Sonic'

Anyone know of a projector that will give me a 4 metre image from a throw of about 10 feet

Needs to be about 3,500 ANSI Lumens too

I need one very quickly

Jamo

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how much have you got to spend steve?

sony vpl es2 is 2500 ansi and the one I had, 4 metres isnt an issue and the quality is outstanding, if your fixed on 3500 ansi though the canon REALis x600 has some good reviews, but expect to pay about £2000. you can pick a sony up for about £400.

HTH

james

Sonic'

Price doesnt really matter too much James

Customer will be paying

the one they have (Sanyo) was about 1100 quid, but it needs to project and fill a 4 metre screen from 10 feet

The Zohan

You have a bit of an issue with projection distance.

I guess you need to look at the low end profesional kit with a range of lenses. the normal wide is a 1.2:1 although Christie and barco do a 0.8:1 which would fit your bill.

The lenses are the best part of 1500.00 trade + projector. over this short throw distance there may be some edge demformation

Assuming home cinema and front projection then for a 3.5m screen 3.5k lumens would be the adequate.

Sonic'

Thanks Paul

Its rear projection

the current projector is a Sanyo PLC-XU105 which is a very nice projector and its 4500 ANSI Lumens

We installed it last week along with the screen (a Da-lite Cosmopolitan Electoral Tensioned 4 Metre Screen) however they have decided they all love it to bits but want the screen moving 8 feet closer towards the projector

The Zohan

Hi Sonic,

I am pretty sure Sanyo do not do a .8 lens, have you thought about mounting the projector at 90 degrees and using a mirror to 'bounce' the image - cut down on the distance, done this a few times on events and a decent mirror set up will be less than a .8 lens.

Sonic'

Yeah just been googling now

Seen a Viewsonic one, and they do bayonet Lenses for short throw zooms etc

PJ1158 but not sure if they are any good or not

The Zohan

The issue could be the curving of the picture edges, similar to a fish eye lens. it is down to just how good the lens is and what it is being used for. id home cinema then probably OK.

Over that distance i would get an optically correct mirror and bounce it using the Sanyo

Sonic'

Just to make matters worse, its actually a little over 5 metres viewing area

Here is the screen

The Zohan

Ouch, mirror is not an option then

i think you wil be stuffed on distance avaliable v.s. screen size.

Good luck, be intersted in the final solution.

Paul

Sonic'

We have found a Sanyo one that is going to be very very borderline on filling the screen

Just waitiing for the model number, its about 2k for it though

The Zohan

Once you sort the model number and spec google proxima - bage engineered Sanyo for less money - main distrriutors are/used to be in Wolverton nr MK

exactly the same kit in a different coloured casing and badge.

Infact
ASK Proxima Projector C500

Paul

Sonic'

They have give us a choice of two projectors

PLC-XT21L and a PLC-XT35L

both with additonal Lens for the short throw

We quoted this job as 4 days, customer has sad no you can do it in 3 days, so after some umming and erring, we got it down to 3, now he has said you can do it in 2 days

It isnt just the screen move, its all the amp and speaker cables etc too