When I was planning out the home theater, I was really torn on what size screen to get. I had several sales people tell me that for my room, I should not go any larger than 90 to 100 inches.
So when I ordered my projector I was all set to order a 90 inch screen. I was talking with the salesman from Projector People and placing my order. I started asking him some questions about the screens and he asked me how I decided on the size. I told him about the input I had received and he gave me his recommendation – wait.
His advice was to put the projector up and see what size image looked good in the room. He said he had never had anyone call him back and say they thought they got too big a screen, but he had a number of customers regret not going larger. The Panasonic projector I bought lets you adjust the image size from about 40 to 200 inches. And it’s bright enough that the image didn’t look half bad just projected on the wall.
After about a month I bought an AccuScreen 119inch fixed frame screen for $399 from Projector People. The price was fantastic - I had expected to spend around $1,000. The size is good and was pretty close to the size we had projected on the bare wall.
Installation wasn’t too bad. The frame easily connects and is held in place with screws. The screen tension mounts over frame. This was the piece I was most nervous about, but it was really pretty easy to get tight and flat.
The screen hangs on brackets. I spent a bit of time getting it level. Finally I ended up using a laser level to get a straight line across wall. This shouldn’t be required, but my wall was bowed some and the ceiling line varied a bit from side to side.
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