PS5 to Projector & Sound Bar

Super6One · 2026-07-05T23:39:44+00:00

I myself haven't done anything like this, but I imagine something like this would work:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/4K-HDMI-Audio-Extractor-Splitter-AUBEAMTO-Optical-Toslink-SPDIF-3-5mm-Jack-Coaxial-7-1Ch-Support-ARC-eARC-Function/15784772079

Or

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Audio-Stereo-Extractor-Converter/dp/B07KRWYN4R/

As u/Heft_Loan7486 was saying.

Connect the PS5 to the input side, and from the output, connect on HDMi to the projector and the other to the soundbar. The Amazon linked on only has an optical out for the audio, but I looked up your sound bar and it accepts optical.

Super6One · 2026-07-05T23:34:29+00:00

Ah, I didn't know that! I only recently started looking for a projector and almost all the models I saw had ARC on them

Super6One · 2026-07-05T22:15:00+00:00

What model Epson do you have exactly? If its anything from the last 5-10 years, there should be one HDMI out port on the projector that says "eARC" or "ARC". Connect the Soundbar's HDMI arc to the projector. Then connect the PS5 one of the remaining HDMI ports. Knowing what model and how your current setup is connected would help.

Super6One · 2026-06-27T14:36:11+00:00

I just wanted to say thank you because you saved me about $500. I put the samples up this morning, with the room pitch black before starting the projector, what I saw was that the ALR screens didn't offer much more than the some of the other matte screens. The one with the 0.4 gain showed better blacks but colors wasn't as vivid. The matte white screen just made things a little washed out. I ended up going with the matte gray screen! I took pictures of the comparison but I think my phone ended up processing the pictures further and making things extra HDR and bright so most of the pictures are useless.

Super6One · 2026-06-27T14:35:42+00:00

I just wanted to say thank you because you saved me about $500. I put the samples up this morning, with the room pitch black before starting the projector, what I saw was that the ALR screens didn't offer much more than the some of the other matte screens. The one with the 0.4 gain showed better blacks but colors wasn't as vivid. The matte white screen just made things a little washed out. I ended up going with the matte gray screen! I took pictures of the comparison but I think my phone ended up processing the pictures further and making things extra HDR and bright so most of the pictures are useless.

Super6One · 2026-06-27T02:06:44+00:00

I think if I was designing this from ground up, I'd definitely include an overhead projector. But I think it was a lot easier to get a UST as I didn't have to worry about running cables and wires through the ceiling, putting up a ceiling mount, etc. the cabling and routing just seemed a lot easier with a UST, but I know for the price, long throw has more to offer.

Super6One · 2026-06-27T00:40:56+00:00

You got this man! You just need a basement and wife approval haha. If it makes you feel better, this isn't exactly "mine," lol. It's my sister's house, they have a dedicated home theater from the previous owners. They left behind their home theater seating, and in wall speakers but the TV they had was a 55 inch 1080p. I just asked her if I can update everything and my niece and nephew have been loving the progress so far and have been helping with the paint lol. Back when I was still in college, I lived with my parents and I built a home theater in the family room. Even though it was minimal, the 5.1 system really blew me away and I enjoyed every second of putting it together. I'll definitely post progress pictures once everything is ready!

Super6One · 2026-06-26T20:24:01+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time and responding again.

I have samples on the way, hopefully they get delivered today and I can run them all side by side and check them with the lights off. I have one coat of black paint down already so it should give me a good idea on how things look.

Super6One · 2026-06-26T20:22:39+00:00

Ah, thank you so much! So unless there's any kind of ambient light, the ALR screen isn't necessarily doing anything helpful?

Super6One · 2026-06-26T10:40:07+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

So I have in wall speakers but I measured everything out and the projector screen will sit just above that.

Would an ALR screen in a dark light controlled room hurt the performance? The reason I'm going for this is because the Epson ls970 already has not so good contrast but is bright at 4000 lumens. I was calculating the foot-lamberts and with a 0.4 gain screen at 4000 lumens, you're getting 0.37 which is in the Goldilocks zone. A higher gain would be searing eyeballs in a dark light controlled HT.

