Outbuilding Garage Build

[Bryzzo]

New member here. My wife and I are building a new 30x30 outbuilding/garage with 11-foot ceilings and a 12-foot lean to on one side very soon. We live in Ohio, and I plan to have the building insulated and have a furnace for the winter. A good portion of the building will be used as storage (zero-turn, side-by-side, and other garage type things) but I want to put in a dedicated golf simulator.

I have considered SIG PRO12, Carls, and GungHo enclosures but I am leaning towards a Bullseye Studio enclosure. the new building will be metal (not a traditional pole barn), so I am going to purchase a camera-based launch monitor. I already have a gaming PC. I do need some advice/recommendation on encloser dimension and projector. I am considering a 4:3 ratio 9x12 enclosure or a 16:10 ratio 9X14 enclosure. 14 feet wide is the most that I want to go so I have enough room in the building for other items as mentioned. I think 9 ft high for either enclosure is good so I could hot wedges with worrying if the ball stays in the enclosure. If I go 4:3 ratio at 12 feet, will I be disappointed in losing 2 additional feet in width? If I go 4:3 then I will purchase the 4K BenQ AK7000ST even though my gaming laptop is better at 1080P, but I will use the space to stream 4K using Apple TV. If I go 16:10 9x14, then I purchase the BenQ AH700ST projector that maxes out at 1080P. I am actually leaning towards just purchasing this projector regardless because I am unsure how much of a difference it would be between 1080P and 4K. Decisions...decisions! Any help would be greatly appreciated or other considerations.

Thank you in advance!

Bryzzo

[Bryzzo]

Ok, I will do more research on here and probably just wing it.

[jb1]

You can also build your own screen enclosure. There is a good written guide on Gung Ho Golf’s site, under articles. This is not too hard a project, but maybe not quite as professional as a purchased screen….for example, you can (and will) hit a golf ball that gets sucked up between the screen and surrounding frame or blackout fabric.

Projectors…. Most come in 16:9 default ratio, which I think is similar to default movie screen format. Mine (and many others) screen format is 4:3. You can crop width (but cuts out some of the course), change projector or graphic card ratio, or build to movie dimensions. If you have the width, why not have a 16:9 screen ratio so you can also watch movies?
A review of several projectors late last year compared the AH700st and the TK710sti and found the latter, even though rated has having less lumens, brighter (more lumens) when at a setting that didn’t distort golf course colors. But there are certainly some added auto sizing/focus features of the AH700st I bought the TK710sti late last year and am quite satisfied with it. Projectorcentral has a lot of useful information, and this site has a wealth of experience but less activity in the outdoor golf season, but you can read prior posts and learn.
Have fun with your project!

[Bryzzo]

Thank you so much for the comments. I will consider 16:9, I am also going to look at Projectorcentral because i have never been there.

[Bryzzo]

Do you prefer the Projector Central Throw Calculator better than BenQ Golf Sim Planner? I really like the latter because I am a visual person and I like the 3D rendering. Also, I have not been able to get the Throw Calculator to give me a 16:10 ratio. I think my setup will give me about 9-10 hitting to golf screen and the projector sitting just behind me around 11 ft without causing shadows.

[jb1]

BENQ does now have a good 3d image on their throw calculator. Projector Central.....use the aspect ratio of 1.6 to 1......it is the same as 16 to 10.

[Bryzzo]

Thank you very much!