I'm about to have a contractor start some renovations in a house I'm about to close on. I miss my home theater from my previous house, so I want to build another one. This time, though, it's going to be in the main family room. Since it won't be a dedicated theater, I'm going to buy an electric screen.
I have no experience with electric screens, and I see that they have both 4:3 and 16:9 ratios. Since it will be mounted near the ceiling, I'm going to want to drop it down for viewing a bit.
It seems to me that I should just get the 16:9 model, it has 10" off black masking on the top, so that should lower the viewing area enough to make it comfortable for viewing from 10 feet or so. The screen size is 87.2" x 49". So if I go for this model, I'll need to frame out the walls to allow for a 98.75" case width.
Is there any reason why I should consider getting the 4:3 version? It would be 96"x72". I'm guessing the lack of masking would bother me.
Last time I just built a screen out of 2x2s and masonite and screen paint, so I didn't have to think about any of this.
So, the two questions are:
1) In room with 8' walls (the room is 16'x25') with the screen mounted at the ceiling, would a 16:9 87.2" x 49" screen with 10" of masking at the top be a good setup?
2) Is there any reason I should consider getting a 4:3 ratio screen.
Thanks for any input
I have no experience with electric screens, and I see that they have both 4:3 and 16:9 ratios. Since it will be mounted near the ceiling, I'm going to want to drop it down for viewing a bit.
It seems to me that I should just get the 16:9 model, it has 10" off black masking on the top, so that should lower the viewing area enough to make it comfortable for viewing from 10 feet or so. The screen size is 87.2" x 49". So if I go for this model, I'll need to frame out the walls to allow for a 98.75" case width.
Is there any reason why I should consider getting the 4:3 version? It would be 96"x72". I'm guessing the lack of masking would bother me.
Last time I just built a screen out of 2x2s and masonite and screen paint, so I didn't have to think about any of this.
So, the two questions are:
1) In room with 8' walls (the room is 16'x25') with the screen mounted at the ceiling, would a 16:9 87.2" x 49" screen with 10" of masking at the top be a good setup?
2) Is there any reason I should consider getting a 4:3 ratio screen.
Thanks for any input