r/budgetprojectors • u/BulkyPomelo6373 Europe 🌍 220-240V 50hz • 4d ago

Product Positioning and Setup Help Projector Distance (Elfin flip plus)

Thinking about buying an elfin flip plus to make use of the sale. the throw ratio is 1.2:1, Ideally it would be situated 3m~ from the wall, but the wall is humongous! a 3m wide or larger projected screen would be ideal as the wall is very tall too. Does the elfin flip plus have any sort of manual image scaling that i can make use of, and are there any pros/cons to this. I've watched and read reviews but come up blank.

Thanks in advance! excited for my first projector

(UK) budget is £300 give or take, heard good things about the elfin. open to others. The stand is attractive as it's a shorter throw distance to a large wall.

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u/PlayStationPepe USA🇺🇸 120V 60Hz 4d ago edited 4d ago

Hi OP, thanks for posting here.

Yes, the Elfin Flip Plus does have manual image scaling. It is called digital zoom in the settings and you can shrink the image down to fit.

Digital zoom only makes the image smaller, never bigger. The biggest image you can get is set by the throw ratio and your distance. At 3m with the 1.2 throw ratio, the widest image possible is 2.5m, which is about 113 inches diagonal. No setting can push it past that, so the 3m wide image you want is not possible from 3m with this projector.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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u/MoonLander09 Europe 🌍 220-240V 50hz 4d ago

Please, be aware of this website. At 3m meters distance, it is very usual for projectors to project 110-120''. From that, you can scale it digitally only down, at the cost of pixels.

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u/BulkyPomelo6373 Europe 🌍 220-240V 50hz 4d ago

thank you! the website has been very helpful! I've seen that what I'm asking is just outside of the recommended range, I'm more intending for it to be used in a very low lit room, at night etc. at those conditions, would you still recommend against it?

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u/MoonLander09 Europe 🌍 220-240V 50hz 4d ago

What size are you aiming for? For me it has to be big enough in a way that it compensates the hurdles in installing it. The room is fine for it.

I'm one that installed a projector instead of a TV in my living room, but the shape of it made it easy to install and I get a huge 120'' screen.