Folks, I built the following home theater years ago:
I'm trying to plan a similar home theater here:
As you can see, it has some challenges with it: Limited light control, requires an electric screen, etc.
My question is whether it is possible (or recommended) to use a UST projector here. The issues I see are that:
1. UST projectors are designed to go below the screen -- and any UST screen would need to be flipped upside-down.
2. UST projectors are very particular about exact placement, so the ceiling mount would need to be very adjustable.
3. Electric screens for UST projectors have very limited options.
4. Ideally, the screen would be specialized for UST -- or a UST ALR Screen (as opposed to a Long-throw ALR screen.) I'm not even sure if anyone has these available as an electric screen.
Note that the width is almost 17 feet and the main viewing location will be about 20 feet from the front wall (or roughly where the picture was taken from). So I'm looking at a fairly large screen--at least 120", possibly more like 144".
Should I go UST or just stick with the old projector technology and try a Long-throw UST screen? What other challenges am I forgetting?
Or I could try to place the projector below the screen. (Note that there will be a window seat, but the middle of the "seat" could be a projector station.)
Thanks!
I'm trying to plan a similar home theater here:
As you can see, it has some challenges with it: Limited light control, requires an electric screen, etc.
My question is whether it is possible (or recommended) to use a UST projector here. The issues I see are that:
1. UST projectors are designed to go below the screen -- and any UST screen would need to be flipped upside-down.
2. UST projectors are very particular about exact placement, so the ceiling mount would need to be very adjustable.
3. Electric screens for UST projectors have very limited options.
4. Ideally, the screen would be specialized for UST -- or a UST ALR Screen (as opposed to a Long-throw ALR screen.) I'm not even sure if anyone has these available as an electric screen.
Note that the width is almost 17 feet and the main viewing location will be about 20 feet from the front wall (or roughly where the picture was taken from). So I'm looking at a fairly large screen--at least 120", possibly more like 144".
Should I go UST or just stick with the old projector technology and try a Long-throw UST screen? What other challenges am I forgetting?
Or I could try to place the projector below the screen. (Note that there will be a window seat, but the middle of the "seat" could be a projector station.)
Thanks!