My brother and I are both looking at picking up Mitsubishi HD1000u projectors. I've been playing with the throw calculator here:

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Mitsubishi-HC100U_ColorView-projection-calculator.htm

I'm looking at 120" screens and he's looking at 150" screens. Will the projector be able to project a sharp, bright image on a screen size that big? 12 1/2 feet seems pretty huge and I want to make sure the projector can realistically handle projecting a good image at 150". Unfortunately I only have a living room to put mine in, but he has an entire bare basement for his :D

Here's my 600 lumen 4805 at 12' wide on my pale gray wall with one shaded light on. Note that the picture was deliberately blurred to get rid of camcorder grain and that I was also using composite cables for this since it was just a temporary setup to go as large as I could.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/841594/spidermanbig11op3-12.jpg


I'm assuming you mean diagonal and not wide, so 150" shouldn't be a problem, IMO.

Here's my 600 lumen 4805 at 12' wide on my pale gray wall with one shaded light on. Note that the picture was deliberately blurred to get rid of camcorder grain and that I was also using composite cables for this since it was just a temporary setup to go as large as I could.

I'm assuming you mean diagonal and not wide, so 150" shouldn't be a problem, IMO.

Wonderful, thank you! Yes, measured diagonally. Who needs a $2,000 plasma when you can do twelve feet for under a grand? :D

The biggest thing is make sure you can sit far enough away, you are going to get some large pixels at that size. I think brightness will be fine, I run low mode on a 102" screen in most all conditions (dark, some ambient, much ambient).

Im using cinema mode on a 149" outdoor screen; looks awesome!

The biggest thing is make sure you can sit far enough away, you are going to get some large pixels at that size. I think brightness will be fine, I run low mode on a 102" screen in most all conditions (dark, some ambient, much ambient).

This is especially true for my 4805, which is 480p. However, I with a slight defocus I could even sit 1x the width if I wanted. If you do it in the right direction is has almost no noticeable effect on image sharpness and combined with FFDShow sharpening it actually looks even sharper than before by quite a bit. It's great combo for a large screen when sitting close to a large screen. I assume the slight defocus trick would work with 720p as well.

While I agree with all the comments here, I'd philosophically like to know the answer to the question. I suppose in most indoor situations, seating distance will be the issue before lack of brightness. But let's say you have a massive theater, can you go 20 foot diagonal and sit 30 feet away with the HD1000u?

While I agree with all the comments here, I'd philosophically like to know the answer to the question. I suppose in most indoor situations, seating distance will be the issue before lack of brightness. But let's say you have a massive theater, can you go 20 foot diagonal and sit 30 feet away with the HD1000u?

Going off on a different tangent, I fail to see the point of having that big of a screen unless you had tons of people like at a theater. I mean, my wife and I just saw Harry Potter and sat in the back - it was like watching a big TV. Point of diminishing returns? :rolleyes:

But for the sheer awesomeness of a 20-feet screen, I'd like to know too :D

Going off on a different tangent, I fail to see the point of having that big of a screen unless you had tons of people like at a theater. I mean, my wife and I just saw Harry Potter and sat in the back - it was like watching a big TV. Point of diminishing returns? :rolleyes:

But for the sheer awesomeness of a 20-feet screen, I'd like to know too :D


Because you've never played Gears of War until you see a 8' Marcus and an 10' Locust?

Because you've never played Gears of War until you see a 8' Marcus and an 10' Locust?

:D

Okay from what I've read grey is the best for movies and white is the best for games. Since I'll be doing both...what color should I get?

I am using white.. it looks good but the blacks aren't as good and shadow detail isn't either. I would get a grey if i were you.

Here's the white screen I'm looking at, basic manual widescreen:

http://www.hammerimports.com/item.php?id=145&name=Projector_Screen_Manual_Pull_Down_Elite_120-inch_Diagonal

While I agree with all the comments here, I'd philosophically like to know the answer to the question. I suppose in most indoor situations, seating distance will be the issue before lack of brightness. But let's say you have a massive theater, can you go 20 foot diagonal and sit 30 feet away with the HD1000u?


I'm sure the room would have to be pitch black...

Tested it out today on white wall. Looks purty :D Got 135" before I ran out of space backing up lol. Wow...I'm impressed. I feel like I stole it for the price I paid for it from Projector People! DVD upscaling on the Xbox looks very good at 720p. I can't wait for it to get dark...man I need to get some blackout curtains now!

If you have a hi gain screen you could go quite large. I'm only throwing a 92 inch image but it is on a 1.1 gain screen. It really has the plasma POP that I had not seen before.

I have a 130" diagonal screen, a 10' x 4' WilsonArts Designer White laminate.

HD1000U Looks fantastic in my basement with complete light control.

CmdrRimmer

I'm no fan of going more then a 8' wide screen. Most people think big is better ,however ,I think PQ rules or size.

I'm no fan of going more then a 8' wide screen. Most people think big is better ,however ,I think PQ rules or size.

The Mitsubishi HD1000u looks amazing even at 11.5'. I think it depends on your projector. My brother used to have an Optoma H27 and it did not scale that well - the bigger it got, the blurrier it got, and the more the screen door effect stood out. The Mitsubishi looks amazing even with DVDs. I love it!

My room is 20x16. My projectors was mounted at 21' on a shelf above the enclosure for the steps downstairs to the basement. The screen was 162" diag.
Wow all the relatives and friends were amaized.

I didnt like it
there was way too much action going on

I now have it mounted at 12' on the lower level of a coffee table with a matt covering the wires coming out of the wall in between the couch and the coffee table.

This set up works great for me

100" screen and much brighter

I have moved my projector 7 times looking for the best set up.

good luck with your set up

try different positions until you find the best for you


John

I have the Mits HD1000u, and my screen is 131" diagonal 16:9. Now, is it too big? Well, it depends. If I'm watching a high quality Blu Ray movie or HD-DVD movie, or a Xbox 360 or PS3 game, no. It's not too big. It's pretty much perfect. But..... I will say that High Def football doesn't look as good on it, as when I first had a 113" screen. When I say that football doesn't look good, I'm not talking about close ups. Close ups still look damn good. But when the camera is pulled back, it just doesn't look quite as good. Basically, this is pretty much true with all high def sports. Basically, if you feed the HD1000u a really top of the line HD source, then it will still look damn good with a really large screen (like my 131 incher). But if you give it anything less than top of the line, you really start to notice that maybe you went a bit too big. For me, it doesn't bother me, because I'm only watching top of the line High Def sources in there. If I watched alot more mediocre High Def, and even some standard def, then I would make my screen smaller. I would go down to about 120 diagonal, or maybe even 118 or so. I also don't really recommend anybody go bigger than 135 or so, I think you are really pushing it if you do.