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I'll send you a list of my favourite wines.

Oh, does that mean I have to clean up?

Some of us live around the corner from Fred...we are available to provide honest, if not impartial feedback...unless otherwise inebriated....

You are more than welcome to drop by when it's all set up.

I'm hoping to have everything in place by the third week of December.

I remember when my JVC showed up long before construction was done. I popped in a Spiderman movie, I think, that was near by. I put it in my laptop and projected on to a textured brownish-tan wall. I was blown away at how awesome it looked out of the box and on a horrible colored (and textured) wall.

It wasn't until a year after my theater was done that I calibrated the projector. It made a BIG difference. As good as I thought that it was, it became that much better.

Now, remember, if you connect up things in the theater "just to test" that you will have a hard time ever finishing it.

Congrats on the arrival, and the finding of that pencil.

Thanks Nick. I don't think I'll have a hard time finishing the room. When I say I'm impressed its with things like colour and black levels. Focus, sitting on a chair, shimed by carboard bits and projecting onto a rough semigloss wall with raw patches, focus leaves a little bit to be desired.

Photos?

(of the pencil. I've already seen photos of projectors)

Right now, just close your eyes and envision the most ugly mancave pencil you've ever seen.

I'll start taking pictures when I mount the PJ (so it doesn't get in the way of the pencil).

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?

I'd go 14 for cable.

Wrt screen size, watch the first battle scene in saving private ryan. If you feel motion sick, its too big. Good test.

Or put in Waterworld. If you feel sick, it's just a bad movie choice.

Or, try porn and see if it makes you feel ickier than usual.