Posts by chriscrews

On another note I'm curious how you all change aspect between 16:9 and 2.35:1. Not the process of setting up but rather using the remote. I'm wondering if there is a quicker way than navigating the menu structure. Or reprograming the...

Quote: Originally Posted by 04rex Whats the best choice screen for this projector? Cinewhite or Cinegrey? it will be in a basement with little light, but can make it dark With fully controlled light Cinewhite works just fine.

Actually that will be a 9 hour marathon and that's if you're viewing the theatrical edition and not the extended version.

Quote: Originally Posted by jrwhite The inverse square law would only come into play if the image size didn't remain constant ( meaning you adjusted the throw without changing the zoom setting ). Jonathan You're right. I forgot that...

It has more to do with the laws of lighting. Something I learned in college photography was a simple phrase "double the distance, quarter the light." The actual mathematics of it are based on the square root of two so basically every...

Quote: Originally Posted by wnl Or Tron Legacy! Yeah that really bugs me too. Here's what you can do: set up the upper and lower masks for your 2.35:1 settings to mask off everything above and below the screen. Those settings will be...

Quote: Originally Posted by e39mofo What would be the ideal position? I guess the best way of knowing would be as you mentioned, all digital and manual zoom to be set at zero and start from there. I was just thinking the only thing...

Zax Level the pj With all digital adjustments at zero proceed: Using 16:9 material - zoom and use manual vertical adjustment ONLY to get the image to fill the screen from top to bottom only don't worry about horizontal center. store...

Quote: Originally Posted by kklarson How is that even possible? Panasonic says that a 120" 2.25:1 screen cannot be placed any closer than 12.5'. He must be using an intermediate lens (anamorphic or short throw) my 115" is at 12'6"....

Quote: Originally Posted by WannaTheater Or I could get a 140" wide screen to make the image taller you got the room for it based on what I've seen on the build thread.