Comments on: Choosing a Projection Screen http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: hd projector screen http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-129605 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:46:50 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-129605 when i first get my projector screen & HDTV projector it was so amazing,its like i have my own cinema at home.:) when i first get my projector screen & HDTV projector it was so amazing,its like i have my own cinema at home.:)

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-38223 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:03:36 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-38223 Engadget just covered building your own projection screen and claims a $35 price tag. http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/how-to-make-a-custom-projector-screen/ They used a white fabric on a plywood frame, with a painted black border. They used "curtain blackout cloth" which doesn't look very good in the reflection/absorption dept. I think they have a lot of extra lumens and don't mind the loss, and aren't looking very closely at the impact on color (warmth, tone, etc). This thread covers blackout cloth, but they use two pieces? How do you handle a seem? That seems wrong. http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t5.html It also gets pretty crazy here : http://groups.msn.com/diyprojectiontv/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=6219&LastModified=4675465198222560558 I like the idea of a retractable projection screen. Maybe this one http://www.beamax.com/Projection-screen_8?sc=8&category=26 Engadget just covered building your own projection screen and claims a $35 price tag. http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/how-to-make-a-custom-projector-screen/ They used a white fabric on a plywood frame, with a painted black border. They used “curtain blackout cloth” which doesn’t look very good in the reflection/absorption dept. I think they have a lot of extra lumens and don’t mind the loss, and aren’t looking very closely at the impact on color (warmth, tone, etc).

This thread covers blackout cloth, but they use two pieces? How do you handle a seem? That seems wrong. http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t5.html

It also gets pretty crazy here : http://groups.msn.com/diyprojectiontv/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=6219&LastModified=4675465198222560558

I like the idea of a retractable projection screen. Maybe this one http://www.beamax.com/Projection-screen_8?sc=8&category=26

]]> by: Steve Gerard http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-28752 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:55:18 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-28752 Like you, I've been projecting on a (more or less white) wall in my living room. The wall in question was just painted a more white colour during a renovation and hopefully that'll make it a bit better... However I'll be moving soon and contemplating what could work better than just a plain wall. But I'm not keen on getting a screen because I watch not only regular 4:3 ratio television and movies, but also movies with wide screen and wide-wide screen (not sure of the ratios other than 16:9)... therefore with a typical screen, no matter what ratio I buy, it'll result in wasted space and/or limit the size I can project. Therefore I've been considering painting the wall with a special paint called 'Goo'. My brother saw a friend's projector on a wall painted with that and was very impressed, and said it looked a LOT better than what I was seeing with my wall projection. He said it looked like a large plasma screen (fwiw, he owns a 65" standard rear-projection big screen TV). So painting an entire wall with 'Goo' would allow me to shrink or expand the "screen" any way I wanted to, without having to worry about the size or ratio like I would with a standard screen mounted to the wall. That's something you may have considered already, but if not here's a page with some more information about 'Goo' (found during a google search - not my site): http://www.theaterthings.com/goo-information-goo-tips-and-faqs.asp Good luck and be sure to post what you decide to do! :) Like you, I’ve been projecting on a (more or less white) wall in my living room. The wall in question was just painted a more white colour during a renovation and hopefully that’ll make it a bit better…

However I’ll be moving soon and contemplating what could work better than just a plain wall. But I’m not keen on getting a screen because I watch not only regular 4:3 ratio television and movies, but also movies with wide screen and wide-wide screen (not sure of the ratios other than 16:9)… therefore with a typical screen, no matter what ratio I buy, it’ll result in wasted space and/or limit the size I can project.

Therefore I’ve been considering painting the wall with a special paint called ‘Goo’. My brother saw a friend’s projector on a wall painted with that and was very impressed, and said it looked a LOT better than what I was seeing with my wall projection. He said it looked like a large plasma screen (fwiw, he owns a 65″ standard rear-projection big screen TV).

So painting an entire wall with ‘Goo’ would allow me to shrink or expand the “screen” any way I wanted to, without having to worry about the size or ratio like I would with a standard screen mounted to the wall.

That’s something you may have considered already, but if not here’s a page with some more information about ‘Goo’ (found during a google search - not my site):
http://www.theaterthings.com/goo-information-goo-tips-and-faqs.asp

Good luck and be sure to post what you decide to do! :)

]]> by: Alan http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-28491 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:44:54 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/315/projection-screens.html#comment-28491 Da-Lite is a good value. I bought one and took out the screen to put onto my wall. I have the same enviroment as you and it works fine. I did add a thick black border all around but it's really ugly during the day. That was a mistake. Da-Lite is a good value. I bought one and took out the screen to put onto my wall. I have the same enviroment as you and it works fine. I did add a thick black border all around but it’s really ugly during the day. That was a mistake.

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