I am moving into a new house and had to leave my beloved built from scratch dedicated home theater in the basement of my old home. The new house is in Florida, so no basement to finish into a theater. The only room I can use is an 11' x 12' bedroom, so that is what I will have to make work. I purchased a Panasonic PTL-500U (which has a short throw), to use as the projector to go along with the 52" x 92" Dalite High Power screen I kept. I will have one row of seating at about 11 feet from the screen.
The rear wall is 12' 3" away from the front wall and I was going to shelf mount the projector. However, due to the limited clearance behind the projector (it is rear venting) and since the majority of the rear wall is actually the front wall of a closet, I am now considering just putting the projector inside the closet and cutting a small hole for the lens in the drywall and either putting in a piece of glass, or just leaving it open and putting some trim around it. I figure that will help reduce the fan noise from the projector, remove all video wiring from the room, and will let me put the lens a little more toward the middle of the 10.7' to 12.9' range indicated by the calculator on the Panasonic web site.
The closet is about 2 feet deep, 6 feet wide and 8 feet high, with two large louvered metal bi-fold doors along the majority of the front. I plan to put my receiver, DVD player, XBOX and cable box in the closet as well.
I guess my concern is the potential heat build up in the closet and my questions are as follows:
1. Do you think the closet is large enough to let the heat dissipate or would I need some type of equipment fan in the closet that would vent into the attic above?
2. Has anyone else mounted their projector outside of their room like this, and if so, is there a special type of glass I should get for the "window" I will be projecting through, or is it better just to case in a small opening to project through?
3. Any other general thoughts on this set up or anything I should watch out for with a closet mount?
Thanks,
Craig
The rear wall is 12' 3" away from the front wall and I was going to shelf mount the projector. However, due to the limited clearance behind the projector (it is rear venting) and since the majority of the rear wall is actually the front wall of a closet, I am now considering just putting the projector inside the closet and cutting a small hole for the lens in the drywall and either putting in a piece of glass, or just leaving it open and putting some trim around it. I figure that will help reduce the fan noise from the projector, remove all video wiring from the room, and will let me put the lens a little more toward the middle of the 10.7' to 12.9' range indicated by the calculator on the Panasonic web site.
The closet is about 2 feet deep, 6 feet wide and 8 feet high, with two large louvered metal bi-fold doors along the majority of the front. I plan to put my receiver, DVD player, XBOX and cable box in the closet as well.
I guess my concern is the potential heat build up in the closet and my questions are as follows:
1. Do you think the closet is large enough to let the heat dissipate or would I need some type of equipment fan in the closet that would vent into the attic above?
2. Has anyone else mounted their projector outside of their room like this, and if so, is there a special type of glass I should get for the "window" I will be projecting through, or is it better just to case in a small opening to project through?
3. Any other general thoughts on this set up or anything I should watch out for with a closet mount?
Thanks,
Craig