Hisense L5H 100 inch ALR screen deal!

[Hetfield]

I have been looking to go to 100 inches since we bought a house with a very nice room for a "home theater". Was looking at a few TCL 98 inchers, Hisense TV's 100 inch but a liked the Hisense L5H 100 Laser TV too. On Thursday I saw it for a ridiculous price on the Costco website. 999.99 with free installation which is bonkers in my opinion. Its on the Hisense website for 1,000 off 2,999.99 and Costco had it for 999.99. I'm confused but happy about the deal. Is the screen easy or hard to put together? The free installation is interesting but seems its kinda hit or miss with scheduling and everything. I may try to do it myself. What do you think overall of this projector and screen? ALR screens are supposed to be awesome.

 

[BMXTRIX]

It's a good deal if you have a proper room to put it in. The big reason that these are selling for so cheap is that at $2,000+ they make almost no sense when the 100" TVs are now competitively priced. A TV is brighter, and is native 4K resolution. You may also find HDMI 2.1 inputs with proper 120hz support for gaming as well.

So, while I am a huge fan of front projection, Hisense locking in these projectors to only 100" diagonal image sizes is a tough sell these days. It's not a bad deal if you only have 100" to work with in your room, but in a lit room, I'd go for a TV every day of the week.

 

[dolynick]

The screen shouldn't be too bad to assemble. You just have to make sure that you get all the wrinkles out and a decently tight stretch without marking the material.

Be aware that because it's an ALR, it will have a relatively narrow viewing field where it looks best. That's the nature of ALR as they simply limit the directions of the light bounce back out into the room. This usually means that they will work better on the narrow wall of a longer/deeper room. It also means that there is going to be an orientation to the screen for a short throw from the bottom, so make sure you pay attention to any indicator for which way the screen should be mounted.