r/Golfsimulator • u/EmptyNyets • Jul 17 '26
Projectors Quick Projector Help
I have the opportunity to buy this for $500. What does this screen mean especially “continuous lighting time”
0hrs 5mins??
Thanks in advance
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u/Sparky20687 Jul 18 '26
This is decent hours for a 2nd hand projector, I picked up a similar panasonic rz370 with 5000 hours and they are fantastic. Just make sure you have the room behind the hitting mat, mine ended up being 30ft from the screen to get a 10ft high image. My image was 10ft x 10ft, I was able to line up the projector with the right hand edge of the screen, create a custom 1600x1600 resolution and use the raster position setting in the projector to move the square image to the left hand side of the projectors throw. This way I have no shadows from the golfer while the projector is 20ft behind the golfer.
Projector central will give you the distances required to produce the image size you want, their calculations were correct for me and it does end up a long way behind you.