Hello James,

Excellent advice from Speakerchooser and here are a few tips from me. Generally speaking, if you are viewing true HD material, you should sit no closer than twice the diagonal screen measurement. With DVDs, they look better if you are a bit farther back than that distance. Of course, most projectors have some zoom flexibility so you could reduce the image size somewhat to compensate if you can't sit farther back.

When I joined Axiom, I did elaborate listening tests and comparisons of all Axiom's models. During that time, I tested a VP150 and just for the heck of it, I tried it on its end in mono. I was surprised at how good it sounded and mentioned in a meeting at Axiom later on that we could sell it to use in a vertical orientation for special installations (it wasn't designed to be used that way but it just happens to sound very good).

Regards,

Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)