Deadline Has Been Set (and Re-Set...) Theater Build - Page 10

Hi 235. The PJ will be mounted under the rear soffit. I have the Peerless universal mount to attach it. The lens will be centered horizontally for CIH.

Yep. 120" 2.35. Throw distance will be right around 18'. If you go to the projector calculator on projector people . com for the Panny 8000, it gives you the range for whatever your screen size. My recommended throw is 18', but it gives me a range of 13'6" to 27'.

I don't see anything about throw distance on the last page of that pdf. However, on page 23 there are throw distance formulas. Using those formulas, PP is pretty much dead on. For example, my 2.35 screen will be 130" diagonal. For their formulas everything is in meters, so that converts to 3.302m diagonal. Here are the formulas.

Minimum Throw
Diagonal(m) x 1.256 - .04
3.302 x 1.256 = 4.147312 - .04 = 4.107312m
Converted to feet is 13.475433071ft

Maximum Throw
Diagonal(m) x 2.512 - .05
3.302 x 2.512 = 8.294624 - .05 = 8.244624m
Converted to feet is 27.049291339ft

Interesting. All I can tell you is I had it about 18-19 feet from the front wall, and I zoomed it to the size of the actual screen. There was plenty of room in the zoom to go larger too. I'm chalking this one up to actual performance vs. confusing brochures. Actual wins.

EDIT: You may get better info in the Official Panasonic 8000 Owners thread here.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1432437/official-owners-thread-panasonic-pt-ae8000u-us-version-pt-at6000e-european-version
Edited by GWCR - 12/5/12 at 7:18am

Yes, hanging was intentional rather than in the soffit or a hush box. Airflow was one reason. This way I don't have to build any extra exhaust/cooling mechanism. So I guess I took the easy way out.

Stage is complete! I was able to get it finished up this weekend, and I have to say that thing is SOLID! Feels like walking on concrete. 3,000 lbs of sand total in all the stage cavities. At that point I decided not to put any sand in the step, and used insulation instead in that space as I've seen others do (and I was tired of messing with the sand...). I used 2 layers of 19/32 OSB for the deck and step. First layer glued and screwed to the frame, then Green Glue and layer number two. Went through a large amount of screws, but it is uber solid. I went with a 1-1/4" lip, and used a 1/2" round-over on the top layer.





Stage wouldn't be complete without a pic of the wonderful custom tool for marking the curve for the lip.



That little thing is brilliant. Thanks to Big and everyone else who has shared this tool. Makes marking the curve a piece of cake.

Going to work on wiring this week, and then the screen wall once the screen gets here. It's supposed to ship Monday...

Thanks guys. I ordered a Jamestown screen with SeymourAV Center Stage XD material, 120" wide 2.35:1 AR back on October 29. It is now supposed to ship today after being pushed back 3 times. I'm not complaining since I wasn't ready for it anyway. By all accounts, it is a good product and I'm sure it will work fine for me. Just be aware that if anyone orders from them, you have to stay in touch once the original ship date passes. Squeeky wheel kind of thing.

Thanks Nick. Feels so good to be done with the sand. Not sure I would even be excited to go to a beach at this point...

I cut and routered the ends of the stage and step pre-install.

Yeah, I've been less than impressed with the communication. Hopefully the quality makes me forget about the long lead time. Can't wait to see your room with carpet and screen. Exciting times ahead!

Thanks Nick!

A little late with a weekend update, but here it is. Had some time Sunday to put up the screen......wall. I initially planned on doing the minimalist goal post version, but had lots of 2x4s laying around from the house construction so decided to use those instead. Only had to go get 2 extra 12 footers, so in all the screen wall build cost me about $9 in materials. Here's the pics.





Everything is nice and plumb and level so I am very happy with how it turned out. The screen should hang perfect.

Speaking of the screen, the Jamestown screen also came in. I unboxed it to make sure it was the right size and see how it would mount so I could build the screen wall. Everything checks out, and it looks like it will be a solid screen and easy to assemble/install.

I hope to get most of the wiring done this week, and maybe start on the columns. Lots of family stuff this weekend, so I want to get as much done between now and then as possible.

Thanks! Looking at that wall really makes me wish I had more time to work on the room during the week. I want movies!!

Sorry to hear about your screen for a 2nd time. Hopefully this time it's correct.


Thanks! 120" wide 2.35:1 is the screen size. Not a lot of room left between the sides and the walls