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Room fit

What size screen fits from 20 ft?

You know your room — here is the largest 16:9 screen each projector can fill when placed 20 ft from the wall, at its widest zoom.

Room fit

From 20 ft, a typical standard-throw projector fills up to about 184 inches and a short-throw up to about 300 inches. Each model is listed below.

Biggest screen from 20 ft, by projector

ProjectorThrow ratioMax screen
BenQ X500i0.69–0.83300+
Optoma GT2100HDR0.5300+
BenQ TK700STi0.9–1.08300+
ViewSonic X2-4K0.69–0.82300+
Optoma GT1080HDR0.5300+
BenQ HT2150ST0.69–0.83300+
ViewSonic LS711HD0.49–0.5300+
Valerion VisionMaster Pro20.9–1.5300+
Epson EpiqVision Mini EF121275
BenQ TK7001.13–1.46244
BenQ TK860i1.13–1.47244
ViewSonic PX748-4K1.13–1.47244
BenQ HT35601.13–1.47244
BenQ TH685P1.13–1.46244
BenQ W18001.13–1.46244
BenQ HT20601.15–1.5239
BenQ HT4550i1.15–1.5239
BenQ X3100i1.15–1.5239
BenQ HT2050A1.15–1.5239
BenQ TK7101.15–1.5239
XGIMI Horizon Ultra1.2–1.5229
XGIMI Horizon S Pro1.2229
XGIMI MoGo 3 Pro1.2229
Anker Nebula Cosmos 4K SE1.2229
Anker Nebula Mars 31.2229
LG CineBeam PF610P1.2229
XGIMI Horizon Pro1.2229
JMGO N1 Ultra 4K1.2–1.5229
Hisense C11.2229
LG CineBeam Q (HU710PB)1.2229
XGIMI Elfin1.2229
XGIMI MoGo 2 Pro1.2229
Samsung The Freestyle (2nd Gen)1.2229
JMGO N1S Pro 4K1.2229
Optoma UHD551.21–1.59228
Epson Home Cinema 8801.21–1.63228
Optoma UHZ501.21–1.59228
Optoma UHD52ALV1.21–1.59228
ViewSonic M2e1.21228
Dangbei Mars Pro1.27217
Anker Nebula Cosmos Laser 4K1.27217
LG CineBeam HU710PW1.3–2.08212
LG CineBeam HU810PW1.3–2.08212
Epson Home Cinema 23501.32–2.15209
Epson Home Cinema 38001.32–2.15209
Epson Home Cinema 21501.33–2.16207
Epson Home Cinema 22501.34–2.17205
Epson Home Cinema LS110001.35–2.84204
Epson QB10001.35–2.84204
Epson Home Cinema 5050UB1.35–2.84204
Epson Pro Cinema LS120001.35–2.84204
Epson Pro Cinema 40501.35–2.84204
Sony VPL-XW7000ES1.35–2.84204
Sony VPL-XW5000ES1.38–2.21200
Optoma UHZ65LV1.39–2.22198
Optoma HD146X1.47–1.62187
Optoma UHD381.5–1.66184
Optoma UHD351.5–1.66184
ViewSonic PX701-4K1.5–1.65184

Ultra-short-throw projectors are excluded — they sit inches from the wall, not at room distance. Very large sizes are geometry only; brightness becomes the real limit.

Frequently asked questions

From 20 ft a standard projector fills up to about 184 inches; divide your distance by the throw ratio, then by 0.87, to get the diagonal.

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