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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferrety" data-source="post: 5058482" data-attributes="member: 69362">It has been some years since I bought mine, and I am not really  familiar with current (or was with previous) projectors. When selecting a projector for a top down setup, I was interested in throw ratio, minimum throw distance, brightness and noise levels.As for throw distances, you'd just like to be sure that the projector can focus on the table. If using a home theater projector, even this can be tricky as the distance from the projector to the table is going to be smaller for a top down setup than in usual setups.With LED projectors, the distance on top down setup might actually be too much.In previous post I actually meant  throw ratio, for it determines how big screen you can have on the table. I used<a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator.cfm" target="_blank">Projection Calculator Classic - Throw Distance and Screen Size</a>to make sure that the screen on my gaming table would be big enough. Different manufacturers give different ratios, so the calculator was quite useful when selecting the model, and I did check that the results are correct. As I did not have suitable room for a home theater, I ended up selecting cheapest portable projector that could project big enough screen for my setup (viewsonic PJ358). I think that there were some projectors that would have been suitable for both tabletop gaming and movies, but they were at least thrice as expensive.</blockquote>

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