I just bought a VP8600. It should be here later this week. I have two questions about mounting.

1) I was originally going to mount it on a shelf behind my seats, but looking at the lens shift, it looks like the 50% lens shift would mean that the highest I could mount it without inverting it (purchasing a ceiling mount), would be at the midway point of the screen. Am I reading that right? If so, that would mean I would have to put the screen about 1' above my seated head to get the screen low enough. I could put it higher, but I don't want the screen to be too high. I am a little worried that if it is 1' above our heads, and we are sitting 5' in front of the projector, our heads would interfere with the beam. Any thoughts on this.

2) If I go with a ceiling mount, do I need the specific Marantz MT-8600, or are there other mounts that would work with this unit?

Thanks!!!
Greg

I just bought a VP8600. It should be here later this week. I have two questions about mounting.

1) I was originally going to mount it on a shelf behind my seats, but looking at the lens shift, it looks like the 50% lens shift would mean that the highest I could mount it without inverting it (purchasing a ceiling mount), would be at the midway point of the screen. Am I reading that right? If so, that would mean I would have to put the screen about 1' above my seated head to get the screen low enough. I could put it higher, but I don't want the screen to be too high. I am a little worried that if it is 1' above our heads, and we are sitting 5' in front of the projector, our heads would interfere with the beam. Any thoughts on this.

2) If I go with a ceiling mount, do I need the specific Marantz MT-8600, or are there other mounts that would work with this unit?

Thanks!!!
Greg

You do not give the viewing distance so I can't calculate it. The easiest thing to do is draw it out to scale showing the height of the lens, head height and bottom of the screen height. Mark those heights the correct distance from the screen and then draw a line from lens height to the bottom of the screen. If the line passes above your head height then you are good to go.