- This 120 inch projection setup
for the lounge is going to be freaking awesome.
Oh no
I'm going to fall
- Like the mount separates from
- I'm beginning to think this may have been a big mistake.
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- Back in our old lounge setup, we had a super
nice 120 inch EluneVision Tab-Tension screen.
One of the nice things about that screen
was that it was 4K capable.
That is to say that the finish on it was fine enough
that you could actually resolve those pixels.
We were good to just reuse the same one
but EluneVision reaches out and they go "nah nah"
you want the new 8K EVO Reference screen.
So what does that even mean?
- [Jake] I don't know.
- Let's flip it open.
- [Jake] Oh I don't know
if we were suppose to open it that way.
- No, I think probably not.
That's a new one.
It's got an Allen key in it, but it's not bent.
Now, if you're a regular viewer,
you probably saw our recent video on the fancy pants,
Epson EpiqVision Laser Projection TV set up,
but there's a couple of reasons
it doesn't quite work for our setup.
And the biggest one is right over here.
Our $30,000
LG signature
Z-10 OLED.
That is what we're going to want to game on.
The projector screen comes down in front
of the TV as a large format display
for movies or gaming with a big group.
Once we've all got our vaccinations,
PS get your vaccination.
Bill Gates told me to tell you.
Man these are some chungus brackets.
- So one thing to consider
with this screen is we have 24 inches
of black drop that's on the top of the screen.
So 59 inches, I think it could probably be like right there.
- [Linus] We're going to have so many holes in this wall.
- Once we figure out whatever height we want the screen at
you can twist a little knob
and that sets the like lowest it'll go.
So when you click open all the way it stops at that point.
- Oh, it's pretty heavy Jake.
- [Jake] You think we should just put
it in with drywall anchors?
- What?
- If you watched our EpiqVision video
you'll probably remember.
We couldn't find a stud.
The stud finder said, Oh, there's a stud here.
Oh, there's a stud here.
There is where the actual study is.
This'll find the perfect spot in the middle.
- Yeah. So is this right? It just hangs, off of these.
- You can mount it directly to the wall.
You can mount it directly to the ceiling.
If you have like brick, let's just measure how far this is.
So it's nine feet.
- [Linus] Okay.
- So maybe let's do eight feet.
That way we have some wiggle room.
All right, let's do it here.
- [Linus] Okay.
- So we got to mark center somehow.
- No
- Three inches seem fine enough?
- Yeah.
- [Jake] Linus is use to three inches.
What are you trying to do?
- [Linus] I'm just finding studs.
Oh ow can you get this off me?
- [Jake] I quit.
I haven't even told you the interesting part yet.
The problem with steel stud, if we're mounting heavy screen
you can't just like put a deck screw into it, right?
So what do you do?
- Oh, you got to get those stupid flange things to go
Oh no.
- And the problem is, steel stud is also not very wide.
So you got to hit it right on the spot.
You excited
- No
The toggle anchor works is you actually twist it like this
put the whole thing through the hole.
Then you can kinda reinsert, see that
you can adjust it. So it's vertical.
So it aligns with your stud.
You pull this little plastic tab in it kind
of zips and you see the zip tie teeth there
and then it holds it in close to the drywall.
So you're actually screwing into this pre threaded hole.
That's a, that's a strong material here.
Super cool.
- It looks very weird hey
- Stand on a chair you say,
you know, this is a rolling chair, right?
Are you trying to kill me?
- [Jake] You weight like 110 pounds it's fine.
- Sorry. I've never actually used this.
- [Jake] There's a button on that side. Yeah.
You gotta go this way like the smallest amount.
- [Linus] How about now?
- [Jake] Oh. Oh. Oh
- [Linus] How about now?
- Oh boy
- [Linus] How about now?
- Are you drunk?
- [Linus] I can't see it.
How about now?
I am barely even touching it.
Okay. How about you?
- About the same, but you're on the other side now.
- [Linus] What?
- How much do you trust me?
- [Linus] I mean, you did put extra holes
in the wall last time.
- [Jake] You're not wrong.
Oh, that's a stud baby.
Ha ha, I can see it.
- [Linus] Okay
- There we go.
Yeah. We're definitely in the middle
of the stud cause I can't turn it at all.
- [Linus] Nice
- First try.
- So you were saying you wanted this to be more challenging
and we should throw stuff at you right?
How about this TV pillow from lttstore.com?
- Moment of truth Oh, Oh, look at that. It's mint
- Now for the projector itself.
We reached out to Epson.
This is the Epson 6050UB.
