Working on finishing a basement and have gotten a lot of help from you all by reading previous post, so thanks!

I know my conditions aren't optimal, but I'm working with a projector that will hang from a ceiling at 6-6.5 feet and will have about 11 feet to throw the image on the wall. From what I've read, I should be able to throw an image of between 80-100 inches at least, correct?

I know there are a lot of variances involved in it all, I'm just wanting to make sure I am not going to get this all done and then buy a projector that only throws a 40 inch image because of my room constraints.

Thanks!

You're covered.

Go for it!

thanks!

It should work, but what projector are you talking about? Do you know that mounting that low will require a lot of keystone? Unless you're talking about a unit with lens shift.

Well, I'm wiring for HDMI and component to be safe, but other than that I haven't gotten that far on the projector. It will come in as budget allows.

What I'm gathering is that I need to find one that has keystone correction or lens shift, correct? Either one of those better than the other and what's a good model that's currently out that I should look into.

Again, thanks for the help.

Working on finishing a basement and have gotten a lot of help from you all by reading previous post, so thanks!

I know my conditions aren't optimal, but I'm working with a projector that will hang from a ceiling at 6-6.5 feet and will have about 11 feet to throw the image on the wall. From what I've read, I should be able to throw an image of between 80-100 inches at least, correct?

I know there are a lot of variances involved in it all, I'm just wanting to make sure I am not going to get this all done and then buy a projector that only throws a 40 inch image because of my room constraints.

Thanks!
You sound like the perfect candidate for a short throw low offset PJ. Two that come to mind are the Optoma HD7100 and Sharp's Z-3000/DT-500. Both available at costco online, BTW.

As well as the LCD alternatives, the Panasonic AX100 / AE900, Sanyo Z4 / Z5, Epson 400 / 800 / tw700 / 810 all of which will throw a 110" pic from 11 feet back from the lens and have lens shift.

Lens shift is always perferable to digital keystone, but small amounts of keystone on the modern budget DLP's won't degrade the image perceptibly when viewing HD video.

As CMRA suggests, the Optoma 7100 is the shortest throw of the bunch, and has some limited lens shift. Just a bit more $ than the other alternatives.

Jonathan

Please don't consider keystone correction because the optical side effects are just no fun to watch. Lens shift is the only true option and I believe most here will agree.

much, much appreciated! thanks all!

I think either the sanyo z5, epson tw-700 or panasonic ax100 is the way to go