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Originally Posted by millerwill 
I always use 2.35:1 zoom for 16x9 (and of course, 2.35) material. My screen is 72"H and 144"W, so with a 16x9 pic it is 128"W, but with 17x9 (as it is with 2.35 zoom) it is 136"W. I thus get 8" more in width. True, this looses a couple of inches from the 16x9 pic, but this is not noticeable. (For 2.35 sources I zoom to fill the 144" width, having a pic ~ 61"H; I lens shift this to the bottom of the screen and have all the 'black bar' at the top, where it is hardly noticeable.)
I always use 2.35:1 zoom for 16x9 (and of course, 2.35) material. My screen is 72"H and 144"W, so with a 16x9 pic it is 128"W, but with 17x9 (as it is with 2.35 zoom) it is 136"W. I thus get 8" more in width. True, this looses a couple of inches from the 16x9 pic, but this is not noticeable. (For 2.35 sources I zoom to fill the 144" width, having a pic ~ 61"H; I lens shift this to the bottom of the screen and have all the 'black bar' at the top, where it is hardly noticeable.)
What kind of projector? Throw distance?
