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700 lumens enough for grayhawk?

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700 lumens, no ambient light. Is this enough for the grayhawks .95 gain?


My problem is that within the next year or so, I plan on getting a new projector, but I'm moving into a new house and have a room dedicated to home theater, so I want to buy a fixed screen. I want to get a stewart and was thinking the Studiotek, but all I've heard are great things about the Grayhawk.


Any suggestions, comments?
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It's really going to be a matter of size. If you want to get a 9 or 10 foot wide screen, it is not going to be enough. However, if you stick with a 6 or 7 foot wide, you should be okay. I highly recommend the grayhawk for any digital projector.


Thanks!


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Depending upon the size of the screen and how close you really are to

700 lumens, it can be enough.


You could always put up a Greyhawk and shrink the image til it's bright

enough for you. Any replacement projector in the next couple of years

will probably be brighter. I use a calibrated G1000 which by most accounts

probably has 750 lumen (with a new bulb) on a 16:9 8' wide Grayhawk.

I'm awaiting my Panamorph lens which should give me a fine image since

it will give me about 30% more light due to the full use of the 4:3

panel. 750 lumen / (8' x 4.5') = 20.8 lumen/sq.ft. (with Panamorph)

and it's probably about 15 lumen/sq.ft. without.


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Stewart Greyhawk

Sony: SAT-B3, DTC-100,STR-DA777ES Receiver

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Proscan 27" TV

B&W: DM601, CC6, DS6B, 800ASW speakers
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How would I be able to tell if its 700 or not (btw, I have a brand new bulb)? Also, the screen size I was thinking is 92x52. Any more comments?


Thanks for all your help,


Joe
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