flat_listener
Active Member
Hello,
I have some probably beginner questions so bear with me. First attempt at building a big screen home theater, but I am pretty DIY savvy and pretty familiar with audio/visual setup on a small scale and small budget.
I want to put in a 2.35:1 screen, I found the one I want and it's view able size is 127 inches x 54 inches. I have the perfect setup with a 14 foot wall behind the screen and a solid 12-16 feet distance from the wall to place the projector.
I am trying to stay away form Anamorphic lens, Video processor etc., simply due to budget.
Is there a projector (on a seriously low budget here so <150K) that will project 2.35:1 and automatically switch to 16:9/HD signal when I switch over to watch sports etc. I realize there black bars on the sides etc when I go to 16:9 but I have got to have the 2.35:1 because it's just too cool and most of my movie collection is in the 2.35:1 ratio. I found the Panasonic PT-AE 8000 which seem to be my front runner right now, they promote it has screen memory settings that do this type of switching. I was wondering if the Epson or Ben Q projectors in this price range, have the screen memory settings that allow the projector to automatically switch? Maybe I have the right/only unit already selected in the Panasonic? I am not really looking for "which is best" I can research that, but I am looking to research as many units as I can that can do this sort of switching.
Thank you for your input, and I look forward to taking on this project!
I have some probably beginner questions so bear with me. First attempt at building a big screen home theater, but I am pretty DIY savvy and pretty familiar with audio/visual setup on a small scale and small budget.
I want to put in a 2.35:1 screen, I found the one I want and it's view able size is 127 inches x 54 inches. I have the perfect setup with a 14 foot wall behind the screen and a solid 12-16 feet distance from the wall to place the projector.
I am trying to stay away form Anamorphic lens, Video processor etc., simply due to budget.
Is there a projector (on a seriously low budget here so <150K) that will project 2.35:1 and automatically switch to 16:9/HD signal when I switch over to watch sports etc. I realize there black bars on the sides etc when I go to 16:9 but I have got to have the 2.35:1 because it's just too cool and most of my movie collection is in the 2.35:1 ratio. I found the Panasonic PT-AE 8000 which seem to be my front runner right now, they promote it has screen memory settings that do this type of switching. I was wondering if the Epson or Ben Q projectors in this price range, have the screen memory settings that allow the projector to automatically switch? Maybe I have the right/only unit already selected in the Panasonic? I am not really looking for "which is best" I can research that, but I am looking to research as many units as I can that can do this sort of switching.
Thank you for your input, and I look forward to taking on this project!