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Depending on the room

Posted by DavidLD on April 2, 2008 at 04:27:45:
There may be other better options other than ceiling mount, depending on the room. Basically for a ceiling mount you need a good sturdy rafter to locate and secure the mount. Then you need to be able to get electricity (you really need an AC outlet in the ceiling) and the three component video wires to the projector. Locating the wiring and hiding the wires is the tricky part. That's why other than a ceiling mount, such as the pier I used, or perhaps a high shelf on the back wall might be easier. Some guys like to steal space from an adjacent closet to locate a high shelf for the projector and then put the wiring and perhaps even some of the equipment in the closet.

If you have not already purchased a projector, be aware that some projectors have Zoom lenses that allow more flexibility with respect to where they are located than others, particularly with respect to locating a projector along a back wall in a larger room. The Panasonic AE units, for example, have a 2x zoom which allows mounting as near as 11 ft to as far back as 17 ft in front of a 100 inch diagonal screen. I'm not sure about the Sony you are considering in that regard, but many have only a 1.1 or 1.2x zoom, which limits how far back in the room the projector can go.

As a startiong point it would be helpful to know overall length of the room from the screen wall to the wall opposite, as that in part will determine if you are going to be stuck doing a ceiling mount. Also, a so-called coffee table mount can work well in some rooms, if you can get electrical wiring to the coffee table out in the room. The guys that do this typically crawl space under the room to run electric and other wiring to the coffee table.