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[spiritofmusic]

Hi everyone, I'm now the proud owner of a Barco 1209s with only 500 hours on the tubes.
On my previous 7" crt pj, I have projected onto an 88" horizontal width 4:3 screen with satisfactory results.
With the 9" tubes of the Barco I'd like to go a little larger on 4:3 screen. My installer says 9' will work, but other experts say to definitely not exceed 8'.
What are people's opinions out there? I will be running a 1.2 gain Beamax M-tensioned screen in a very light tight enviroment.

[A Rogers]

I project 8' wide 16:9 with my nec xg, and I've got the contrast turned down slightly from default. I think that 9' 4:3 with a 1209 in a light controlled environment would be just fine. You will probably wear out the tubes faster though, as you will run the contrast higher on the larger screen.

[kal]

All depends on what you deem ok in terms of light output and how quickly you want to wear out the tubes. Some people would nevergo wider than that 8', some will say that's crazy and do 10' minimum. There's really no right answer.

Kal

[kal]

All depends on what you deem ok in terms of light output and how quickly you want to wear out the tubes. Some people would nevergo wider than that 8', some will say that's crazy and do 10' minimum. There's really no right answer.

Kal