Hey everyone,
I have most of my simulator built, but I need some final help on deciding what projector to go with and where to place it. I have scoured Porjector Throw Calculaor, but before pulling the trigger on a projector I wanted to get some further insight from y'all.
I have a 12' wide x 15' long x 24' hight (catherdral ceiling) room that I like to call my golffice. There are 2 large windows, so ambient light is rather high. I have blackout curtains for them, which do a prety good job at blocking out most of the light, but from what I've read I should be looking at high lumens projector.
I have a Carl's DIY 8.5'x 11.5' enclosure and they reccoemdn an aspect ratio of 4:3.Diagnol is 164".
Since I have catherdral ceilings I was going to go the easy route and place the projector on the floor (in an protective case) or mount it to the enclosure.
My hitting area is 7' from the impact screen and and one to the right off center. Thankfully for my sim set up I don't konw any lefties.
My buget is $2-3k. I don't neceasriliy care to have a 4k projector.
The problem I keep running into is that the few short throw projectors reccomended by Porjector Throw Calculaor, but the ones in 4:3 ratio need an aditoinal short throw lens that is an ungodly amount of money ($8k). Epson G7100.
I guess I could not use a short thorw projector and mount the projector on the wall behind my hitting area. That wall is 20' high where it would be centered with the impact screen. Sony VPL-FWZ60
The problem I'm running into there is those proejctors are 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio.
Would a 16:9 aspect ratio really be that tragic to throw into a 4:3 impact screen? I've read that having a 16:9 set to 4:3 can distort the image, but how bad could it be?
Thanks for reading this far and let me know your thoughts. Take care and hit em hard!
I have most of my simulator built, but I need some final help on deciding what projector to go with and where to place it. I have scoured Porjector Throw Calculaor, but before pulling the trigger on a projector I wanted to get some further insight from y'all.
I have a 12' wide x 15' long x 24' hight (catherdral ceiling) room that I like to call my golffice. There are 2 large windows, so ambient light is rather high. I have blackout curtains for them, which do a prety good job at blocking out most of the light, but from what I've read I should be looking at high lumens projector.
I have a Carl's DIY 8.5'x 11.5' enclosure and they reccoemdn an aspect ratio of 4:3.Diagnol is 164".
Since I have catherdral ceilings I was going to go the easy route and place the projector on the floor (in an protective case) or mount it to the enclosure.
My hitting area is 7' from the impact screen and and one to the right off center. Thankfully for my sim set up I don't konw any lefties.
My buget is $2-3k. I don't neceasriliy care to have a 4k projector.
The problem I keep running into is that the few short throw projectors reccomended by Porjector Throw Calculaor, but the ones in 4:3 ratio need an aditoinal short throw lens that is an ungodly amount of money ($8k). Epson G7100.
I guess I could not use a short thorw projector and mount the projector on the wall behind my hitting area. That wall is 20' high where it would be centered with the impact screen. Sony VPL-FWZ60
The problem I'm running into there is those proejctors are 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio.
Would a 16:9 aspect ratio really be that tragic to throw into a 4:3 impact screen? I've read that having a 16:9 set to 4:3 can distort the image, but how bad could it be?
Thanks for reading this far and let me know your thoughts. Take care and hit em hard!
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