The chairs are Berkline 090, grade 2 fabric pattern 3080, color 28 (gray microfiber). They are SWEET! I purchased them from Roman's powerbuy and just got them 2 days ago.
Here are my current thoughts (I've been changing them so often!):
-The Berkline 090's are pretty low to the ground, so a small few inch platform JUST under the chairs would not make the chairs feel too high, so I dont think it will feel like feet are floating if there is something only under the chair to elevate it. Of course, I am going to test this out before building anything by sticking something under the feet of the chair.
-I may not need to elevate at all. If someone sits like an idiot perfectly flat (which is REALLY uncomfortable BTW), their head goes into the 16x9 portion of my 4:3 screen. However, if someone sits like they are watching a movie, its actually fine.
-The calculator was not wrong. My actual results were different than what I originally chose. For example, My screen couldn't be as high as I originally hoped (it was close, but a few inches here and there are important!) Also, I never actually saw the 090's in the store - I saw the 094, and made some assumptions about how far someones head would stick above the back of the chair. This varies with how someone sits in the chair, how tall, etc.
As it turns out, I am 6' tall, and I can stand on the riser and not hit my head on the ductwork that you see on part of the ceiling. Its perfect! I would NOT want to rise the riser as this would become sub-optimal.
My current plan is to watch movies down there with company over and see how it works out. If its annoying, I'll build a small super-riser out of 2x4's and a sheet of plywood for the back row.
-Larry
