Projector

[midwesterner]

I bought a Optoma HD 142x. My wall that I will project on is 14' wide. My projector will be about 9 feet from wall. Is this a good setup or do I need different projector?

[CBearsSB]

Go to projectorcentral.com. Search for your projector. This will calculate the associated image size based on throw distance capability of your projector.

[midwesterner]

This is what mine says. Help me decipher. This is basically hieroglyphics to me.

[sherrow70]

Looks like 16’11” from screen for floor mount

[sherrow70]

Sorry 18’11” from wall.

[midwesterner]

So if I can only get 9 feet away from the wall this won't work?

[sherrow70]

I have a short throw that is 10’7” from screen. It projects a 14 x8 picture. Play with the calculator to see what you can get out of 9 ft. I believe you can use the scroll bar to adjust how far from screen you want then it will tell you what size picture you can get

[simmb]

So if I can only get 9 feet away from the wall this won't work?

From 9ft with maximum zoom you will get 7ft diagonal image, which is approx 6ft1 wide x 3ft5 high. You should be looking at short throw projectors from that sort of range.

[Supraracer]

I have Optima 1080GT Darbee with a 15’ x 8.5’ image and it is about 7.5 ft from screen.