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
For audio, take to a local thrift store or Facebook marketplace or whatever platform is the most used locally and mix and match your own receiver + speaker set. A decent receiver can be found around €50, speakers can be even cheaper. Most modern speakers of some size are decent enough, bought some second hand Jamo tower speakers for 50 for the set(2) as well. Smaller bookcase speakers with minimum 4 inch (if you don’t go for a seperate subwoofer) speakers can be found for €20. You need some oomph in the lower end to get some extra cinema points. Stereo sets are fine, 5.1 is fun but I’d rather have amazing stereo then ok 5.1 , you know?
For beamers, I’d look for a secondhand beamer that was used in business setting.
A clean white wall is cheap en convenient beaming surface, but a good screen will help increase brightness which can often be the most tricky part about beaming at home. But harder to do secondhand.
Sidenote, I almost never save the boxes of stuff I buy, but the tv box gets special treatment in the attic, because in the box it’s very transportable, but without it, I agree, it’s a big hassle.
GL!
I’d be wary with old business projectors, their blacks usually suck ass. Specifically I’d heavily prefer Epson EH-TW and Optoma Home theater projectors to Epson EB projectors. The difference in color is night and day.
The audio advice is solid though.