2016-10-21, 20:06
100-133" screen size for your seating distance. Great value + performance 3D PJ's are BenQ's ... W1070, W1075 or HT2050. Epson 3LCD's are also worth looking at, like 2040.
2016-10-21, 20:22
(2016-10-21, 19:38)robl45 Wrote: You can shoot on the wall if it's close to white or buy fabric to make a screen. Decent projector 800 usd or so.
(2016-10-21, 19:34)drdwridav Wrote: I'm using pi3 for 3d mvc films and loving it. Started wishing I had a bigger screen so have been thinking about a projector. Can anyone give advice about where to start looking for something that I could link to pi3 and play 3d mvc movies? What's good and what kind of screen size could I look for realistically and keep a quality picture? II have about 14 foot from sofa to wall. Probably around £500 to play with - am I dreaming or is there something out there to look at!!'
Thanks all
Cheers. Wall is a yellowish cream (magnolia type) so not sure i'd get away with it
2016-10-21, 20:28
(2016-10-21, 20:06)hdmkv Wrote: 100-133" screen size for your seating distance. Great value + performance 3D PJ's are BenQ's ... W1070, W1075 or HT2050. Epson 3LCD's are also worth looking at, like 2040.
Thanks for the tips. I'll take a look! Big step up from my 48 inch tv! I find the tv is fine for appreciating 'immersive depth' - avatar, hobbit, sammy's look amazing. But do find there is too much distraction on the peripheries to really get pop out forward. When paused I can really see the pop that's intended (e.g. The coin toss in drive angry).
...sammy's is the exception - think that turtle would float though the sky in my lounge on any size tv!
2016-10-21, 20:29
Painting is a possibility... there's a guy on AVSForum that goes by the name MississippiMan who's an expert on this, in the DIY screens section.
2016-10-21, 20:30
Ht2050 and I would go 150 if you can get away with it. I have 175 and sit about 15 feet away.
2016-10-21, 20:33
(2016-10-21, 20:30)robl45 Wrote: Ht2050 and I would go 150 if you can get away with it. I have 175 and sit about 15 feet away.175" and 15'?! Wow! Talk about IMAX in your home
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2016-10-21, 20:38
(2016-10-21, 20:30)robl45 Wrote: Ht2050 and I would go 150 if you can get away with it. I have 175 and sit about 15 feet away.
Wooow
And people thought i was crazy sitting 9 feet from 124''
2016-10-21, 20:49
2016-10-22, 00:28
(2016-10-21, 20:30)robl45 Wrote: Ht2050 and I would go 150 if you can get away with it. I have 175 and sit about 15 feet away.
Just back online after latest movie night :-)
Genuinely curious....is picture quality sacrificed at all with such a size over that distance? Does it introduce some artefactong etc? Or I suppose it also depends on the quality of the projector!
2016-10-22, 01:01
All subjective I guess. I recently upgraded to a 1080p projector. Previously 720p projector. Honestly I can't really tell a difference.
2016-10-22, 01:03
(2016-10-22, 00:28)drdwridav Wrote: Genuinely curious....is picture quality sacrificed at all with such a size over that distance? Does it introduce some artefactong etc? Or I suppose it also depends on the quality of the projector!Yes, you answered your own question. Even with Epson 5040UB, the new eShift 4K PJ I'm considering, I was being told @ AVSForum that 150" (scope screen however) was too big. Seating distance makes a difference for sure, as does PQ, as does screen. If I get this PJ, I'll likely experiment on a white wall, then only decide on screen size, as well as scope vs. 16:9.
2016-10-22, 17:04
With both hands open and in vertical position, in the Left & Right side of your face/eyes (like if you grabbing your head) you should see the entire screen/image.
With the hands in that position if your are unable to watch all the screen/image you are too close to the screen.
With the hands in that position if your are unable to watch all the screen/image you are too close to the screen.
2016-10-22, 17:18
(2016-10-22, 01:03)hdmkv Wrote:(2016-10-22, 00:28)drdwridav Wrote: Genuinely curious....is picture quality sacrificed at all with such a size over that distance? Does it introduce some artefactong etc? Or I suppose it also depends on the quality of the projector!Yes, you answered your own question. Even with Epson 5040UB, the new eShift 4K PJ I'm considering, I was being told @ AVSForum that 150" (scope screen however) was too big. Seating distance makes a difference for sure, as does PQ, as does screen. If I get this PJ, I'll likely experiment on a white wall, then only decide on screen size, as well as scope vs. 16:9.
I've been on AVSForum for years. Many of the people are a little too stuffy if you ask me. Its only too big if you think its too big.