If we put it next to the dinky little thing we had
in the lounge before, you could probably fit four
of them inside this, it could eat them.
And a huge part of why this thing is so big is the lens.
It is a proper motorized unit with a huge range
of lens shift, which allows the lens to actually
shift the projected image around
to accommodate a wider range of mounting options.
You want your projector to be mounted right
in line with the center of your screen, which in our case
that would require the projector to hang like five
six feet down from the ceiling, which would suck
because you could easily hit your head on it.
When you're walking around.
To combat this, most people end up
mounting their projector up high, tilting it down
to line up with where they want their screen to be.
And then using keystone to fix the weird angle
and make the edges perpendicular.
It's not ideal because keystoning is done digitally
which means their image will no longer be native resolution
which can hurt sharpness.
And if you're going to spend the money on
a 4K projector 4K or 8K resolution screen,
the last thing you want to do is go and add keystone to it.
But with proper lens shift
we can have the projector just a few feet down
from the ceiling and then shift the whole image
without distorting it to line up with our screen.
Now this guy's rated
for 2,600 lumens with both color and white output
but many reviewers say they saw an excessive 3000 lumens
in the brighter modes, which is sweet.
Another thing that's cool is even though it's 4K enhanced
which means the actual projection chip is 1080p
but then it shifts over a pixel at twice the refresh rate.
It's not DLP like our old projector was.
So instead this one uses Epson's own 3LCD technology
which is a prison to split the lamp or the led light into
R G and B, which is then passed through three distinct LCD
panels to show the image in each given color.
And then those are all combined and projected
through the lens.
That means no rainbow effect and typically
better power efficiency.
We've got an 18 gigabit.
HDMI 2.0, we've got serial control
LAN VGA
because we've got a USB power port here that we can use to
power our active HDMI cable.
And the last note where everything to talk about
is mounting.
This was a pre loved media sample.
So unfortunately it didn't come with a mounting plate.
Fortunately, we have a Jake and a Colin and a pretty
sick shop, and we were able to whip up a quick design
and route out our own aluminum mounting adaptor.
Then we just need to attach that
to our BenQ extendable ceiling mount
And boom, put the projector on it.
- [Jake] That's super upside down.
- Whatever doesn't matter
We just need to make sure we get the distance right.
And according to Epson's projector calculator, our screen
not the wall.
The screen needs to be at least 11.8 feet away,
11.8 feet.
- Great dimensions, right?
- 11.8 feet.
How do you measure 0.8 of a foot.
- So fortunately ceiling grids are a standard.
This is two by four.
So it makes it pretty easy for us to go one, two, three
four, five, six, 12.
Now I was originally concerned when I lined it up here
at the light, but I think we just put it
on this side and just move the screen over an inch
- It's 30 pounds.
So what we're just going to mount it to the T bar?
- No
The actual trusses that support the ceiling.
If you look at the way that they're designed, it's kind of
like a little edge on each side and I measured it out.
So I went and bought some two by 10
and I was thinking we just cut it
to that size and just bloop pretty fricking easy. Right?
- Yeah, let's do that.
- All right So then we can worry about safety later.
You're ready.
I'm going to let go now.
- Yeah. Just put your wood in here.
- [Jake] I've given you my wood. It's all in you.
Wow you're pretty, pretty good at handling wood.
- Oh yeah.
I can't see a thing, with that light in my eyes.
Oh wow. That's really tight.
(loud banging)
- Ah,
look at that.
Okay. Let's see if it's strong.
- [Jake] What the hell, Oh my
- Oh no.
- [Jake] Wow. That was really dumb.
Don't worry I got this.
(metal sliding)
- [Jake] Nobody could have saw that coming.
- [Linus] Here we go.
Wait how is it that heavy?
- It's really not that heavy. So
- Oh, shut up.
All right.
Now I have it.
- Can you reach?
- Well, look,
- Just get off the ladder.
It's really heavy if you want to
- [Linus] Well you told me it wasn't
I can't
get it up
Come on, come on,
okay let's try that
- There's only a 30,000 dollar OLED behind us.
- Oh, okay.
Oh no.
The power cords over there and the plugs over here.
- No, it doesn't matter. It's going in the ceiling.
- Oh, good thing that I didn't remove this in the UK.
Cause then it might've breaks it
- Oh,
- There we go.
So how come we didn't go with a gray screen?
- The problem with an ambient light rejecting screen.
Is that the viewing angles
aren't exactly fantastic always.
- Damn Daniel.
- [Jake] How far down does it go?
- I think that's good.
- That feels pretty good.
- Okay so you're on the screen? Yeah. Yeah.
