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  • Gamble Gamble
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2015
    • 128
    #1

    4:3 vs 16:9

    Question: What would make more sense, have a 4:3 setup where the screen would touch the ground OR 16:9 setup where the screen would be about a foot above the ground?

    I am ordering the screen by the end of the week, but I need to figure out what size to get.

    I ran a cable from one end of the garage to the other and hung West Coast Netting from top to bottom and created a 4 ft "net ceiling" to catch any flops that get too floppy. I just ordered a memory curtain from Rose Brand to dampen the sound (NRC 1.05) and add additional support to the screen.

    Room Dimensions: 19 x 19 x 9.5 ft


    However I have a putting green that runs parallel to the hitting area. The dimensions would infringe on a 16:9 screen unless the screen was 1 foot off the ground.

    What would make more sense, have a 4:3 setup where the screen would touch the ground OR 16:9 setup where the screen would be about a foot above the ground? I thought the 16:9 sounded like the play but I have yet to play on a sim that has putting. (My only experiences in a full setup was trackman with e6 and GC2 where putting was not done via the GC2) The net and the curtain both go fully to the ground to stop stray putts.

    Thanks guys!

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    • mthunt
      Ultimate Member
      • Aug 2014
      • 4748
      #2
      Screen should go to the ground
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        • Gamble Gamble
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2015
          • 128
          #3
          aside from throw distances changing, is there anything that I should be concerned about regarding using a 4:3 aspect ratio?

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            • CBearsSB
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2014
              • 209
              #4
              Screen demension does not determine if simulated image reaches ground. The protected image size is a function of projector characteristics. Projecting a desires aspect ratio is determined by throw, focus, lens shift, etc.

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                • Gamble Gamble
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                  Gamble Gamble commented
                  01-12-2016, 11:43 PM
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                  I understand, but is there anything that I am not accounting for if I use a 16:9 native projector as a 4:3. Is there any loss in image quality or brightness? If so, is it a significant difference?
                • Ironstrokes
                  Extreme Member
                  • May 2015
                  • 1012
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Gamble Gamble View Post
                  I understand, but is there anything that I am not accounting for if I use a 16:9 native projector as a 4:3. Is there any loss in image quality or brightness? If so, is it a significant difference?

                  I have the optima st 1080 which is native 16:9 and use it on 4:3. There is no change in quality or brightness. May just have to adjust where you mount the projector is all since once you change it to 4:3 you are gonna want to move the projector back a bit more to fill up the full screen

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