Lighting

[vrpunk]

Just starting my Golf Simulator room / Home theatre 4.2m wide and 2.95m Height (9feet 8 inches) (proecjtion screen will be 4m x 2.6m to take a 4mx2.25m 16:9 image)

Putting in a new ceiling, so can do new lighting layout / speaker layout - 9 feet 8 inches from floor. Looking at a side view LM (Skytrak / GC2 / ES16).

Two questions:
1. What lightining would people suggest over the matting area (type and position with the type of LM to be used), I was thinking 2 x downlighters at 50w (max) halogens GU5.3 the room (4mx5m) will be used for home theatre as well, so will be a matrix (9-12) of these downlighters, but presume have to group a few over the hitting area, else cameras won't pick up ball image in bad lighting?

2. Projector (Benq W1080ST+) will be ceiling mounted will this affect down lighter placement. For example, what happens if the projector is say 3m centred from screen but between the screen and projector there are some centred downlighters throwing their light to the floor over the mat, will this affect the image being thrown from projector to the screen?

Any advice would be appreciated

Regards
Mark

[mthunt]

If you are using a launch monitor, just put pot lights on dimmers. I have 6 pots. 3 over the hitting in a row and 3 between hitting row and back wall. If you are using floor sensors you need certain lighting. The LM's don't need special lighting.

The projector won't matter.

[aja]

Any lights in front of the projector are going to affect the screen image. Definitely don't put them in line with the projector.

[Dax]

Agree , do not have any lights between projector and screen if you can as the lights will wash out your image. Of course if you went with a brighter projector you could over come this issue a bit (I have the 1080 previous version to what you are considering and note that lighting between the projector and screen would be an issue).

[vrpunk]

I bought the 1080ST+ mainly for horizontal correction as was going on the floor, but made decision to recess the ceiling, as it is long term home theatre as well and need speakers and down lighters in ceiling,
I will look to see if I get any shadow casting as it will be 2.8m-3m from a 4m x 2.65m screen and ball will be about 2.2m from screen, ceiling height 2.95m , if so will go for the OPTOMO GT1080 - 0.5 throw ration (4m screen can be 2m) and I will be 2.2m from the screen.
So many of the on-line examples for golf sims (google, houzz) show lights and projector all centre aligned, I will do some testing once ceiling frame is up before doing the final light positions.
Thanks

[mthunt]

One of my 6 pot lights is in front of my BenQ1080st. It has very little effect on the image.

[khightower]

Is there any way that you have found to cut down the heat from the halogen light that is overhead?

[goodmatt78]

I had 4 canned lights in my room on a dimmer. I originally changed them all to LED, but they don't dim as well as incandescent. Now, I have my front 2 as incandescent and the rear two as LED. This keeps the two lights over the hitting area slightly brighter and the lights by the screen much dimmer. Works great.