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Seems like my BluRay player is the only one that gets blurry when paused.

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Edited by paolino64 - 3/16/13 at 9:59am

Don't have any pics but here are a few videos I made with the Sony HW50 on a 159" HP screen.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0079.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0078.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0080.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0082.MOV
**These were taken with an ipad
Edited by plasmaowner - 3/16/13 at 3:33pm

Thanks Plasma owner.. Those are awesome picture quality videos. How far back is your projector mounted or on a Stand. Can you take a picture of your stand or are you using an extension mount? 159" looked awesome... Almost convinced on the 159" the gain is 2.4 on you screen. Based on the recent test...1.8 to 2.0 Are you seeing any hotspots?

Thanks. I don't see any hotspots on my screen. I don't think HP screens have that issue. I was lucky to get one of the last 2.8 screens.

Here are a few more vids

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0088.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0089.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0093.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0094.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0096.MOV
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/77422147/IMG_0097.MOV

How did you mount or display your projector, everyone is saying using the hp requires projector at eye level..?

To get the full 2.8 gain, you need the projector lens as close to eye-level as possible because the screen is retro-reflective. That said, you will still get significant gain if the projector is ceiling mounted. When I used the HP in my theater I got about 1.7 gain with the projector ceiling mounted.

Shan

This info brings up something I have been struggling with... I am having a house built with a dedicated room for HT. I should be ready to buy around July....Right now, my plan is to get a VPL-HW50ES (unless Sony comes out with something newer) and a DALite HP 2.4 ...145" screen... the room will be 26x16x10, light controlled, but for sports, want to have some ambient light.

Projector placement is something I have been trying to figure out... So Shan, based upon your info, I would assume a 2.4 screen would be maybe be 1.4-1.5 gain if mounted on the ceiling? ( I assume your is 2.8 gain?) Would there be any other adverse effects by doing this (given the screen is retro-reflective? ) I know some of you would say "why not just get a 1.3 to 1.5 gain screen that is not retro-reflective?" Well, that is a good point, but I would not have any flexibility if it turned out to just not be bright enough... With the HP, I could work on an alternate mounting location.... with a normal 1.3 gain screen, it is what it is.

So I guess my question in a nutshell is... will a 2.4 HP screen be as good/bright as a ... let's say... 1.3 if the 2.4 is not mounted at viewer height?

Thanks

Yes, mine was a 2.8 gain. I was losing about 40% gain by having mine ceiling mounted. If the same holds true for the 2.4, it would put you somewhere near the 1.4-1.5 mark.

For the record, the main reason I stuck with high power versus other high gain screens, like the Silverstar was that I could not afford tab tensioned and the HP did not show the waves that others often do. Oh and no hotspotting. One thing to consider with the retro-relfective screens is ceiling treatment. I painted my ceiling black because so much light was reflected back towards the ceiling...this will depend on how close you are mounted to the ceiling, of course. Worth it for the other positives of the screen fabric, IMHO.

Good luck.

Shan

Thanks Shan, you make a good point about light reflecting back to the ceiling with this type screen... something I had not considered. I had planned to do dark gray walls and ceiling... I may end up just doing a black ceiling... thanks for the information.

PJ

How far is the pole mounted from the ceiling to get to eye level viewing?, my ceiling is about 90 inches high...

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