2 story room, 19x17 - 8 windows.

Can only afford a 50" plasma (pioneer, $2500) - vs a projector (ax100 or ax200).

Is it possible for the AX to look decent if I am able to block out the curtains? Am I able to effectively block out light in an elegant way (i.e the curtians don't look bad)?

Thanks,
ELmO:o

quick research would say no, I should get hte plasma...just hate sitting 15 feet away squinting at a 50" TV!!

You may be able to get a good image by day using a bright projector like an Infocus
blasting onto a Da Lite Hi Power screen. That material is retro reflective, if your seating area is on viewing access with the screen you may very well find this satisfactory for daytime viewing.
By night you will blasted out of the room:)
Do you have partial window treatment at least on the windows near the screen wall?
This is a tough one. Thats a lot of windows. Best of luck!

How about getting a cheaper tv and cheaper projector and using them both. That way you get your daytime viewing and don't always have to run the projectors bulb down. Then you have a projector for when it's dark or you want to watch something on a truely big screen.

Hi Elmo,

The setup that Alan suggest is what I use in our livingroom. 40' of floor to ceiling windows with no drapes. Here are a couple of snaps from a few years ago. This was using a 1200 lumen Mits HC3 in low lamp mode firing onto an Optoma Greywolf ( retro-reflective like the Hi Power ).

I've since upgraded to a Mits HD1000 and Epson 400 ( about the same lumen output on high as the AX100 ) and a Hi Power, and the results are even better.

Jonathan

predicament is I have an RS1 in the basement. I was getting a bit greedy and wanting to try out scope (2.35) stuff somewhere else.

There are no windows near or on the screen wall. There are windows behind the seating area. Should I be putting the screen wall on the wall with windows (thereby forcing the PJ to project INTO any ambient light) - vs putting the screen on the wall with no windows (sunlight going onto the screen..)

does i tmake a difference?

Hi Elmo,

The setup that Alan suggest is what I use in our livingroom. 40' of floor to ceiling windows with no drapes. Here are a couple of snaps from a few years ago. This was using a 1200 lumen Mits HC3 in low lamp mode firing onto an Optoma Greywolf ( retro-reflective like the Hi Power ).

I've since upgraded to a Mits HD1000 and Epson 400 ( about the same lumen output on high as the AX100 ) and a Hi Power, and the results are even better.

Jonathan

More pics please!:p

Hi Elmo,

My setup works because the windows are perpendicular to the screen wall. Your configuration is more challenging. Light from behind, falling on the screen, will kill a retro-reflective screen, as it will actually gain the ambient light. Light from behind the screen will make your iris's close down, and make the screen look dim.

Of the two configrations, I think that shading the windows, and having the light come from behind the screen would give you better results.

Things have been a bit busy so I haven't had the time to snap screenies of the current setup. I plan to do a Mits / Epson comparison firing on both the HiPower and Greywolf ( they're mounted one in front of the other ). Hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

Jonathan