Hi AVS forum,
Like many others it seems, I’m taking the first steps to putting together a home theater system. I would appreciate any help towards checking my sums to see if there are any glaring mistakes or incompatibilities, and address any issues that may not have been considered.
A little background, my purpose in putting together a home theater is basically to have weekly ‘date’ nights with my wife as we have a two year old little boy and getting out of the house is a bit challenging at the moment. Daytime viewing will be fairly limited at least for now. Getting as large a screen as possible I think would help giving a sense of being immersed in a movie.
The room is a basement room with two sliding glass doors that is a multiple purpose room. Couches are at the far end and the other end has a basic record player stereo system cabinet. My plan is to get a ~120 inch mechanical screen in front of the stereo system and mount the projector on the ceiling.
I’ve already ordered a Sony VPL-HW45ES from Amazon and looking to get a 120” Elite Starling Tab-Tension 2 series, again from Amazon for roughly ~$1157. An OmniMount Ceiling for Projector PJT40 for ~$112.
Room dimensions:
Width 11’ 2”, Length 23’, and Height 7’ 10”
Sitting on the couch eye level is 33-6” inches depending upon the person. Leaning back and putting your feet up on the coffee table having the center of the screen be at the level would not seem to cause any neck strain.
Approximate distance from the couch to the ceiling joist where the screen would be attached to is 18 ft but could be reduced a few feet by moving the couch forward if necessary.
Sony lists 3 3/4” inch from the middle of the lens to the bottom of the unit.
Omni lists the ceiling to the mount bottom as 7.9” inches.
Elite lists the ceiling to the top of the screen as 6.3” inches with an additional drop from 0 to 14 inches.
Using www.projectorcentral.com,
Throw Distance- 14’ 7”
Zoom- 1.29x
Mount pole- N/A
Lens to center of base- N/A
Bottom of the screen to floor-N/A
Using www.webprojectcalculator.com,
Throw Distance- 15’ 5”
Zoom- 1.30x
Mount pole- 8”
Lens to center of base- 4”
Bottom of the screen to floor-2’ 4”
My first question is would this setup work? Between 14’ 7” and 15’ 5” should be ok to mount the projector. Is a zoom ~1.30x ok? How much of a v-shift is good before you lose picture quality? Its hard to get a sense of those corrections and how they will play out in this room as I have no experience.
Also, I’m open to other screens for a ~120” mechanical screen but to increase the quality seems like it would cost at least $700-800 more.
Thanks for any suggestions or comments! As this is my first go around putting together a HT want to keep it as simple as possible while of course getting as much enjoyment as possible.
Like many others it seems, I’m taking the first steps to putting together a home theater system. I would appreciate any help towards checking my sums to see if there are any glaring mistakes or incompatibilities, and address any issues that may not have been considered.
A little background, my purpose in putting together a home theater is basically to have weekly ‘date’ nights with my wife as we have a two year old little boy and getting out of the house is a bit challenging at the moment. Daytime viewing will be fairly limited at least for now. Getting as large a screen as possible I think would help giving a sense of being immersed in a movie.
The room is a basement room with two sliding glass doors that is a multiple purpose room. Couches are at the far end and the other end has a basic record player stereo system cabinet. My plan is to get a ~120 inch mechanical screen in front of the stereo system and mount the projector on the ceiling.
I’ve already ordered a Sony VPL-HW45ES from Amazon and looking to get a 120” Elite Starling Tab-Tension 2 series, again from Amazon for roughly ~$1157. An OmniMount Ceiling for Projector PJT40 for ~$112.
Room dimensions:
Width 11’ 2”, Length 23’, and Height 7’ 10”
Sitting on the couch eye level is 33-6” inches depending upon the person. Leaning back and putting your feet up on the coffee table having the center of the screen be at the level would not seem to cause any neck strain.
Approximate distance from the couch to the ceiling joist where the screen would be attached to is 18 ft but could be reduced a few feet by moving the couch forward if necessary.
Sony lists 3 3/4” inch from the middle of the lens to the bottom of the unit.
Omni lists the ceiling to the mount bottom as 7.9” inches.
Elite lists the ceiling to the top of the screen as 6.3” inches with an additional drop from 0 to 14 inches.
Using www.projectorcentral.com,
Throw Distance- 14’ 7”
Zoom- 1.29x
Mount pole- N/A
Lens to center of base- N/A
Bottom of the screen to floor-N/A
Using www.webprojectcalculator.com,
Throw Distance- 15’ 5”
Zoom- 1.30x
Mount pole- 8”
Lens to center of base- 4”
Bottom of the screen to floor-2’ 4”
My first question is would this setup work? Between 14’ 7” and 15’ 5” should be ok to mount the projector. Is a zoom ~1.30x ok? How much of a v-shift is good before you lose picture quality? Its hard to get a sense of those corrections and how they will play out in this room as I have no experience.
Also, I’m open to other screens for a ~120” mechanical screen but to increase the quality seems like it would cost at least $700-800 more.
Thanks for any suggestions or comments! As this is my first go around putting together a HT want to keep it as simple as possible while of course getting as much enjoyment as possible.