I did another 1/2 hour of playing around with screen size today. I marked out from 100 to 120" diagonal sizes and played some more scenes from LOTR at different sizes. 116" is the largest I could get to with the current projector position (still waiting for my fancy HDMI cable).

That size at 9.5' is WOW big, but I can't quite take the whole image in without looking around on the screen. I'm guessing that this is an indication that the screen is too big?

Its not like I'm moving my head around, but it feels like my eyes get pulled around the image.

110" seems much better. I'll watch a whole movie at that size this weekend to see how that feels. I'll probably compare it to 100ish" which is at the THX recomended size.

I've also found another thing to put on my todo list, get rid of those 12 gage cables. They're just to damned big and awkward to work with.

Edit: A quick search suggests that for the one surround that will have about a 40' run, I'll need 16 gage wire. Is that correct?

Last edited by fredk; 12/03/14 12:11 AM.
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