130" or bigger for the following PJs.

There are a lot of questions to be answered for "can you go bigger". If you have unlimited throw distance, of course you can go bigger. Will you like the picture? How much ftL will reach the screen? Does the screen have a gain? How's ambient light control?

I do about 170" 2.43 and I'm happy with it. I don't even use a screen!

Never buy a screen without using the projector on said wall first.

My thoughts are to make sure you get a size you are comfortable with; that is, that you don't end up with the first row of an imax effect. And to ensure you get a screen that has the gain and other properties you determine you need.

1. Determine pjs REAL lumen output.

2. Divide that by 16 to get the maximum square footage you can have and get the recommended 16ftL luminance.

3. Factor room conditions and seating width to determine acceptable gain characteristics

3. Multiply #2 by screen gain

4. Multiply by 144 to get max sq inches.

5. Wrk our max screen size for that pj and gain (height in inches * width in inches)

Factor-in the lamp dimming ratio to allow at least 12 fl minimum requirement (more for 3D). You should get around 20 fl in order to meet the minimum 12 fl at 40% degradation of the brightness. Usually this occurs at 500-600 lamp hours for most pjs.

Agree

What he said.

I have the Panasonic and a 136" 1.4 gain screen. If you're going big with that PJ go for the higher gain. I get a very good picture for not being optimal conditions. Oh and that's in eco-mode too.

I dislike retroreflective high gain screens. Unless you have only one seat and don't mind the pj shooting over the top of your head. Angular reflective ok. Stewart has a new 1.7 thats not bad.

I have the Mitsubishi HC4000 which is throwing a 115x49 CIH image. This is the equivalent of a 130" 115x64 in the 16:9 aspect ratio. My projector is at 13.5 ft and running in best mode with low lamp. There is a slight drop in brightness which is noticeable and needs to be compensated by slightly increasing the screen gain and changing the calibration of gamma and brightness. Otherwise the image is superb and the CinemaScope effect is amazing.

As close as I possibly could. Around 14.5' away to get a 136" scope image.