TKNice's Home Theater

[JamesN]

Originally Posted by TKNice

Thanks James, I really appreciate the compliments!!

Yep, it's 8' from the floor to the ceiling, not to the soffit. The riser is actually a little shorter at 8". I did this for a smaller stair and also to give myself a little more room to the ceiling. At 6'2, I can touch the ceiling when standing on the riser, and because the projector and mount together are 11.5", I decided to recess the mount location 4" into the ceiling. This gives me close to 5" clearance between the projector and my head.

All in all, 8' ceilings in the basement definitely leaves you a lot to work with--you just have to play around with it.

-TK

Hey TK,
Hope you don't mind a few more questions...
How far is the top of the screen from the bottom of the soffit, and do you have any visibility issues from the back row (seeing over heads in the front row)?

Also, you state elsewhere in your thread that the HTB anamorphic lens yields an image that's not as sharp as when you used to simply zoom. If you had it to do over, would you still go with the HTB, or would you consider an alternate solution such as the Panasonic PT-AE3000?

James