[Raphael Gea]

Hello everybody,


I'm new here, it's my first post on this forum. (As I'm french talk, I'm more active in French Forum).


I've just bought a Barco Data 800 coupled with quadscan in 720P. Room Size is 5meter * 8 meter.

I don't know what size screen I can use with such a crt. I'm hesitating between 106' diag with 1.0 gain or 120' on 1.6 gain screen (Projecta screen pro).


I prefer bigger screen as I have enough space but I'm affraid that light output isn't great enough with BD800.


All the best for everybody on this forum.


Gea Raphael

 

[JSC]

Hello Raphael,

I'd keep the screen as small as you can stand, then sit closer. Driving a 6 year old + projector hard can be frustrating and expensive. I'm planning to project a 100" diagonal 4:3 image with my BG800 when fixed.


I was filling a 120" 16:9 matte white curved screen. The image was bright enough in my light-controlled, dark gray 'cave'. However, reasonable grayscale tracking required settings that caused something to fail, THREE TIMES. I might have a lemon, but I'd definitely think twice before subjecting your Barco to undo stress.

Good luck,

Jeff