jackmay
03-29-09, 02:42 PM
I am getting a very high quality front project picture with two LED white flood lights in the ceiling. The flood lights are shining on the wood floor with only a small area illuminated. The LED flood lights from COSTCO have a fairly narrow beam and do not put much light directly on the screen. These are the flood lights that put out the equivalent of a 45 watt flood light but the LED light arrays in each flood light only burn 3.5 watts each.
The result is that I still get a high contrast picture on my Da-Lite high power screen and deep blacks. The feeling of the room is that it is still well lit up almost like day time. Something a lot of women seem to want for guest. Does seem to improve the living room enjoyment.
No more dark viewing room so I have the equivalent of regular living room with plenty of light at the same time having no degradation of the the quality of the front projector image on my 133 inch retro-reflective screen. I don't even step on the cats now when I get up to go to the kitchen or bathroom :-)
The retro reflective screen is probably doing a lot for light control so this may not work with conventional angular reflective screens.
Since the high light intensity keeps the iris of my eyes open fairly wide, if anything I see the image deeper into the black level areas. If anything the higher intensity scenes look maybe even a little better with the overhead lights on.
It works for me. You guys might want to experiment with the narrow beam flood lights to see if you "can have it all" for both TV and guests.
The result is that I still get a high contrast picture on my Da-Lite high power screen and deep blacks. The feeling of the room is that it is still well lit up almost like day time. Something a lot of women seem to want for guest. Does seem to improve the living room enjoyment.
No more dark viewing room so I have the equivalent of regular living room with plenty of light at the same time having no degradation of the the quality of the front projector image on my 133 inch retro-reflective screen. I don't even step on the cats now when I get up to go to the kitchen or bathroom :-)
The retro reflective screen is probably doing a lot for light control so this may not work with conventional angular reflective screens.
Since the high light intensity keeps the iris of my eyes open fairly wide, if anything I see the image deeper into the black level areas. If anything the higher intensity scenes look maybe even a little better with the overhead lights on.
It works for me. You guys might want to experiment with the narrow beam flood lights to see if you "can have it all" for both TV and guests.