screen size and height to mount it?

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1/20/09 at 3:34pm

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I'm in the process of building my theatre room. Not sure where to go with sizing my screen? Looking at the Panny 3000. Plan on doing a 2.35 setup with masking for 16.9. Room size is 15.5 x 20, seating at 13 and 18.5. Thinking of something like a 112.8 x 48 screen size. What height off floor should it be? Cant find a link with these types if dimensions. Anyone point me straight here?

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1/20/09 at 3:45pm

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My room is 13' 10" W x 21' 7" L x 8' 6" T

I am using the Panasonic PT-AE3000U with a 2.35:1 128" diagonal screen.
14' 7" throw distance. One row of 3 recliners at 14'. I just installed the recliners this morning. I may have to adjust viewing distance.

My screens lower viewing edge is 25" from the floor.

John

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1/20/09 at 4:24pm

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I've read that the your eyes should be about 1/6 to 1/3 the way up from the bottom of the screen (front row). Since you have two rows, you'll want to look at the riser height calculator thread (in the sticky threads) to determine what height your riser will be (which is dependent on screen height among other things). You may also want to try taping off the proposed screen and sitting at your locations and see if it's comfortable. I'm just guessing but I would think somewhere between 24-30" would be reasonable. Don't know your ceiling height or if soffits will interfere with the total height of the screen.

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1/20/09 at 4:49pm

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