The wife has finally given the go-ahead on a ceiling mounted projected in our living room, and it looks like we're going with the Optoma HD72 (the other option was the Infocus IN76. I've posted on the kit elsewhere so won't go into details here). We'll use a decent quality DVD player (Denon 2930). We're waiting for the site visit from Sevenoaks to finalise the screen and other details. No doubt they'll advise well but I really value opinions on this forum.
We can mount the projector and drop down screen across the length or the depth of our living room. Basically, the otpions are:
1. Throw of 4 meters (and we'd have room for a screen of about 78-84 inches across, which is fine per the Optoma website calculator), or
2. Throw of 5 meters, and screen size limited only by the projector (which per Optoma website could be up to 120 inches across).
My question is about the tradeoff between sitting a bit closer and having a smaller screen, and sitting further back and having a much bigger screen. Of course, bigger is better generally, but when the picture begins to degrade, brightness decreases, or whatever, maybe it's not necessarily better in my case. I just don't know.
Please could you give me any subjective thoughts you have.
Thanks a lot.
We can mount the projector and drop down screen across the length or the depth of our living room. Basically, the otpions are:
1. Throw of 4 meters (and we'd have room for a screen of about 78-84 inches across, which is fine per the Optoma website calculator), or
2. Throw of 5 meters, and screen size limited only by the projector (which per Optoma website could be up to 120 inches across).
My question is about the tradeoff between sitting a bit closer and having a smaller screen, and sitting further back and having a much bigger screen. Of course, bigger is better generally, but when the picture begins to degrade, brightness decreases, or whatever, maybe it's not necessarily better in my case. I just don't know.
Please could you give me any subjective thoughts you have.
Thanks a lot.