Public viewing projectors for the football World Cup

It's that time again, the World Cup is just around the corner! Many football fans want to enjoy the World Cup on a large screen and invite their friends over to watch. Discover daylight and laser TV projectors and projection screens for an outstanding public viewing experience - whether indoors or outdoors!

We explain what you need for a World Cup public viewing with a real 4K stadium atmosphere!

The brightness of a projector is one of the most important features for indoor and outdoor public viewing events. The brighter your projector can project, the easier it is to recognise the image on the projection screens. This is especially true for projectors that are used for watching football together in daylight or outdoors.

But how many lumens does a projector need for outdoor use and how does this affect the image quality? The brightness of projectors is specified in ANSI lumens, and more lumens are particularly advantageous if you cannot completely darken your living room or home cinema. For public viewing in daylight, we recommend special daylight projectors with several thousand ANSI lumens. Even in daylight, you can watch the football matches on a bright and powerful image.

• Indoor - darkened room (home cinema): approx. 1,500-2,500 lumens sufficient
• Indoor - living room (cannot be completely darkened): 2.500-3,500+ lumens recommended
• Outdoor - terrace / garden: depending on the time of day, at least 5,000+ lumens and more

If you want to watch the football World Cup matches on the terrace or in a bright room, you should make sure that your projector supports a high-contrast display. The contrast of a projection is the difference between the brightest pixel and the darkest. The greater this difference, the higher the contrast of the projected image. A high-contrast image appears more vivid and exciting and therefore contributes significantly to a successful public viewing experience.

In the case of projectors, the contrast is specified as a ratio value in the same way as for displays, monitors and televisions.

To achieve a clearly recognisable projection image in daylight, the room in which you want to project should be well darkened. Ideally, no light should enter the room through windows or doors for a high-contrast projection. As this is not always possible, a bright daylight projector can help.

If you want to watch the football matches on the terrace or in the garden, aids such as a pavilion or tent should be used. In this way, the projection location can be shielded from light and darkened.

So that you can watch football matches in the best quality, you should make sure that your projector can display a good image resolution. This can already be achieved with a Full HD projector, but a WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels) is the minimum standard for good image sharpness. A projector with 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels)is recommended so that you can enjoy the full quality of the image.

The rule of thumb for the optimum seating distance is: the lower the image resolution, the greater the seating distance between the viewer and the screen should be. Thanks to the very high image resolution, the seating distance canbe reduced to 1 times the width of the projection screens with 4K projectors (3,840 x 2,160px). This means that your image remains high quality and razor-sharp, even for public viewing in a small space!

Depending on the manufacturer and model, different projection technologies are used for projectors. The best-known technologies include DLP (Digital Light Processing) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). When choosing a suitable projector for your public viewing event, the light intensity of the projector is of particular importance. Projectors with LCD technology are comparatively brighter than DLP projectors. You should pay particular attention to this so that you can enjoy the football World Cup matches outdoors. However, DLP projectors are already available in the lower price segment with a high-resolution 4K display.

To simplify the installation and alignment of a public viewing projector, there are some useful projector features. We explain how these functions improve the quality of your projections!

With a projector, you can project onto different surfaces - be it a professional projection screen or a white wall in your living room. To achieve the best possible image for your public viewing event, you should definitely opt for a projection screen. This way you can enjoy the football World Cup matches with good colour reproduction and even better contrastthan on a simple wall, for example!

Mobile projection screens are easy to transport and simple to set up. This makes them ideal for public viewing use in different locations - whether indoors or outdoors. Mobile projection screens include tripod projector screens, ultra-mobile projection screens and fixed frame projector screens.

Are you looking for a projection screen that you can use permanently for versatile projections even after the football World Cup? For a permanent installation in a sports bar or in your own home cinema, an installation projection screen is ideal. Fixed projection screens include electric projection screens, ceiling recessed projection screens and fixed frame projector screens.

An important factor in the atmosphere during football championship matches is the background noise in the stadium, the goal celebrations and, of course, the exciting commentary from the match commentators. Good projector speakers are needed to transfer the atmosphere to the spectators in front of the projection screens. You can choose between passive and active loudspeakers.

If you do not have the best option of laying a cable, it is best to use the wireless version. The celexon WHD30M - 4K Expert HDMI wireless set is ideal for this. It offers a 4K transmission of up to 30 metres with a clear view and transmits the WUXGA signal.