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ark_ader:
I didn't know if this should be posted in the Monitor/Video forum but here goes:

I have a small 10x8 room that I use as a lab/chill out room/Study that has just enough room for a slim arcade cabinet, next to my desk similar to turnarcades mini slim. 

I have retired my old cabinet and I just resort to the X-arcade, but the space it uses also serves as the space for the projector, and I'm tired of the swap and change.

In my design I want to position my projector on the top of a cabinet to give it better airflow and give a better viewing angle.

Unfortunately I fear that all the jarring and movement of the cabinet when in play will damage the projector, so I looked at a ceiling mount. 

The ceiling isn't such a good idea as the house is rather old and would crack the plaster, look unsightly, cost, and I would get grief etc.

What I did look at was the mounts you would use for a LCD TV and bracket the projector to the wall, similar to a TV mount.

Has anybody tried this, and would it give the projector adequate airflow?

Currently I have the projector on a table, and is put away when not in use, which I fear again will shorten its life somewhat.

The Projector kicks out quite a large amount of heat and is rather noisy, but is tolerated with headphones so location is restricted.

If you have any other ideas, I would like to hear them.

Thanks.

AtomSmasher:
Currently my projector is attached with a ceiling mount, which is the best way to go IMO.  However in the past I have had the projector mounted in different ways. 

When I had the projector in a small room, so I put a small shelf on the back wall and placed the projector on the shelf. 

When I moved it to a larger room, I originally had it sitting on a table, but then I decided to make a table where I could put the projector and all my AV equipment.  This worked quite well and I still use it to store all my AV equipment.  It was nothing fancy, but I attached a picture of it.

ark_ader:
Thanks for the info.  I looked at your picture - and it reminded me of my "other" projector - as that one over heated and died. I had it in a similar location.

Did you have any venting issues when your projector was in that tiny cabinet?  I like your small shelf idea.  What did you do with the cables?

I would love a ceiling mount, but also like living a peaceful life.  ;D

AtomSmasher:
I never did have venting issues with the projector because the main vents on that projector are on the front and one side (the side towards the center of the box), so it had no problem with circulation.  However, if I was to make the cabinet again (which I probably will at some point) I would use some sort of wire mesh for the shelves instead of wood because when I upgraded my dvd player to a bluray player, I did start having overheating issues with it (at this point the projector was no longer in the box, the bluray player on its own was overheating).

For the shelf, I didn't do anything special with the cables.  It was an apartment so I couldn't open up the walls to run the cables inside, so the cables just went straight down to the floor, then ran under the carpet.

boykster:
My PJ is ceiling mounted, and I highly recommend it if you can swing it.

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