I have been contemplating and researching getting a projector for my living room for a couple years. My living room has a moderate amount of ambient light throughout the day.
I will mainly use my projector at night for a couple hours to just watch a movie, or play alittle Xbox or some Doom 3 on the PC. However, I would like to be able to use it during the day occasionally to watch some sports.
I've went through several choices, and due to my placement needs in the living room, the moderate amount of ambient light, and screen size I am wanting. (106") I have pretty much made my mind up that the Panasonic PT-AX200u fits the bill perfectly for my needs and my budget. I am fairly knowledgable, or as about as knowledgable as one could be for researching projectors and home theater for quite some time. I have always used a big screen TV with my surround system, but, I have always wanted something a bit bigger for watching movies. I am fairly confident I can make a good choice on the projector itself. But, with the screens...I am lost.. I just do not know where to begin with the screens. When I read about screens, I get so much varying information and just get lost in trying to decide. I've read just about every screen guide out there and still cant decide on what is appropriate. There are screens that cost 200 and screens that cost 2,000. They seem to be similar, in gain, material, color. So what makes them that much different?
Could someone please help a guy out and post a few screens that would work well with my projector in a living room setup? I am looking for a pull down 106" screen, I would rather have a manual pull-down.
The details of my situation:
Projector: PT-AX200u
Approx Room size: 15 x 18
Throw Distance: 12.5' for 106" diag 16:9
Seating Distance: 11'
Seating Height: Eyes at 44-48"
Ambience during day: Moderate ( I do have blackout curtains + blinds, will eventually tint my windows as well)
What I need: A manual pull-down, that will pull down over an LCD tv that I am going to hang on the wall.
I will mainly use my projector at night for a couple hours to just watch a movie, or play alittle Xbox or some Doom 3 on the PC. However, I would like to be able to use it during the day occasionally to watch some sports.
I've went through several choices, and due to my placement needs in the living room, the moderate amount of ambient light, and screen size I am wanting. (106") I have pretty much made my mind up that the Panasonic PT-AX200u fits the bill perfectly for my needs and my budget. I am fairly knowledgable, or as about as knowledgable as one could be for researching projectors and home theater for quite some time. I have always used a big screen TV with my surround system, but, I have always wanted something a bit bigger for watching movies. I am fairly confident I can make a good choice on the projector itself. But, with the screens...I am lost.. I just do not know where to begin with the screens. When I read about screens, I get so much varying information and just get lost in trying to decide. I've read just about every screen guide out there and still cant decide on what is appropriate. There are screens that cost 200 and screens that cost 2,000. They seem to be similar, in gain, material, color. So what makes them that much different?
Could someone please help a guy out and post a few screens that would work well with my projector in a living room setup? I am looking for a pull down 106" screen, I would rather have a manual pull-down.
The details of my situation:
Projector: PT-AX200u
Approx Room size: 15 x 18
Throw Distance: 12.5' for 106" diag 16:9
Seating Distance: 11'
Seating Height: Eyes at 44-48"
Ambience during day: Moderate ( I do have blackout curtains + blinds, will eventually tint my windows as well)
What I need: A manual pull-down, that will pull down over an LCD tv that I am going to hang on the wall.