Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Designing first home theatre, a few quesitons.

>>And for your reference, I sit 12’ away from a 96 X 41 screen and shoot 1080P at it. It looks quite amazing to me, but one foot closer is simply too big. I probably should have gone with 84 X 36

To further confuse things, I sit about 11 feet away from a 96"x48" screen. When watching 16:9 I zoom out a bit and use a roughly 85"x48" area. When watching 2.35:1 I zoom in a bit and use roughly 96"x41". To my little mind this is pretty much ideal.

Whoever said "it depends on where you like to sit in the movie theater" was right on -- I tend to sit near the front of the theater, typically 1/4 of the way back or less.

With a Sanyo Z4 at 720P I can just see pixels (screen door) if I look closely but it doesn't bother me at all.