I'd say that nothing at home is going to beat the big screen for visual impact
The sad thing is that early digital cinema projection was of a lower resolution than HDTVs
of the time, once the aspect ratios of the movies were taken into account, and even more so when frame rate is taken into account. It's gotten better since:
Early DLP projectors, which were deployed primarily in the U.S., used limited 1280×1024 resolution or the equivalent of 1.3 MP (megapixels). They are still widely used for pre-show advertising but not usually for feature presentations. The DCI specification for digital projectors calls for three levels of playback to be supported: 2K (2048×1080) or 2.2 MP at 24 or 48 frames per second, and 4K (4096×2160) or 8.85 MP at 24 frames per second.
Even so, DCI 2K is basically the same as 1080p.
Few of us have 70-foot TVs, though. (Of course, the larger the screen, the more exacerbated the low framerate problem is, though.)
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