[mnfish]

Do you prefer the grey over the white for screen color and why?

 

[mechman]

If it's not totally dark you need a gray to help with blacks. :T

 

[mnfish]

It isn't so much (light) during the day but is totally dark at night. I will be using black out curtains, too. My fiance likes to watch college hockey and needs to see all the details. She's a BIG St Cloud State fan. :T

 

[mechman]

Well then you may like a white screen. The beauty of painting is that if you don't like it, you paint over it. I like very dark blacks. That's why I like gray screens.

What I would do is paint whatever it is you're going to use as a screen with Kilz primer and then try it out. If you like it, paint it with Valspar Ultra Premium Flat Enamel White. If you want darker blacks, go with one of the grays. :T

 

[mnfish]

That would be fine if I have flat walls but the walls are textured. :sad:

 

[Rick]

Hey mechman, how do you like your BenQ W5000? I was thinking about getting the BenQ to replace my Mitsubishi HC1500. Is the 1080p picture that much better than the 720p? I really like the picture on my Mitsubishi with my blu-ray player. Would I have any problems in mounting this on my ceiling.I had to sit my Mitsubishi near the floor so I wouldn't have to use the keystone.The height of the ceiling where I would be mounting the projector is 6' 6". The rest of the ceiling is 7'6' but where I have to mounted the projector to get the right distance from the screen (which is a 110"screen)there is a drop in the ceiling to 6'6". With the projector mounted on the ceiling it would put it about 10" to 12" down from the top of the screen. The room is 12x 21. Thanks, Rick

 

[mechman]

Rick,

Take a look here. Select "Home Projector", "W5000", "16:9", and "Ceiling mount". If you mount it 15' back at 6'6", you should have enough room between the bottom of your screen and the floor. The further you go back, the less room you will have. There is a vertical image shift as well. You'll want to mount it pretty close to the ceiling.

As for 1080p vs. 720p, it all depends upon where you're sitting. We sit close enough to be able tell the difference - 13.5' for a 100" screen. The nice thing in going to this projector from my Mitsubishi HC3000 was the option of actually adjusting some of the settings for a decent amateur calibration. :T The HC3000 offered very little in that regard. But it is a very nice projector.

 

[Rick]

Thanks for the information. I guess I will have to decide if it is worth the money to go to 1080p or just be happy with what I got. Thanks again. Rick

 

[mechman]

Keep an eye on their site for the refurbished deals. :yes:

 

[Rick]

Last time I checked they didn't have any.:hissyfit:

 

[Bruce Fisher]

Rick,

Take a look here. Select "Home Projector", "W5000", "16:9", and "Ceiling mount". If you mount it 15' back at 6'6", you should have enough room between the bottom of your screen and the floor. The further you go back, the less room you will have. There is a vertical image shift as well. You'll want to mount it pretty close to the ceiling.

Thanks for this link - I hadn't seen this before. You might have just saved me some aggravation!

I have a W5000 sitting in the box that I received last week. Getting ready to mount it this weekend - and based on that calculator, my screen is too low by a few inches!

I want to confirm I'm reading this right. My screen is 55" high (plus 3" border) and it's 10" from the ceiling (for a total of 68" drop needed). The PJ lens will be about 4" below the ceiling so I need to enter 64" (65 to be safe) in the screen height box (bottom right entry on the window)? Or do I just enter 55" and not worry that it's 10" (+3" border) below the ceiling?

What is confusing me is that they show 0" as distance from lens to top of screen... does that mean my screen top needs to be the same height as my lens? Or can it be lower without issue? And if it's lower, do I include that amount in the screen size calculator?

Thanks! :bigsmile:

 

[mechman]

Thanks for this link - I hadn't seen this before. You might have just saved me some aggravation!

I have a W5000 sitting in the box that I received last week. Getting ready to mount it this weekend - and based on that calculator, my screen is too low by a few inches!

I want to confirm I'm reading this right. My screen is 55" high (plus 3" border) and it's 10" from the ceiling (for a total of 68" drop needed). The PJ lens will be about 4" below the ceiling so I need to enter 64" (65 to be safe) in the screen height box (bottom right entry on the window)? Or do I just enter 55" and not worry that it's 10" (+3" border) below the ceiling?

It is just a basic calculator. I think it's main purpose is to give you min/max screen sizes for the distance you mount your W5000 at. I'd enter the distance first and note the min and max screen sizes. There's a 20% vertical shift either way on the W5000. For a 55" high screen I believe you'd have 11 inches of play up and down. There is no horizontal shift though! So get your left and right lined up perfectly.

So the top of your screen is 13" from the ceiling. And your pj lens is 4" from the ceiling. That's a 9" difference so I think you should be fine.

What is confusing me is that they show 0" as distance from lens to top of screen... does that mean my screen top needs to be the same height as my lens? Or can it be lower without issue? And if it's lower, do I include that amount in the screen size calculator?

Thanks! :bigsmile:

They show zero but you should be fine as long as you're within the 20%. So no, the top of your screen doesn't have to be lined up with the lens. :T

There's a 20% vertical shift either way. For a 55" high screen I believe you'd have 11 inches of play up and down. There is no horizontal shift though!

 

[Bruce Fisher]

Cool! thanks for clarifying.

 

[mechman]

I recently hit the 500 hour mark and decided to check the settings/readings. Turns out some of my previous settings reverted back to the original default settings. Two hours later, here's where I'm at:

 

[atledreier]

That's not bad at all. Reminds me I need to do mine as well.

 

[mechman]

Yep. I'm fairly happy with it. I may try to find out what the 'burp' is at 40IRE. And I'd like to get gamma back up to 2.2.

Maybe I should just relax and watch a movie! :dunno: :bigsmile:

 

[atledreier]

I recently redid mine as well, with 400+ on the lamp. Did the first run after only 50 hours, so some shift was to be expected.

What I didn't expect was the huge drop in perceived blacklevel when I blacked out my room. Went from a fairly light room with complete light control to a blackened room with complete light control, and the blacks look much brighter than before. Kinda bummed about that. I'll work with it some more and see if I can get it down a bit. Swapped screen fabric a while back to a white one, so that may be a cause as well. Problem is my current fabric (dreamscreen Acoustic Ultra HD) don't come in grey, just white. Hopefully the v2 of that fabrick will have a grey side and a white side like the AcousticHD fabric did.

 

[lcaillo]

That would be a normal response. If your design can accomodate a small amount of backlighting with no spill onto the screen you will percieve deeper blacks.