Has anyone tried using the projector at less than 10 feet from the screen/wall? I have a very small bedroom that I've converted into a media room.
921589
I used it in my barracks room when stationed in Korea. Very small room, maybe 8-9 feet from the wall but the projector worked great. Large, clear picture. The adjustable picture size really helps too if you need to adjust.
921590
I'm using it at about 10.5 and it filled my 100" screen. It does have some adjustment so there is option. It is my guess it can do at less a 90" from 9 feet and get a adjustable wall mount not ceiling
921591
According to the manual, the minimum throw distance is 3.9 feet. You might lose some clarity at that distance though. I have mine installed at 12.9 feet, bringing it closer was possible. Best bet is to try it and if it doesn't work, buy a short throw distance projector. Good luck.
921592
I have mine in a small bedroom and the projector is about 10ft from the wall, i get about 100" screen size. The only issue i have is that i sometimes hear the projector switch from light to dark scenes. Even on ECO mode. but i am very happy with this projector and would buy it again.
441981
I think it depends on your projector. I was surprised that I needed to be fairly close, maybe 5 to 6ft. I'm very happy with the screen, it's big, but easy setup and breakdown. Hope this helps. :)
269891
Mine is sitting in the junk room. Most of the time the audio came through just fine for me. My issues was that sometimes the audio was so far out of sync it wasn't even watchable. It's a great concept, but a total POS in reality. Like Clayton said, try updating the drivers and see if that helps. I gave up on mine though. A 15' HDMI cable is cheaper and way more reliable.
1743799
Sorry we returned this projector and required distance from the wall was one of the determining factors. It needed to be ten feet or less from a screen or wall if there was any light at all in the room. In a dark room it became 15 feet. The machine isn't powerful enough to really be useful in anything but a very small dark environment. Everything was manual adjustment requiring a lot of time just to set the thing up and lots of tinkering to keep it the way you wanted it.
322005
Absolutely! I used this last summer for outdoor movies during the evening projecting on just the light color siding of the house. The picture was great over 12' maybe 15 feet. This year I purchased a 12' screen but set it up once. I was able to make the image small or beyond the 12' for a good video. I now use this daily in my master bedroom projector which is about 70". Even during the day indoors it is still good.
17279
I would call their tech support. I bought this projector and LOVE IT. I called them with the screen size and the distance and they told me exactly where to place it and how far down it had to hang.
1163782
I sent mine up about 20ft -in a well lighted room - and the picture quality is very good. Keep in mine- the farther away from the screen you get - the larger the presentation. I love mine!
2117936
I use the projecter at 3 meters away from the wall , it gave me more than 100 inch , huge projection , becouse its short throw .
1610506
Hi Jeff- We view the TV at a distance of approx. 15 feet, and the picture is killer. Have not tried any games yet;but I don't see why they would not be fine. I have put photos on the screen from a thumb drive in theBlu-ray player, and they are great too. One thing, when you get close to the screen, 2 feet or so, it appearsto be grainy. Probably does not matter - can't watch that close anyway.Bob
1490059
Mine is 10 feet away and I also have a 150 inch screen. In settings there are adjustments you can make.
1464882
Short throw, of course, means you don't have to be far away. I have not tried this in brightly lighted rooms, but it has worked well in moderately (about the level of light at dusk) lit rooms. We have projected this through a muslin cloth screen in a moderately lighted room and the image was decent. I can't really answer the part about short/long throw, but I would image it would depend on the amount of light that would interfere with the "throw" of the projector...so across a longer throw there's more chance for light to interfere?
238225
My screen size is 126 inches and the projector is 15ft away. The picture looks awesome!
1439115
I have the 10ak too. If it gets any better than this I don't know how it can. I have this set up to a Mitz 720p projector to a 92" Firehawk screen @ 11' away. When I first got this set up, before with SD DVD, we all went "wow" now with this 10ak and pcm analog outs we all go "WOW---WOW---WOW". The WOW factor has moved up quite a few notches. Good luck....
17277
Not even close. Per Optoma's website, this projector has only a 1.2 zoom. If you need to be that far back and display that small of a screen, your choice of projectors gets very small--perhaps nonexistent. I have an older Panasonic with a 2.0 zoom, and I can display 110" from over 17' away. But even my projector would only go down to 120" at 20 feet. You need a bigger screen!
674326
The screen works great. I am very pleased with the quality. We have had problems with our projector making a lot of noise because our media room has low ceilings. I'd suggest making sure that your projector is up high enough and far enough away from your seating that the fan noise will not disrupt your experience. I didn't think about the projector noise when planning our room & I wouldn't want you to make the same mistake :)
171284
The projector at 10 ft would throw a very large display probably 110" the problem these projectors have with text is that they use a diamond pixel instead of a square pixel so the edges of text can be fuzzy. If you are using this in a presentation or business environment it will not be bright enough with any light of any magnitude. An open window will wash out colors and contrast. Go with the ml500 (same diamond pixel problem but brighter) or choose a laser / led hybrid with a different dlp chip. I'm not saying this isn't a good projector for its purpose (portability) but if text is your first consideration and portability comes in at a five or six in the list then this isn't the right one for you.
780864
good luck on finding a projector that cheap. you need a bright one to make it visible from the corct side..