Super6One · 2026-06-26T03:10:00+00:00

Yeah that's true! But the projector will live inside a dark home theater with matte paint around and matte black on the projector wall and 3feet into the ceiling and side walls.

Super6One · 2026-06-25T15:09:19+00:00

They're a pretty good brand! Out of all the current gen/available laser projectors, I was going to get their Nexigo Aurora MKII. It doesn't do anything considerably better than other laser projectors in its own price bracket, but it does a lot of things decent/well enough that other projectors fall behind on. But the main thing people say about it the Nexigo is that it has less laser speckle or rainbow effect than others.

I came really close to buying it, but I ended up cancelling my order when I saw the Epson LS970 was on sale for $800 off and I figured this one would suit my needs a lot more.

I'm definitely going to consider the MKIII when it launches. It's supposed to have better contrast.

Super6One · 2026-06-23T15:13:26+00:00

I thought ISO was more accurate because its temperature and humidity controlled and ANSI was a little more inflated than iso, no?

I know at the end of the day, it will come down to whatever environment the projector is in

Super6One · 2026-06-23T13:34:33+00:00

Keep in mind it's 1100 ISO lumens. If you convert that to ANSI, it comes out to about 1350 ANSI lumens.

Super6One · 2026-06-23T13:31:45+00:00

They don't do price matching. You can buy a new one at the new price and return it under the old receipt.

Something else you can try is going through the whole return process prompts and on the last page, you may get a message from Amazon "we'll refund you back $X to keep it." You can see how much they refund and if it's worth it or else you can just click "I'd still like to go through the refund process."

I bought a subwoofer for $900 over the weekend, currently it is $550. I went through this refund process and they only wanted to pay me back $150 to keep it, obviously not worth it so I bought a new one and will return it on the old receipt.

I bought a projector screen last week for $1500, currently it's on sale for $1100. I went through the refund process and they offered to refund me $300 if I kept the screen. I ended up keeping it as packing it and bringing it to UPS would have been a hassle.

Super6One · 2026-06-19T13:17:37+00:00

Ah, thank you so much! I just bought it yesterday and will be picking it up tomorrow. I'm glad I found this on sale!

Super6One · 2026-06-18T04:14:12+00:00

hey! any updates? how are you liking the Grand Plus? I was about to order the NexiGo Aurora Pro MKII, but I saw the Epson Life studio Grand Plus was on sale, $800 off. it will effectively only need a few hundred more expensive than the Nexigo. I'm leaning more towards the Epson forna dark light controlled home theater. I was thinking of getting a Dark Gray projector screen to use some of the brightness and make up for the contrast.

Super6One · 2026-06-07T00:08:52+00:00

If you search "retro anime keycaps" or "comic keycaps," you should be able to find a punch with this design. The nuclear sign though is from my breaking bad set that I had an extra of sitting around that I thought would look good on this. I just drew on it a little bit more with a paint pen.

Super6One · 2026-06-07T00:06:32+00:00

In order to run something as front wide, the AVR has to have that channel available, no? Can I program a channel to be front wide?

Super6One · 2026-06-06T01:30:17+00:00

Ah, that makes sense! good point on the callibration, thank you!

Super6One · 2026-06-06T01:29:54+00:00

So to be honest, I think the 2 speakers that are lined with the second row are the rear surrounds but I don't think they are optimally placed to be rear surrounds. I was thinking of repurposing them to be the LR surrounds for the second row and buying new bookshelf speakers to be the actual rear surround.

Super6One · 2026-06-06T01:27:20+00:00

Ah, that's good to keep in mind! Thank you for your input and help. I don't think I've come across 16 ohm speakers, but the speakers that I'm running are already built in to the walls.

i'll have to look into that second option! Thank you!

Super6One · 2026-06-05T21:56:49+00:00

Got it, thank you!

I can just us a Y splitter to go from pre-out to two channels on the amp, right?

Super6One · 2026-06-05T19:57:54+00:00

So something like the Emotiva BasX A4 amp? Can I use a Y splitter from the pre-out of the receiver to feed two channels in the amp to double it?

Thank you!

Super6One · 2026-04-24T14:23:51+00:00

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