Re: Another Question - Projectors

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What if the farthest you can get back from a (approx.) 50 x 100 screen
is
8'-1/2" to 9' (due to room size constraints) will that be sufficient
distance? Thanks!

Some projectors have options on the lens you can buy.
As an example, the Sanyo PLV-70 (an LCD projector that I own) has both a
fixed, short throw wide angle lens available as well as a wide angle zoom
lens that replaces the standard lens.
They aren't cheap.

I found some throw curves at
http://www.ivojo.co.uk/sanyo-plv-70-lenses.htm#lns-w32
The short throw fixed lens might work in your case, but you have to be
careful about keystone distortion when mounting projectors that close to
the
screen.

W²

I was actually talking about viewing from relatively close up. I assumed
that with a large screen you had to view back from a certain distance.I
could put the projector back another 5' if I had to. I am thinking of
comverting an upsatirs "loft" area into a home theater. The flor space is
only 9 + feet wide but the ceiling goes another 5' past. The bottom line
is I un-expectadly came into about $3,000.00 and am either going to
upgrade my current 30' CRT HDTV to 1 34'" CRT or a DLP. But hey a
projector would be sweet as well. I will have the money in about 3 weeks
and want to hit the ground running before my wife comes to her senses and
realizes what's happening. Thanks for the reply.




Last year I used a big screen and projector for the super bowl (and
nintendo) from about 8-10 feet away. I only had Standard definition at the
time and I thought it was pretty cool. Hard to picture back to then, now
that I've got my bigger HDTV's, but I thought it was great at the time.


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