The room is dedicated home theater with dark brown wall and cealing and carpet. The windows will have black out blinds. It is a large room with two rows of chairs.

Thanks for your input.

I received samples from a few companies when I was screen shopping. All were free. Even though I requested just a couple from some manufacturers, then sent an entire packet will samples of all of their screen materials. Most were in the 10" to 12" square range.

I taped them all up as one large screen and turned on the projector. We slowly whittled things down until we had a winner that performed best in all viewing conditions.

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Known as a "light cannon" when it came out several year ago, at 2000 lumens it's very bright. There's a known problem with this projector regarding the auto dynamic iris. It tends to stick.

Shutting off the dynamic iris doesn't help, for when you turn the projector on it undergoes an "auto check" of the iris, and if it sticks during the auto check the projector automatically shuts down.

Mine did start sticking after about 18 months. I took mine apart and did a home made repair that has held up ever since.

I've had my projector for almost 4 years now, and I'm still on the original bulb. Maybe 2300 hours on it.

It's performed wonderfully over the years, and still puts out a great picture today, even with the well-used bulb.

I'm at the stage now where I know the bulb will go one day. I'm trying to decide on getting a replacement bulb for $400 or a new projector.

Unless you are looking to put your speakers behind the screen, just get a blackout cloth and build a frame yourself and wrap the blackout cloth and staple. You can save a lot of money since I built a 118" screen for about $30 worth of cloth and $40 worth of poplar 1x3 for the frame and associated hardware.

Use the money you saved to get better speakers :)