We're we're definitely good cause I've got 12 feet to here.
Huh, Nice.
- I think we'll take the mount plate and like put the rod
on it just so we're getting that corner proper
and then sort of mark it and then drill it.
It works out to being just about right there.
So just take the nuts off.
- Watch this. You you're going to love my nuts
- Ha ha ha it was a bad joke.
- Jake. I need you back over here. I forgot my nut washer.
Put that on there because
What was hell was that.
- Why did you just let go of it?
I was just trying to tilt it forward.
- What even was that,
can you grab my tiny nut here? And twist?
- What are we doing right now?
- They're parfait.
So that should
(loud grunt)
- Heavy projector right?
- Do a few reps of that.
Do we need to access these bolts?
- I mean, once it's already in there
it's not going to matter or just leave it for now.
Just like the mount separates from..
That's what I was trying to say
is you can just pull it right out.
There was the reason we do the things we do.
Oh. I just realized that the mount location is
not necessarily the lens of the projector.
Oh, let's do it on the other side.
- Crap.
- [Jake] You're moving the things so much every time
- Should be fine.
(loud drilling)
- [Jake] How's that in your eyes?
- I love the screen size
but the mounting process is just so tedious.
And this is even with a drop ceiling.
This is your best case scenario.
So wait, what do I just pop this on there?
- Hold on. I gotta put this on here first.
- Thanks Jay that's really helpful
putting the sound effects.
Don't worry I got this.
(grunting)
- [Jake] He's a small man on a big ladder.
- Small man big ladder episode three.
- [Jake] Will he dropped the projector.
- Oh God.
- I'll let it fall on me.
- Oh God. The ladder is in the wrong spot.
- Really? Oh is the ladder in the way?
Oh my god
- It's fine.
It's fine.
(grunting)
- Is it on?
- [Jake] I don't know
- I think it's on.
Yeah, it's on. It's on.
Yeah this is sick.
Oh yeah. I'll turn it on.
So this is what we're talking about.
Where if we didn't have lens shifts
we basically have to go like this
but because we do theoretically, we can just
What the balls,
- [Jake] That is so cool
- I love optics.
For you home cinema nerds. This is like uh yeah duh
- [Jake] But every projector in the last twenty years.
- We were getting it all aligned and dialed in.
And then I realized,
this is a 50 foot active optical HDMI cable
from Infinite Cables.
And all of that is pretty neat.
Except when you consider that it is HDMI 2.1 certified.
So that makes it pretty freaking baller.
- This projector looks way better than the old one.
Just even on the patterns.
- [Linus] Boy, is this not a light rejecting screen though?
We're going to have to go close those windows.
Damn Daniel. This thing pops.
- [Jake] This is way brighter than the old projector.
- Oh yeah. A hundred percent.
- The old one was 3000 lumens
but this is definitely way brighter.
And the colors look way more accurate.
We haven't even touched it.
- No, no calibration yet at all, but they're super rich.
Every pixel on this thing looks so freaking sharp.
Like. Damn
Can you see that?
All right, here we go.
Everyone quick.
Get Yoshi.
- I'm Yoshi screw you.
- [Linus] I love how every single one
of us has a 60 inch TV
see ya later, buddy.
I'm ready to get rubber banded.
Oh, thanks for the blue shell jackass.
Oh oh oh nice.
Oh, that was awesome.
Right before the jump.
This is fricking awesome.
This was totally worth it.
A hundred percent.
- A few moments later.
- I just got sniped.
- I hate this game.
- I was in first, the entire race. Very end, boom fifth.
- Who's villager
- That's me
- Oh What?
- [Linus] GG Nicole.
Meanwhile, Sarah, actually did end up
beating me in spite of holding her controller weird.
(laughing)
- [Linus] Not bad
you're not going to get that same HDR sparkle
that you would on like a QLED, but it looks damn good.
And it's huge. Damn
- [Jake] This is the best project I've ever used.
- [Linus] A lot of the time people watch our videos
about projectors and go like
why do people even care about projectors.
You can just get a TV,
the size. It's just totally different.
- [Jake] Oh Jesus.
Let me just ruin this for everybody.
- [Linus] Wow. You're that guy in the theater right now?
- [Jake] Yep.
- So big shout out to EastPorters Audio Video,
Infinite Cables, Klipsch, sure
they sent the speakers for Lounge V1
but we're still using them.
They're still awesome.
And of course Epson.
Thanks for sending over the sweet projector hookup.
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If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe go check
out the EpiqVision video that we did.
I swear to you guys as much
as it looks like a TV, it's a projector.