Projector comparisons


So my wife recently noted that our 65” Panny plasma is too small, and if I wanted I could look for a projector.  I keep up with most things in home theater and am trying to find a site that lays out a comparison of various projectors including discontinued ones. I see the merits in typically going used as a few years old top of line projector now costs what the entry level model does, with typically a better lens and more features. However I’m not 100% clear on how important HDR and other things are relatively speaking for my first projector.  We do a fair amount of Netflix and amazon and typically I purchased Blu-ray if cheap or I want the movie and have an oppo 205 to play them. The room for watching has no windows. I’ve been looking at some of the discontinued Sony models like 385 and the 1100 which sold for 28k. Looking for suggestions on how to work through this and any good websites that lay out features and comparisons to make ruling things in and out simple. Let’s say budget will be 4-7k. 
Thanks!
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What are the minimum specifications for a laptop to process 4k video for a projector? I am considering new models of high resolution projectors. But I have doubts about the laptop: core i5, 8 Gb RAM, nvidia 630m 2 Gb.
@karlbee a new thread would have probably made sense for your question, but the laptop's manufacturer provided specifications should indicate what resolution and refresh rates it supports over any HDMI video outputs it has. That's the only way to be sure.
It really depends on what you're trying to do.  I don't think anyone on this forum knows enough about this particular subject to recommend.  You also have features such as HDMI 2.0 and Dolby Vision / HDR that your particular laptop may not support.

As far as laptop power goes, I would think that core i5 and 8 GB of RAM should be fine.  It doesn't require a lot of processing power to just playback 4K video (either from streaming or a bluray disc).

The PowerDVD software (which supports 4K) has minimum requirements here:

https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/spec_en_US.html

Hope that helps.
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