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Author Topic: Extreme short throw projector Geoffrey Hudson Film Handler Posts: 12 From: grand rapids, mi Registered: Jan 2013 posted 02-09-2013 10:27 AM                        Hmmm... I'll check into the Barco. It'd be interesting if they did have something like that because it was a Barco rep who'd actually suggested the NEC short-throw that I was considering...  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 02-09-2013 10:29 AM                     As this is a digital cinema forum, Jay probably thought about the new Barco DP2k-10Sx. That, however, is a DCI machine. It has no specific wide-angle lenses, nor does it fit your budget for this stage projector application. It is a similiar machine to the Solaria One. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-09-2013 07:03 PM                     To use a 0.3 and a typical computer or tv image you would need a 18 ft tall screen. These projectors have no zoom. 0.5 would give you an image that does not spill onto the roof and the stage floor. Unless you plan to run dvd's of cinemascope films ONLY!  |  IP: Logged Geoffrey Hudson Film Handler Posts: 12 From: grand rapids, mi Registered: Jan 2013 posted 02-09-2013 10:07 PM                        Is it just that it's not possible to do what I am trying to do with any equipment that currently exists? Starting to sound that way.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 02-10-2013 09:48 AM                     You will definitly see a picture, but probably too dim in typical situations. As I said, make a scale drawing, consider all options for mounting the projector. If the pieces to be performed offer decent control of stage lighting, it may work. I used to do video projection for theater pieces with 1000 lumen beamers, but at the time, it was so evident that the lights would have to come down during projection, that no one really questioned it, so the piece and lighting was tailored to the projection. Sure you can have a try - I still would try to rent such a projector first to test it. I have never seen an image projected with a 0.3 projection ratio. It doesn't have to be that bad, and it is not intended to show any cinematic brilliance, just to have some punch. All these projectors seem to work with a mirror. Datasheets typically quote small projection sizes - like 100" max. Not necessarily a physical limit, but as I already wrote, these are typically whiteboard projectors, not intended for large screens, and they certainly have more constraints than general use projectors. There is e.g. the Epson EB- 485W with a projection ratio of 0,27:1. It is LCD, though. I think for a stage situation, DLPs in that price range would deliver more punch than LCDs. Make sure you can return the unit if your test shows you can not focus the image within your chosen geometry. This is usually never a problem with standard projectors, but these special short throw units could have real limits in screen/focus distance and thus max. image size. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-10-2013 11:05 PM                     I've seen 0.3 projectors, infact I was asked to review one some time ago. But in your case an 0.5 is what I would be using. video review  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Bodge Film Handler Posts: 83 From: East Dorset, VT Registered: Nov 2006 posted 02-11-2013 08:05 PM                     If you have fly space project down on a mylar mirror.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Bodge Film Handler Posts: 83 From: East Dorset, VT Registered: Nov 2006 posted 02-12-2013 11:40 AM                     Unfortunately the mylar mirror would be quite large for a 16/9 image at a 10 foot throw w/ a .67 lens, and quite expensive.  |  IP: Logged

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