BMXTRIX said:
Unless I had a pitch black room to setup a DLP front projector... Holy hijack a thread brian!
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
But, I do not live in a totally dark condo. Where the projector is setup. Actually room has two sliding glass doors. With only white shades on each window in all rooms. Also there are days when sun is blarring in the room, as long as this direct light is off of the screen it does not matter. Meaning, that sun comes in from behind the screen and lights up the room. At night, I can turn all lights on, and still comfortably watch TV/DVD movies.
To get a decent picture from a projector in a daylit room, there are 2 options. Either you get a screen with a higher gain level above a 1.0 gain (depending on amount of light). Or get a DLP projector with a decent amount of lumens, say about 2000 or more. My friend with a 700 lumen and 100" screen, has seen pictures of my screen during the day. And says he must get a projector with more lumens. Because mine can be seen during the day, perfectly fine. However even a low lumen, say 700 lumens on a smaller screen between 50" to 60" would easily produce a image that could be watched during the day. Bigger the screen, the farther the projector must be back.
Trade off is, with a screen with higher gain levels (above 2.0+) you will have less of an angle (over 60 degrees) with optimum perception. But usually this does not matter as screen takes up a big part of the wall. So you would be seeing the picture in most cases as if you were in front of the picture.
Basically anywhere you sit in a room would be like a movie theater, and you could see picture just fine.
With both of my screens of 1.0 gain, I have even taken pictures of the screen (with movie playing) at a 90 degree angle. And there is no loss of picture quality. Granted, I had to go into the next room to get this angle. Screens I have are a 96" DaLite Manual screen, the other is Elite 120" Remote controlled screen.
Unlike a rear projection tv, that even a 10 degree angle on a quality tv would lose picture quality. At 20+ degrees, why even bother watching it.
There are a lot of bars going with front projection, watching Baseball games during the day with plenty of windows. If set up correctly, it can be seen by the entire bar during the day. I suggest checking out the local sport bars.
Either way, I am sure your decision will be fine. Once you go large screen, theres no turning back to even a 36" screen.
