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Author Topic: Apparent screen size. Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 10-21-2006 06:11 AM                     Is it something strange about me, or does anybody else find that the screen often looks larger when looking from the projection room than it does when sitting in the auditorium? Any ideas why?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 10-21-2006 01:46 PM                     The port window restricts your peripheral vision. This prevents you from being able to determine the size of the screen in relation to its actual environment. I just made that up, but it sounds pretty good.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 10-21-2006 10:29 PM                        Sounds like a good explanation to me. The windows sets a frame that the screen fills easily, making it seem that the screen fills the entire view. It's either that, or you have some sort of lens as your viewport, at which point I must ask, how do you focus?  |  IP: Logged

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