Screen Width Sizes?

[PaniqL]

my room will be approximately 5450mm long and 3300mm wide.
with a 180-200mm depth for a false wall. This would reduce the room depth to 5250mm.

I Was just wondering how big the screen should be?
Im Looking for the biggest screen possible really with 1 Row of Seating?

Should it be the biggest width Possible?

What have you got?

[roar]

Originally Posted by PaniqL

my room will be approximately 5450mm long and 3300mm wide.
with a 180-200mm depth for a false wall. This would reduce the room depth to 5250mm.

I Was just wondering how big the screen should be?
Im Looking for the biggest screen possible really with 1 Row of Seating?

Should it be the biggest width Possible?

What have you got?

Screen size is dictated by the projector and the throw distance and zoom capabilities of it. Once you know your projector head over http://www.projectorcentral.com and punch the throw distance (5250mm) in the calculator for your chosen projector and it will tell you how big of a screen you could have. Those calculations are based on the end of lens, so you also need to take the depth of your projector off the depth of your room measurement and then also consider whether you need some space behind the projector for circulation. The recommended space behind a projector is often found in its manual... which can also be found on http://www.projectorcentral.com.

If you go with an AT screen which I know you have considered you can go wall-to-wall with your screen if you wish, if you don't go AT then you should save room on the sides for your speakers. If these measurements are accurate you're looking at a 10ftx17ft room roughly and I don't think you would have any problem with maximizing the screen width and sitting at the back of the room. I sit around 14ft from my 10ft wide screen and enjoy it.

You do have several threads started across a variety of the sub-forums here, you may want to consider consolidating them into a single thread in one forum rather than starting a new thread for every question, it may help you get more replies.

[PaniqL]

Originally Posted by roar

Screen size is dictated by the projector and the throw distance and zoom capabilities of it. Once you know your projector head over http://www.projectorcentral.com and punch the throw distance (5250mm) in the calculator for your chosen projector and it will tell you how big of a screen you could have. Those calculations are based on the end of lens, so you also need to take the depth of your projector off the depth of your room measurement and then also consider whether you need some space behind the projector for circulation. The recommended space behind a projector is often found in its manual... which can also be found on http://www.projectorcentral.com.

If you go with an AT screen which I know you have considered you can go wall-to-wall with your screen if you wish, if you don't go AT then you should save room on the sides for your speakers. If these measurements are accurate you're looking at a 10ftx17ft room roughly and I don't think you would have any problem with maximizing the screen width and sitting at the back of the room. I sit around 14ft from my 10ft wide screen and enjoy it.

You do have several threads started across a variety of the sub-forums here, you may want to consider consolidating them into a single thread in one forum rather than starting a new thread for every question, it may help you get more replies.

Yeah thanks , i have been looking around on other site etc and just thought i would post here.

Thanks for your help.

Panic

[jautor]

Once you pick the projector and do the calculations as roar suggests, you'll still end up with a range of potential screen sizes that will "work" in your space. From there, you'll want to do some testing before committing to a screen.

Set up the projector (even temporarily in the space, at the same distance as the permanent mount will be), project onto a white wall, sheet, or photographer backdrop. Try out the image size from your seating location(s), and then try larger / smaller sizes to see what you like best. While bigger is usually better, you can get carried away and make an image too big for comfortable viewing (at a given distance). That was my concern when I built my theater, as my front row was already fixed at 10' from the screen. I worried the screen would be too big for the front row - it turned out fine, though...

Once you try out the various sizes, then you can safely order the screen and not be surprised that it's too small/big and have to "live with it".

Jeff

[tilallr1]

Originally Posted by jautor

Once you pick the projector and do the calculations as roar suggests, you'll still end up with a range of potential screen sizes that will "work" in your space. From there, you'll want to do some testing before committing to a screen.

Set up the projector (even temporarily in the space, at the same distance as the permanent mount will be), project onto a white wall, sheet, or photographer backdrop. Try out the image size from your seating location(s), and then try larger / smaller sizes to see what you like best. While bigger is usually better, you can get carried away and make an image too big for comfortable viewing (at a given distance). That was my concern when I built my theater, as my front row was already fixed at 10' from the screen. I worried the screen would be too big for the front row - it turned out fine, though...

Once you try out the various sizes, then you can safely order the screen and not be surprised that it's too small/big and have to "live with it".

Jeff

This is a very good point, and it is what I did as well. Larger isn't always better. Comfort is the key. Find the screen size that has a perfect balance of size and the lowest possible eye strain. The only way to find this out is to test several sizes and put in a fast paced action movie with lots of elements going on on screen. Such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Saga, Avatar, Jurassic Park Trilogy, etc ...

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by tilallr1

This is a very good point, and it is what I did as well. Larger isn't always better. Comfort is the key. Find the screen size that has a perfect balance of size and the lowest possible eye strain. The only way to find this out is to test several sizes and put in a fast paced action movie with lots of elements going on on screen. Such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Saga, Avatar, Jurassic Park Trilogy, etc ...

I would also add to view things with varying AR's which your list also has

Bill

[tilallr1]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

I would also add to view things with varying AR's which your list also has

Bill

Exactly! Probably the taller AR's (1.78:1 or 1.85:1) are better for testing eye strain though, unless the poster goes scope, which I doubt. So probably Jurassic or Avatar would be the better to test, from the list above.

Avengers (which is coming up) would be another one.

[PaniqL]

Originally Posted by roar

Screen size is dictated by the projector and the throw distance and zoom capabilities of it. Once you know your projector head over http://www.projectorcentral.com and punch the throw distance (5250mm) in the calculator for your chosen projector and it will tell you how big of a screen you could have. Those calculations are based on the end of lens, so you also need to take the depth of your projector off the depth of your room measurement and then also consider whether you need some space behind the projector for circulation. The recommended space behind a projector is often found in its manual... which can also be found on http://www.projectorcentral.com.

If you go with an AT screen which I know you have considered you can go wall-to-wall with your screen if you wish, if you don't go AT then you should save room on the sides for your speakers. If these measurements are accurate you're looking at a 10ftx17ft room roughly and I don't think you would have any problem with maximizing the screen width and sitting at the back of the room. I sit around 14ft from my 10ft wide screen and enjoy it.

You do have several threads started across a variety of the sub-forums here, you may want to consider consolidating them into a single thread in one forum rather than starting a new thread for every question, it may help you get more replies.

Could you help me interpret my results.
So does it mean i should sit between 4.6-6.7 Metres?
And the projector would be best at 5.09 Metres?



Is the projector the best in the middle of the throw ratio?
If it was at the closest of the throw ratio you would have to use all the Zoom.
But if it was at the furthest for the Throw distance it would not get as much light?

Am i right?