Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Order Placed!

Not a problem, you should be fine. Actually, I find the PC calculator to be pretty accurate. I've been around Front Projection for some time now and it results are pretty factual.

Anyway for an 80" wide screen you should be good on your viewing distance, anything 1.3x back the screen width should be fine for the Panny 900. SDE would not be an issue with that native 720 resolution projector and smooth technology.

At 15ft your Panny would have not problems giving you a 92" diag screen, as it will be near the lower end of the projectors 2.0 zoom. My only concern was the higher 1100 ANSI lumen rating of the projector compared to its younger brothers the 700 or 500 models which had lower ratings. You'll be talking approx. 32 fL, which is pretty high.

Not sure of the gain of your DIY screen as you didn't mention the material/paint used. If your using anything beyond a 1.0 matte white material you may want to use economy bulb mode if available.

Have fun and enjoy....Randy

Not sure of the OP's room size but rather than run the lamp in low mode, go for a bigger screen if the room permits. Most people with the new LCD's are running 106" to 120" so there is a nice way to decrease light per square foot without dimming the lamp. Of course room size is the critical factor here.

I should be buying a new 720P PJ after the first of the year and I have yet to decide on a new model. Currently I like both the Panny 900 and Sanyo Z4 for LCD and the Mitsubishi HC3000 for DLP. The alien looking InFocus models are cool in appearance, but won't ship until first quarter 2006 and I may not be able to wait that long. Optoma is also about to release a new 720P DLP PJ.

At least when it comes to speakers I am Axiom all the way. That much is easy.

Greg

A bigger screen is not an option at this point. Actually, I have purchased a bigger screen, but it's going in our new house that my wife and I are in the process of building.

Untill such time that the house is complete, my current threater room is only about 16' X 11', so the 92" is about as big as I can go.



Sutter

great setup man...watch it though...ppl here seem to really get pissed if you don't buy an axiom sub...although, i know from first hand experience that HSU is one damned fine subwoofer!!! you're gonna love it!

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That is completely false. A significant percentage of people on this board have non-Axiom subs. Can you show me an incident where a member got pissed at someone for buying a non-Axiom sub?

Congrats on the buy! More 80's blasting away!

>>ppl here seem to really get pissed if you don't buy an axiom sub...

Huh ? Are we talking about the same board ?

Must not be, there are pleny of us with non Axiom subs me included.

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Just more hi-jinks from jinx

Hey Sutter, have you checked the Home Theater Spot in the last few minutes? There is something waiting there for you.