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Hi there, I finally got around to taking some nice screenshots
I found this mystery fabric and joanes, its got a silver sheen and doesnt hotspot,
Got some pretty good results, I posted it once a few months ago unfortunately I couldnt remember what the sku was and didnt really have the screenshots to show. since this was my first screen, I pulled it too tightly so I get pinches on the end, Ill have to restaple it later,
anyhow fantastic material and excellent contrast ratio, definately found a hidden treasure at the fabric store
really difficult to capture, not too sure how to set the camera exposure properly,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/silverscreen2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/silverscreen.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/king720new.jpg
close up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/king720zoom.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/aeon720.jpg
close up
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/aeon720zoom.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/kingko.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/dscreen2.jpg
gonelong
01-09-07, 10:27 AM
If you get a chance, it'd be excellent if you could find the SKU # such that others might experiment a bit with this material.
Your screen shots look nice, I know I'd be interested in picking up a few yards to test.
GL
Jim McC
01-09-07, 04:38 PM
It looks very nice. I'd also be interested in the SKU # or product name/color if possible. I currently use a UPW painted screen, but am thinking about trying a light gray screen when I get my HD1000 shortly. I don't know if the HD1000 will be too bright for my white screen and totally dark room until I try it.
Icedtea515
01-09-07, 09:03 PM
could you list the screen size, price, and sku of the cloth please?
the screen size is 104" and 98 viewable.
sku dont know, Joannes is quite a drive. Ill have to check this weekend if they still have the fabric.
more pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/aeon1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/aeon3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/sup.jpg
jimwhite
01-10-07, 08:15 AM
you're KILLING us.... take the drive !!!!! :eek:
:cool:
wbassett
01-10-07, 08:50 AM
This does look like a nice material, how thick is it and does light pass through it? Is it thin enough that it could possibly be used as a gray AT screen material? (Of course audio test would need to be done before calling it an AT screen...)
As interesting as this material is, didn't we go through almost this exact same thread six or so months ago? Someone found some cloth at Jo-Anns, posted some incredible shots, and then never posted the SKU. Whether they did that intentionally or not who knows, but it was a potential great find that others were also interested in but it went nowhere.
If you still have it, look at the receipt and the tag they pinned to the material. They have to scan the numbers on the end of the bolt, and then print out the price for the cashier. Also may I suggest to anyone fabric shopping to make a special effort to write down the information. That would be a definite plus for everyone, and sometimes Jo-Ann only has one bolt of a material, but if you have the information they usually can order more. Taking in a sample is usually useless to them and they also need the SKU and fabric numbers.
1whatnow
01-10-07, 12:44 PM
This was posted by RnB180 back in July '06. Those of us were/are still waiting for the info for this material. Over 6 months later and he's still teasing us! RnB180, please just go and see if you can find the info for us. It looks like great material but it's no good to us if you can't share.
msanders847
01-10-07, 12:55 PM
alright be nice now.. :)
RnB180: Is this the same fabric that you posted here: Found some nice screen fabric (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705303) ?
You were going to find the SKU then, but we never heard back from you...
Garry
YEs! Ive never been able to find the sku,
its stretchy and yes light can pass through it, it looks like this
here is a real close up of it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/fabric.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09651.jpg
maybe this will be better help?
KingCreole
01-10-07, 05:51 PM
Looks like it may be a spandex or lycra type material.
Jim McC
01-10-07, 05:51 PM
The fact that light passes thru it is a problem. When I built my first B/O cloth screen, I bought the wrong(thinner) B/O cloth. And when I shot the image on the screen, I could see the frame braces as plain as day. The same thing will happen with this fabric.
The fact that light passes thru it is a problem. When I built my first B/O cloth screen, I bought the wrong(thinner) B/O cloth. And when I shot the image on the screen, I could see the frame braces as plain as day. The same thing will happen with this fabric.
light passes through, but the screen actually is directly flat up against a wall, about 6" of it extends past the wall into open space, there is absolutely no color or contrast shift, there is no difference in picture between the portion of screen with no wall behind it and the porting with the opaque wall behind it.
from the snapshots I posted , if the fabric loses light information, then you should see a vertical bar on the left of the image where there is nothing behind the screen but air :), its not there, because its not losing light ;)
but than I dont have braces on the back of the screen, its literally just the frame with the fabric stapled to it :D, maybe I was lucky in the regard. you can easily fix this by just putting a backing behind the fabric, like a thin board or something.
I was thinking about modding the screen by adding some extremely reflective board or some bright gator board, (mirrors would be too costly) behind it, I can only imagine the gain increasing with a mod like that.
I wont be in the area of the fabric store for another few days, its quite a drive.
Id really like to see someone else test and see how it fairs for them.
The original thread. (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=705303) I recalled reading it with interest back then. I don't recall anything ever coming of it. Nice looking screen though RnB180!
mech
light passes through, but the screen actually is directly flat up against a wall, about 6" of it extends past the wall into open space, there is absolutely no color or contrast shift, there is no difference in picture between the portion of screen with no wall behind it and the porting with the opaque wall behind it.
from the snapshots I posted , if the fabric loses light information, then you should see a vertical bar on the left of the image where there is nothing behind the screen but air :), its not there, because its not losing light ;)
but than I dont have braces on the back of the screen, its literally just the frame with the fabric stapled to it :D, maybe I was lucky in the regard. you can easily fix this by just putting a backing behind the fabric, like a thin board or something.
I was thinking about modding the screen by adding some extremely reflective board or some bright gator board, (mirrors would be too costly) behind it, I can only imagine the gain increasing with a mod like that.
