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Re: anyone know if a 18' long room with 8' ceilings is too small for a projector?

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In Reply to: anyone know if a 18' long room with 8' ceilings is too small for a projector? posted by late on November 09, 2001 at 09:41:27:

l(A), I have mine setup in a 20x20 room. But I have the projector itself set about 17ft. from the screen. Works fine. I have had it as close as 13 feet but since have constructed a bigger screen so I moved it back. Guess it all depends on the projector and how big you want your screen size to be. At 17ft, using a 10' x 5' screen, a 2.35 aspect ratio flick will take up about 9' x 4.5'. I believe that there are newer projectors specifically geared for the HT market that you can place even closer....wider dispersion. SOunds like the salesman was tossing you the old red herring.

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My room is only 16' x 16' and my projector fits nicely. - Puetz 03:30:05 11/10/01 (2)
G'day,
The room seems small but I have the projector installed on the back wall projecting on a 100" screen. It may not be ideal and up to specifications to THX yadda yadda, but it looks great and beats the shit out of RPTV or any tv for that matter. I can only comment on single lens projector but 18' is OK.
Good luck, regards Robert.
- Re: My room is only 16' x 16' and my projector fits nicely. - JVH 22:28:00 11/12/01 (1)
  Robert,
  How high is your ceiling?
  John
  - 8.5 feet, with the projector 12" (center of lens) down from cieling. - Puetz 01:42:13 11/14/01 (0)
    G'day JVH,
    I have an Infocus LP350 which, when mounted upside down, and horizontally 0 degrees, the screen is on the opposite wall mounted, 12" down. I set up the projector for 'enhanced widescreen', the DVD for 16:9 output, and with most DVD's, I get the best performance out of it. Although the projector is not 16:9 but 4:3, and I have the old black bars top and bottom, the picture is still excellent. The projector can still be zoomed in or out abit with my small room, if it wasn't for my 100" Da-Lite pull down screen, I would make the picture bigger.
    Regards Robert.
great! thanks! --nt-- - late 14:35:20 11/09/01 (0)
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