thejimbon
Novice Member
My house is undergoing some rennovation at the moment, and I'm interested in installing a projector and projector screen in an open plan space.
The only place available for the projector screen is in front of a big window:
The retractable projector screen unit is to be mounted to a crossbar on this large window. There will be blackout blinds on this window, to protect the screen and minimise light into the room. I am arranging for a power socket to be put in a handy place for the screen.
The projector would be mounted on a small wall that will be above our kitchen area, and is a little over 3.5m from the crossbar (so a distance from projector to screen of a little over 3 metres, once the length of the projector unit is taken into account:
Unfortunately, there is a crossbar between the projector and the window that is above head height, but still quite low, so if I put the projector on a shelf mounted to the small wall above our kitchen area, then I don't think it would get a clear line of sight to the screen in front of the window, or the picture would need to be very low. Moreover the ceiling above the little wall is slanted, so it wouldn't be easy to ceiling mount the projector either (and in any case, the ceiling is quite high, so the projector mount would need to be quite long)
My current thinking is that, to ensure a clear line of sight, I might ceiling mount the projector to hang from the underside of a shelf mounted to the little wall, so that the projector is below the shelf and can stick out slightly below the bottom wall to which it is mounted. I'm also thinking that I might use a height adjustable twin slot shelf to give a little additional flexibility to allow the shelf (and therefore the projector) to be moved up or down a little as needed during installation. The projector would be ceiling mounted to the underside of a hefty piece of wood placed forming this shelf:
In my mind, this will be a nice flexible solution, with which the projector height can be adjusted as needed (e.g. if needed because I upgrade my projector at some point). But I haven't seen anyone doing something similar, which has got me questioning myself as to whether this really is a good idea, or a bad mistake.
Is this a crazy thing to do? Is there a better way to mount the projector so it sticks out slightly below the height of the wall to which it is mounted?
Thoughts very welcome.
The only place available for the projector screen is in front of a big window:
The retractable projector screen unit is to be mounted to a crossbar on this large window. There will be blackout blinds on this window, to protect the screen and minimise light into the room. I am arranging for a power socket to be put in a handy place for the screen.
The projector would be mounted on a small wall that will be above our kitchen area, and is a little over 3.5m from the crossbar (so a distance from projector to screen of a little over 3 metres, once the length of the projector unit is taken into account:
Unfortunately, there is a crossbar between the projector and the window that is above head height, but still quite low, so if I put the projector on a shelf mounted to the small wall above our kitchen area, then I don't think it would get a clear line of sight to the screen in front of the window, or the picture would need to be very low. Moreover the ceiling above the little wall is slanted, so it wouldn't be easy to ceiling mount the projector either (and in any case, the ceiling is quite high, so the projector mount would need to be quite long)
My current thinking is that, to ensure a clear line of sight, I might ceiling mount the projector to hang from the underside of a shelf mounted to the little wall, so that the projector is below the shelf and can stick out slightly below the bottom wall to which it is mounted. I'm also thinking that I might use a height adjustable twin slot shelf to give a little additional flexibility to allow the shelf (and therefore the projector) to be moved up or down a little as needed during installation. The projector would be ceiling mounted to the underside of a hefty piece of wood placed forming this shelf:
In my mind, this will be a nice flexible solution, with which the projector height can be adjusted as needed (e.g. if needed because I upgrade my projector at some point). But I haven't seen anyone doing something similar, which has got me questioning myself as to whether this really is a good idea, or a bad mistake.
Is this a crazy thing to do? Is there a better way to mount the projector so it sticks out slightly below the height of the wall to which it is mounted?
Thoughts very welcome.