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Difficult to answer your ....

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Posted by John C. - Aussie on January 24, 2001 at 19:03:00

In Reply to: Several Questions - Purchasing Home posted by Brian LaCroix on January 24, 2001 at 05:46:37:

... room size question without knowing intended screen size. However this rule of thumb might help-

Take the screen height and, using high end projectors with line quadrupling, the best seating position is about 6X back. With lesser quality images the distance should be 11X.

"What brands/types of front projectors should we be looking at? That's an area I'm not knowledgeable in. Our budget for a projector and screen is $8-10K. I understand there are CRT, DLP, and LCD technologies and that CRT's are out of my price range (plus I don't want to deal with all the maintenance."

I'm not expert in the various options you might face but suggest that a rear projector might suit your purposes the best. From what I understand the DLP & LCD technologies are even more expensive than CRT. CRT can be a pain to set up optiminally - our Barco took over a year because there are so many variables to adjust.

I'm an advocate of a combined audio/HT room so all the considerations of good audio can apply. There have been many posts on AA about this.

I would look for a room with solid walls & floor so the whole house does not rock when viewing films like "Matrix" and one where all the speaker leads can be readily concealed.

Combine all your audio/video needs with other practicalities and the personal tastes/living needs of spouse & family and I guess you have a n interesting hunt ahead.

Good luck

John

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