Hey all. Slowly moving along in my garage sim build. Have a 16' x 9.5' screen that I'd like to be able to use for sim in 16:10 which would be screen usage of 15' x 9.4' or 16:9 mode for the occasional movie or sporting event. Would like to keep the projector in front of or equal to the hitting area (10-12ft). Does anyone have a similar size screen and if so what projector did you use? Was going to get the InFocus138hdst due to the throw distance but saw a recent review on this site that talked of a slightly blurry image and I'd have to be able to move the projector due to no zoom ability. So now back to the drawing board. Would love to hear others suggestions on projectors for these specs...TIA
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I did and bought the BenQ1085st. If hangs 14 feet from the screenMy Courses:
World Par 3's by mthunt
Toronto GC (L) mthunt
Burlington G&CC by mthunt
Weston G&CC by mthunt
London Hunt Club L mthunt
Park CC Lidar mthunt
Sunningdale GC Robinson L
Sunningdale GC Thompson L
Muirfield Village (liDAR) First Ever Lidar course
Country Club of Castle Pines (liDAR)
The Sanctuary GC ProTee L
The National GC L mthunt
Mississaugua GC L mthunt
Shaughnessy G&CC L mthunt
Markland Woods CC mthunt
Hidden Lake Old L mthunt
Magna GC L mthunt
Barrie CC L mthunt
mthunt Range
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My screen is 15x18.5 and I have an Optoma Darbee 1080 8-9
feet from the screen. This picture doesn’t show the full video size
but when the resolution is correct it fills the entire screen
Last edited by dradequate; 05-01-2019, 10:37 PM.
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I went with a sony large venue projector, vpl-fh36.
see this forum post for more info about them:
If any of you are in the market for a WUXGA native 16:10 projector with short throw capability, there are some incredible deals on eBay right now. I just got
they're natively 16:10 (1920 x 1200) and are much brighter than the other short throw projectors out there, as they're made for large conference rooms or auditoriums.
they have interchangeable lenses, so you can get a short-throw lens for simulator use. they make two different lenses, one that's a short-throw zoom(vpll-z2009), and the other that's a fixed short-throw (vpll-2007).
the user manual for these projectors gives you the formula to calculate throw distance based on lens and screen size.
it looks like your 16:10 setup (180" x 112.5") would be 212.25" diagonal, so
vpll-2007 lens (fixed) - 9.8' from the screen.
vpll-z2009 lens (zoom) - between 12.9' and 15.1' from the screen.
hope this helps.
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