I'm pretty settled on buying a Panasonic PT-AX100U projector for my home theater system, but had a few questions.
I just ordered a 106" electric screen (Da-Lite Designer Contour with the Video Spectra screen material) in HDTV format. How do you handle different formats on a screen that has a fixed aspect ratio? I currently have a plasma TV that simply stretches the image in different ways (does a great job--almost unnoticeable) to make these other formats "fit" the screen. Do projectors have this capability, too? If so, do they generally do a good job? I've even tinkered with the idea of making some "drops" that I can affix to the screen casing via magnets or what have you to cover up a portion of the screen to create other sizes like cinemascope, etc. The bad thing, of course, would be adjusting the projector image, refocusing (maybe?) and so-on. How difficult a task would this be? I've never owned a projector/screen setup before, so I'm trying to get as prepared as possible to cover all contingencies in the movie-watching arena.
I just ordered a 106" electric screen (Da-Lite Designer Contour with the Video Spectra screen material) in HDTV format. How do you handle different formats on a screen that has a fixed aspect ratio? I currently have a plasma TV that simply stretches the image in different ways (does a great job--almost unnoticeable) to make these other formats "fit" the screen. Do projectors have this capability, too? If so, do they generally do a good job? I've even tinkered with the idea of making some "drops" that I can affix to the screen casing via magnets or what have you to cover up a portion of the screen to create other sizes like cinemascope, etc. The bad thing, of course, would be adjusting the projector image, refocusing (maybe?) and so-on. How difficult a task would this be? I've never owned a projector/screen setup before, so I'm trying to get as prepared as possible to cover all contingencies in the movie-watching arena.
