Practical screens are curved for ease of edge to edge focus. I think you will find those screens define a minor arc with the center located at the projector, not at the middle of the seating area. Same reason the Jeopardy! wall of monitors is in an arc. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Which is why practical screens, yes including Cinerama > screens (which are indeed curved but not nearly curved > enough), end up being much wider than they are high. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.