Kevin Stewart
Second Unit
I'm building a house and here's my plan:
The room is 20 feet deep and 13 feet wide. I plan on having the screen for my projector about 3 feet out from the wall (in front of my entertainment center which will hold a RPTV), which gives me 17 feet to work with. I wanted to have the projector (probably an HS20) celing mounted 1 foot from the back wall, giving me a throw of 16 feet. This should be able to provide me with a 16:9 image that is 92" wide. My back row of seating will be basically right below the projector (15.5 feet from screen) and my first row of seating will be about 4-5 feet in front of that (10.5-11.5 from screen) giving me seating that is about 1.5 X width and 2 X width.
Now, the issue. The back wall of the room is about 8 feet high and then the ceiling slopes at a 45 degree angle for about 3 feet, finally reaching a ceiling height of 10 feet. This means that in order for the scenario I have outlined above to work, I would have to mount the projector on the part of the ceiling that slopes. If I can't do this, I would have to move the projector forward about 2 feet which would result in, not only a more obvious looking projector, but also a smaller screen capability. I want the builder to put in an extra outlet, so if I can mount it on the sloped ceiling, I'll have him put the outlet near the top of the 8 foot wall. If, for some reason, I can't mount it on the sloped ceiling, I'll have to have him put the outlet on the flat part of the ceiling (in front of the slope).
Does this make sense? What's your opinion?
Stew
The room is 20 feet deep and 13 feet wide. I plan on having the screen for my projector about 3 feet out from the wall (in front of my entertainment center which will hold a RPTV), which gives me 17 feet to work with. I wanted to have the projector (probably an HS20) celing mounted 1 foot from the back wall, giving me a throw of 16 feet. This should be able to provide me with a 16:9 image that is 92" wide. My back row of seating will be basically right below the projector (15.5 feet from screen) and my first row of seating will be about 4-5 feet in front of that (10.5-11.5 from screen) giving me seating that is about 1.5 X width and 2 X width.
Now, the issue. The back wall of the room is about 8 feet high and then the ceiling slopes at a 45 degree angle for about 3 feet, finally reaching a ceiling height of 10 feet. This means that in order for the scenario I have outlined above to work, I would have to mount the projector on the part of the ceiling that slopes. If I can't do this, I would have to move the projector forward about 2 feet which would result in, not only a more obvious looking projector, but also a smaller screen capability. I want the builder to put in an extra outlet, so if I can mount it on the sloped ceiling, I'll have him put the outlet near the top of the 8 foot wall. If, for some reason, I can't mount it on the sloped ceiling, I'll have to have him put the outlet on the flat part of the ceiling (in front of the slope).
Does this make sense? What's your opinion?
Stew