Reddit reviews Elite Screens Spectrum Electric Motorized Projector Screen with Multi Aspect Ratio Function Max Size 100-inch Diag 16:9 to 95-inch Diag 2.35:1, Home Theater 8K/4K Ultra HD Ready Projection, ELECTRIC100H

Hello home theater gurus! You guys have helped me before when I was looking for a nice set of speakers for a previous setup and it was much appreciated and very helpful.

Basically, I moved to a new house and it has a great basement, perfect for entertaining. on the far back there is a wall perfect for a projector and screen setup (at least it seems like it to me!). The space looks like this and the measurements are here. I currently have Fluance AVHTB speakers: http://www.fluance.com/avhtb-surround-sound-home-theater-5-speaker-system
plus two small Onkyo bookshelp speakers for rear surround for a 7.1 HT setup.
I have an old Onkyo receiver: HT-R560 powering everything and a Dayton Audio SUB-1000 10" 100 Watt Powered Subwoofer to round it all out.

For a projector, I seemed to have settled on a BenQ DLP HD 1080p Projector (HT2050)-$700: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016JYOQ3W/?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=AgEAAAAAAAAAAKz5

for the screen I figure it can roll down from the upper ledge in teh above picture, so I chose an Elite Screens Spectrum, 100-inch Diag 16:9, Electric Motorized 4K Ready Drop Down Projector Screen for about $200: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YTRFEG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=themasswi0f-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B000YTRFEG&linkId=48a99c29ba91e26e8944f995e9b3d432


Am I doing OK? would you recommend anything else? I want to use it for some gaming (an old PS3, maybe being upgraded to a PS4 in teh near future and for movies/TV... mostly from the internet (Netflix/Hulu/etc.).

some questions I have:

should I go with a screen that allows sound to go through better for my mid speaker, or will cranking it up be OK for that and just getting the better screen (but lets less sound through) be good?

Should I forget the projector idea (never have had one) and just get a giant TV?

what would be and how much money would the next level best bang for your buck projector run me?

do wireless HDMI setups work well for all applications (no laggy picture)?

will this projector look pixelated at all at the max (100") for this screen?

would the next sized Elite screen (110" max) be worth it at $300? It would fit, but reach down to almost the floor.


Thanks in advance for all your help and please excuse my newbie questions!

Rock on and thanks!

-Lou

Great thanks a lot for your help. Hopefully it's not too hard to setup as I have never done anything with a projector before. Is this a good screen? Also I have a false basement ceiling with tiles so would it be ok to place the projector on a stand on the floor and do it that way rather than hang from ceiling? If need be I guess I could figure out a way to hang from ceiling.

I'll have to do that I guess, i'm using the epson projector distance calculator and not 100% sure if i'm doing it correct. I'm getting this screen and my ceiling is roughly 7 Ft 1" tall and I will be using this mount , do you think it will all line up ok? My room isn't really big but it shows a throw distance to be at least 10 Ft which I can do that for sure.

The projector is on the ceiling above our couch. The pull down screen and be positioned anywhere. It would be smart to spent 20-50 bucks and get your TV put on the wall. The position your screen 6 inches off the wall. I am using the 120 inch version of the following.

https://www.amazon.com/Elite-Screens-Spectrum-100-inch-Diag/dp/B000YTRFEG/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1504721027&sr=1-8&keywords=Elite%2Bscreens&th=1

I would suggest CineGrey. More info is below.
https://www.amazon.com/Elite-Screens-Sable-Frame-120-inch/dp/B00366S0UW

Just don't get an acoustic pro. You can see directly through them. They are made for folks who place speakers behind the screen.

I’m not sure about brands or what models are good for anything to do with projectors.

I found this that retails for $329 Canadian, which would leave me with $1300-1500 for a projector.


https://www.staples.ca/products/2125542-en-elunevision-120-169-juno-motorized-projector-screen-ev-j-120-12?variant=19668555333701&CID=PS%3AGS%3ACA%3A%3Apla-382974246615%3A%3A67992702126%3Apla%3A1780428600&CampaignID=1780428600&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhPeo45fa5QIV8SCtBh28qQMSEAQYBSABEgI_fPD_BwE

Edit:


Elite Screens Spectrum, 100-inch 16:9, 4K Home Theater Electric Motorized Drop Down Projection Projector Screen, ELECTRIC100H https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000YTRFEG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_cCsXDb2PNMYJ3

• The 3d is nice to have, but I understand the desire for simplicity. In this case, the 3d really drove up the price; I wanted both 1080p and full 3d, which at the time was a rarity in consumer-level projectors and so really drove up the price for me. Most projectors are not 3d, in my experience.
  
  
• The install was easy. I used the following products:
  
  -- Omnimount, which is basically just a shelf for my projector.
  
  -- Projector mount an actual projector mount; my current house is not conducive to this, but this is the mount I used at my last house. Both worked well and were easy to setup.
  
  -- Actual projector, my projector. Again, it was one of the few ones below $10k with the features I wanted at the time I was looking. Now these seems more common.
  
  -- Projector screen. This is 100"; you can get bigger or smaller and how big you needs depends on the projector and the size of the room. At my last house, I just used a white wall, which works very well if you have an appropriately sized and colored wall. This particular screen broke (the screen works fine but the motorized opening and closing stopped working), but that may have been my fault.
  
  
• This projector has two HDMI and one RCA port. It has no speakers, so I use a receiver and 5.1 speakers; my last projector had 2 speakers and an ipod mount, which was neat but mostly only useful if you were using your projector away from home. My last projector was an Epson; I forget the particular model, but it was similar to this.
  
  
• If you don't want 3d or other sexy features, you can get a quality projector for a few hundred dollars. This is especially amazing if you consider the price of a similarly sized TV: again, I have a 100" screen that supports full 3d and 1080p. The price of a similarly sized and featured TV is astounding, while I only paid $1300 on this one.
  
  Please let me know if there are any other questions I can answer!