I am looking to buy a pull-up screen to be used mainly for watching movies with Panasonic PT-AX100 projector. The reason I choose pull-up is that I am renting the house and cannot put a fixed or pull-down screen on a wall or ceiling. The tripods take more space and I do not want to clutter the living room more than it is already.

I have shortlisted the following screens so far, but open to suggestions. Any comments, recommendations or advise is very much appreciated.


Da-Lite Deluxe Insta-Theater
Draper Traveller
Elite ezCinema Plus



Thank you.

Denis

P.S. Unfortunately forum restrictions did not allow me to provide URLs to the screens.

Why can't you put a pulldown on the wall? You can't put ANY nails on the wall?

It's super easy to patch small holes when you move out. $2 for putty and a few bucks for touch-up paint and noone will ever know you had a screen on the wall.

Agree with poster above.....get a pull down, 2 small holes in the wall or ceiling...a no-brainer, better choices for screens, something you can take with you, and doesn't feel & look like a school classroom.

CHIA

yeah if you rent a house you should be able to make holes and stuff for pictures and all that, hell your paying to live there so you should at least be able to enjoy it...i just moved into a brand pristine new condo im renting in chicago, its gonna be holes galore in my place! the last place i lived in i had a optoma greywolf and i went to raise the screen and it slipped out of my fingers and it shot right up (now i know why da-lite has CSR) and the force made the screen rip out of the wall and as the screen fell it knocked down my polk rtis i had mounted on the walls too, i had 4 big holes ripped out of the wall, it literally took out the damn plaster everywhere, all i did was buy some plaster and a spackle and nobody ever knew, didnt even paint the thing, white walls and white plaster. I also put a hole in the ceiling with my fist, but that is another story...

Taddie,

I wouldn't let rmccormack mount a screen for you :) but otherwise you should be OK.

Thank you for the advice guys. I would really love to hear some feedback on the screens listed above though.

I dont have the option of drilling holes an such, id rather buy one of the screens listed above as well. So im in the same boat as you 'taddie'.



jason

I'm not in a rental, but because my bonus room as sloped ceilings and I also have a TV in the corner, I'm interested in getting a pulldown.

Any advice on what to get would be appreciated?? I have a Sony VPH1272 CRT.

Thx

I am only familiar with the Da Lite Insta Theater. I really like the way this screen is set up with the small balancing legs and a simple pull up method. I have a 60 X 80 screen and it is much superior to an old similar sized tripod screen that I have. It is big, very bright (2.2 gain) and very easy to transport.

I think you would be happy with this.

I have the 84" Elite f84chx Cinema screen. I have not used it as I received it only yesterday and my hd1000u is on the way. I set it up and I guess I went too far. The thing snapped and the support bar on top broke sending the screen down to roll up pretty fast. I fixed it by drilling several holes and screwing the support bar to the screen. I find the screen to be a bit wavy as there is no side tension. In fact, I started a thread on this very subject today but no one has posted to it yet. I don't know what effect the waves will have on the picture but I don't think you will ever get a perfectly flat screen out of a pull-up. I only bought it because I plan on using it and the projector now and then to see a special HD movie or sporting event. I'll stick with my Hitachi RPTV for every day viewing. The screen seems okay and I love the way it retracts and can be put under a bed for storage. For those not having a dedicated wall for a screen, the pull-up is probably the best option.

For a long while I used a 92" Da-Lite Deluxe Insta-Theater for many of the reasons posted above and was very happy with it. It doesn't look as cheesy as a tripod, the screen material is terrific and it didn't show any waves during projection. Understand that this isn't the same as a high quality permanently mounted screen but I recommend it highly.

... actually, the only reason we stopped using it was that the Insta-Theater isn't available in any larger sizes. Very happy with my 133" HP now, though :D

I just got a Da-lite Insta-Theater for use at our church, and it is far, far, far better to work with than the old tripod screen that we had (granted, that screen was probably 30 years old). I haven't used it much, but it seems like a perfectly adequate screen, and putting it up and down is a breeze.