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Just running an informal poll here and would love your feedback.

Do you have / are you getting a projection screen? single choice
	Have one
	Hope to get one
	Not going that route
Votes accepted starting: 11/17/06 07:03 PM
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What size screen do you have / are you getting? single choice
	45 x 80 inches (92" diagonal)
	50 x 90 inches (103" diagonal)
	54 x 96 inches (110" diagonal)
	60 x 107 inches (123" diagonal)
	72 x 128 inches (147" diagonal)
	Other size (please list)
Votes accepted starting: 11/17/06 07:03 PM
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I have a 48" x 64" (80" diagonal) screen.

Just hung a new Stewart Firehawk, 40 X 96 – 2.35/1 screen on my wall today. Then my AVR died on me before I even got to try it out…….just my luck. I think it's a time for a shot.....or two, or three.

One bourbon, one shot and one beer.

Due to many, many design constraints, I've decided on a 49 X 100 inch Stewart Firehawk (2.04 aspect ratio?). This will allow me to cover as much area (H x W) as possible. I will not have a masking system. I will then adjust picture size based on the source.

I thought I saw a duckie and a horsie.

I'm running a 49" x 96" piece of Formica and zooming when I go from 2.35 to 1.85 or 1.33 aspect ratio. That works out to roughly :

2.35:1 - 96" x 41", or 104" diagonal

1.85:1 - 91" x 49", or 103" diagonal

Those numbers might not be correct but you get the idea. Anyways, 2.35 and 16:9 movies end up about the same overall size and both are very watchable from the same viewing distance.

EDIT -- I guess that puts me solidly in the 103" diagonal camp. I'm not voting again, that was too much work

Have ordered a 110" 16x9 Screen Research clearpix 2 motorized screen for my parents theater. So far thats the only think left keeping it from being finished. Takes 6 weeks to come custom made from france.

OK! How come there are 25 votes for "Have one" and "Hope to get one," but there's 29 total votes for "What size screen do you have/are you getting?"?

All the choices were a 1.78 (16:9) aspect ratio, which is for HDTV, so I selected "other". Most DVD's are in 1.85 or 2.35 and abover ratio, like in the theaters.

Anyway, I have a constant height setup, using a 2.35 DIY (Cinemascope) screen which is 51" x 120" and an Anamorphic Lens from Prismasonic, and a HTPC to do the proper scaling to reclaim the lost pixels used by black bars (letterbox) on the top/bottom.

"Constant Height" means that ALL aspect ratios share the same height, just the width changes. It is MUCH easier to mask off the sides of a screen, than the top and bottom, using curtains or whatever.

So standard 4:3 (1.33ar), 1.78 (HDTV), 1.85-2.35+ (DVD's) all share the same height. Once your able to experience a true cinemescope movie with no black bars, just like in the theaters, you will never go back to 16:9 screens.