The Screen
Screens come in a wide variety of sizes, fabrics and styles. You can choose an electric screen that rolls down at the touch of a button, or a permanently fixed screen like in a movie theater. Or if your budget is very tight, a simple manual pull down screen will do. The screen specialists at TechTraderz can help you determine the best screen type and fabric for your home theater room. We will take into consideration your projector type, viewing angle, ambient lighting and throw distance to help you get the perfect screen for your situation and budget.

Sizing your screen- The standard guideline home-theater designers use to determine an appropriate screen size is to make sure the seating distance to the screen equals 1-1/2 times the diagonal of the screen. For example, if you will be seated 11 feet away from the screen, divide 11 by 1.5 and your screen should be approximately 88 inches wide.

Where on the wall do I place the screen? For comfortable viewing, the center of the screen should be no higher than 15-degrees above the viewer, and the top of the screen should be no more than 35-degrees above the viewer. Since the average person sits 36" high in a home-theater style chair, the center of the screen should be no higher than 5', 10" from the ground.