[edit 3-28-2011]
Tony sent me email Fri 3/25 asking his excel file be removed, "Aussie Bob's Omni-CIH Calculator.zip", it had 909 views.
I'm not sure what happened, but I am honoring his request.
Prior thread:
Tony gave "ok", I attach it for download.
File is at bottom of this 1st post, after Tony's comments.
Mod - can you make this a sticky thread?
Tony sent me email Fri 3/25 asking his excel file be removed, "Aussie Bob's Omni-CIH Calculator.zip", it had 909 views.
I'm not sure what happened, but I am honoring his request.
Prior thread:
Tony gave "ok", I attach it for download.
File is at bottom of this 1st post, after Tony's comments.
Mod - can you make this a sticky thread?
Quote:
From: Tony D
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:06 AM
To: R, Mike
Subject: Re: fwd to others or you prefer not? RE: Spreadsheet
Mike,
Nice to hear from you. Distribute away. As long as they have an idea of where it originally came from it saves me a lot of work.
I'd like to see your extensions. Mine were a bit clunky.
Cheers,
TONY.
From: Tony D
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:06 AM
To: R, Mike
Subject: Re: fwd to others or you prefer not? RE: Spreadsheet
Mike,
Nice to hear from you. Distribute away. As long as they have an idea of where it originally came from it saves me a lot of work.
I'd like to see your extensions. Mine were a bit clunky.
Cheers,
TONY.
Quote:
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From: R, Mike
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:14 AM
To: 'Tony D'
Subject: fwd to others or you prefer not? RE: Spreadsheet
Tony;
How are you?
A few guys on AVS forum have recently inquired to your spreadsheet, I've NOT fwd to them because it's not my IP (Intellectual property), are you OK if I privately email them?
Or is there some other reason I should be aware of? I'll respect your wishes.
I used it for my DIY screen and added some calculations to the bottom to help calculate the different distances to the screen for making standing support blocks.
I was going to post that in my Build thread for others usage.
____________________________________
Michael R P.E.
________________________________________
From: Tony D []
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:59 PM
To: R, Mike
Subject: Spreadsheet
Mtbdudex,
Herewith the spreadsheet...
For the pincushion and curvature spreadsheet, make sure you select "Home Theatre" (1) from the System Box. Enter "1" for "Home Theater" in cell B25.
If you're familiar with either the SOLVER or the GOAL_SEEK functions of Excel, you can start out with the pincushion and, say, screen height and then work back to the throw distance (or vice versa if you have the throw distance). I've used these functions to verify that the calculations work (and they do seem to).
Dont forget: throw length is from the projector lens, not the anamorphic lens.
The calculator was actually originally written to calculate screen curvature. Pincushion was part of the solution, so I included that formally in the results box.
*******************
You'll also notice a multi-colored box adjacent to the results area. It's an experimental formula I'm trying out to calculate anticipated pincushion percentage directly from just the Throw Ratio. So far it's given pretty accurate results, but raising the TR to the power of 1.9-something-something, needs a sophisticated calculator anyway. The alternative formula is simpler, but less accurate, particularly down the low TR end of the scale. Ignore both if you want to, the figure given in the calculator proper is the most accurate
*******************
Get-one-free-get-another-one-free Dept.: I've also sent as "Sheet #2" my spreadsheet for calculating the tilt and yaw angles to which you'll need to set your anamorphic lens if the projector is installed off-axis from the screen's centre point.
You'd be amazed the difference getting these angles right can make to screen geometry, especially if your projector is mounted significantly off-centre to the screen. Trying to get these angles correct by trial and error is frustrating. You get one end right and the other end drifts out. You get the tilt right and the yaw goes off-centre. Maddening!
You need a good starting point. The angles calculated by this tilt and yaw angle spreadsheet are just the ticket for this. Hint: you can usually get away with calculating the tilt and then getting the yaw right by eye. Sometimes when projectors are installed substantially off center-screen - left or right by more than a foot - the angles change a little as there's a keystone effect (despite offsettable projector lenses) which stretches the picture horizontally more than you can easily predict. The tilt, however, remains pretty accurate.
Advantages when you get your angles right:
1. Best focus across the screen
2. Minimize Pincushion
3. Maximize image symmetry
... quite important, in my book, and a lot of HT fans suffer from these without realising what they're missing out on by not having the accurate angles set for their lens.
Rgds,
TONY D (aka Aussie Bob),
Sydney,
________________________________________
From: R, Mike
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:14 AM
To: 'Tony D'
Subject: fwd to others or you prefer not? RE: Spreadsheet
Tony;
How are you?
A few guys on AVS forum have recently inquired to your spreadsheet, I've NOT fwd to them because it's not my IP (Intellectual property), are you OK if I privately email them?
Or is there some other reason I should be aware of? I'll respect your wishes.
I used it for my DIY screen and added some calculations to the bottom to help calculate the different distances to the screen for making standing support blocks.
I was going to post that in my Build thread for others usage.
____________________________________
Michael R P.E.
________________________________________
From: Tony D []
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:59 PM
To: R, Mike
Subject: Spreadsheet
Mtbdudex,
Herewith the spreadsheet...
For the pincushion and curvature spreadsheet, make sure you select "Home Theatre" (1) from the System Box. Enter "1" for "Home Theater" in cell B25.
If you're familiar with either the SOLVER or the GOAL_SEEK functions of Excel, you can start out with the pincushion and, say, screen height and then work back to the throw distance (or vice versa if you have the throw distance). I've used these functions to verify that the calculations work (and they do seem to).
Dont forget: throw length is from the projector lens, not the anamorphic lens.
The calculator was actually originally written to calculate screen curvature. Pincushion was part of the solution, so I included that formally in the results box.
*******************
You'll also notice a multi-colored box adjacent to the results area. It's an experimental formula I'm trying out to calculate anticipated pincushion percentage directly from just the Throw Ratio. So far it's given pretty accurate results, but raising the TR to the power of 1.9-something-something, needs a sophisticated calculator anyway. The alternative formula is simpler, but less accurate, particularly down the low TR end of the scale. Ignore both if you want to, the figure given in the calculator proper is the most accurate
*******************
Get-one-free-get-another-one-free Dept.: I've also sent as "Sheet #2" my spreadsheet for calculating the tilt and yaw angles to which you'll need to set your anamorphic lens if the projector is installed off-axis from the screen's centre point.
You'd be amazed the difference getting these angles right can make to screen geometry, especially if your projector is mounted significantly off-centre to the screen. Trying to get these angles correct by trial and error is frustrating. You get one end right and the other end drifts out. You get the tilt right and the yaw goes off-centre. Maddening!
You need a good starting point. The angles calculated by this tilt and yaw angle spreadsheet are just the ticket for this. Hint: you can usually get away with calculating the tilt and then getting the yaw right by eye. Sometimes when projectors are installed substantially off center-screen - left or right by more than a foot - the angles change a little as there's a keystone effect (despite offsettable projector lenses) which stretches the picture horizontally more than you can easily predict. The tilt, however, remains pretty accurate.
Advantages when you get your angles right:
1. Best focus across the screen
2. Minimize Pincushion
3. Maximize image symmetry
... quite important, in my book, and a lot of HT fans suffer from these without realising what they're missing out on by not having the accurate angles set for their lens.
Rgds,
TONY D (aka Aussie Bob),
Sydney,
