDLY WORDLY
First, I got hooked on the word game Wordle. Now I’m into Worldle Maps, Octordle and Quordle.
Worldle Maps, for iPhone/iPad only, is a World Map game. It shows you the outline of a different country each day. For the first one, I guessed “Honduras.” I was 97% right, so I cheated and looked on a map. Ah! Costa Rica!
Quordle, which you can play on your computer, phone or tablet, lets you play four Wordle games at once. It’s tough. I much prefer Octordle, with only two at a time.
I’m totally…
