I think its very safe to say that many cannot afford some of the high level priced projectors in the 4k sphere at the moment and that many of us, including myself, have budget constraints.
Its also safe to say that many of us will happily sacrifice best in class performance specs or some features based on price or projector feature priority.
I will happily sacrifice a certain level of contrast to achieve 4k or close to 4k resolution with HDR, if it means i also save many thousands of dollars.
to each there own...
This Epson LS12000 is a great projector for the money and ticks many of the boxes But once laser prices drop. I still think $5,000 is overpriced with no native 4k and no 3D.