I have no interest in a AT screen, but this does look to be a possible DIY choice.
Anytime you have light passing through the screen, you're losing valuable brightness and PQ to a degree. You might want to line the back with a bright white material, even BOC should help if you can't find some white board. I personally would use metalized Mylar... it's cheap, very thin, easy to attach to the back side of that screen, and highly reflective. If you can't find any, I can get you some for little money.
Also, would it be possible for you to post some screen shots comparing this screen with a white pannel... with various images, angles, and lighting conditions?
Thanks!
bud16415
01-11-07, 08:45 AM
This does look like a nice material, how thick is it and does light pass through it? Is it thin enough that it could possibly be used as a gray AT screen material? (Of course audio test would need to be done before calling it an AT screen...)
As interesting as this material is, didn't we go through almost this exact same thread six or so months ago? Someone found some cloth at Jo-Anns, posted some incredible shots, and then never posted the SKU. Whether they did that intentionally or not who knows, but it was a potential great find that others were also interested in but it went nowhere.
If you still have it, look at the receipt and the tag they pinned to the material. They have to scan the numbers on the end of the bolt, and then print out the price for the cashier. Also may I suggest to anyone fabric shopping to make a special effort to write down the information. That would be a definite plus for everyone, and sometimes Jo-Ann only has one bolt of a material, but if you have the information they usually can order more. Taking in a sample is usually useless to them and they also need the SKU and fabric numbers.
I think I’m having déjà vu all over again. :D
BOSS10L
01-11-07, 09:07 AM
Another wild goose chase.
Icedtea515
01-11-07, 01:56 PM
I might go to Joanne's this weekend to see if I can find it.
But with the inclement weather coming (Kansas City), who knows if I'll even be able to make it out of the driveway.
Hopefully I get my wood stove installed before it comes or it could be a very cold weekend.
steve68
01-11-07, 09:49 PM
I went to Joanne's tonight looking for the mystery fabric. I looked at every single fabric that resembled this. The closest I found was something called Flannel Back Satin Solid. Unfortunately they didn't have it in silver. There were about 5 or 6 different metallic colors, but no dice on silver. I asked someone there if silver was available and they said no. I'm not sure I fully believe them though.
edit:
A google search for flannel back satin turns up "Kasha Satin". This place offers it in both white and light gray, but it's $14.98 per meter. Not exactly cheap.
http://www.macpheeworkshop.com/
look under fabrics and then linings.
Steve
I have one near me, I'll check it out this weekend.
I have no interest in a AT screen, but this does look to be a possible DIY choice.
Anytime you have light passing through the screen, you're losing valuable brightness and PQ to a degree. You might want to line the back with a bright white material, even BOC should help if you can't find some white board. I personally would use metalized Mylar... it's cheap, very thin, easy to attach to the back side of that screen, and highly reflective. If you can't find any, I can get you some for little money.
Also, would it be possible for you to post some screen shots comparing this screen with a white pannel... with various images, angles, and lighting conditions?
Thanks!
Hi there,
I want to add a panel in the future, but no sure what. if it helps part of the screen in flat against the wall and a small portion extends out into open air with nothing behind it, and there is no noticeable drop in picture brightness?
regarding the how it looks with the light on, can really say, my projector bulb is well over its half life far more than 1000 hours, and I notice that it has indeed gone noticeably dimmer than before.
it looks like junk with ambient light on.
I went to best buys and they had a stewart firehawk screen up with a sharpvision 720p dlp projector, and the screen I use right now has a much better contrast ratio than what I saw in the showroom, which seemed to have trouble with blacks and color richness. of course could just be magnolia not calibrating the projector properly, but i did notice much less zip to the color on the firehawk.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/screendark.jpg
off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/screenlights.jpg
on
angle view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09659.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09660.jpg
some hd net
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09670.jpg
discovery hd
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09742.jpg
I might go to Joanne's this weekend to see if I can find it.
But with the inclement weather coming (Kansas City), who knows if I'll even be able to make it out of the driveway.
Hopefully I get my wood stove installed before it comes or it could be a very cold weekend.
Hey neighbor! Hope our local storm hacks don't hijack the airwaves during our games this weekend. I'm just west of KC on the Kansas side and was happy to find out Home Depot and Lowes carries Wilsonart Laminate in our area.
Right now my sports room is down to laying the carpet and then buying the goodies. When I pull the trigger on the Panny AX....I'll be building my screen. And after months of reading this site. I can see myself changing my mind from the Laminate DW with poly coating that Mech uses to possibly the CG Laminate after pj john posts his results. Or if Mississippi Man formulates another brillant concotion. And then theres Tiddler's tinkerings. Or........
The list goes on. All you DIY'ers rock!
Man, building the room. Designing a bar area. Calculating PJ distance and placement is a whole lot easier than picking out which screen to make.
And Boom goes the Dynamite.
it looks like junk with ambient light on.
That's a bummer! In the above shots, how many lights were on? What wattage? They appear to be shining directly on the screen. If that's the case I'd have to disagree with you on the ambient light statement.
mech
That's a bummer! In the above shots, how many lights were on? What wattage? They appear to be shining directly on the screen. If that's the case I'd have to disagree with you on the ambient light statement.
mech
I agree. It would REALLY help if you could throw a white panel over part of the screen so we can see how the fabric compares to a basic white screen.
Thanks for post the pics you've posted so far. :)
Hi there,
I want to add a panel in the future, but no sure what. if it helps part of the screen in flat against the wall and a small portion extends out into open air with nothing behind it, and there is no noticeable drop in picture brightness?
regarding the how it looks with the light on, can really say, my projector bulb is well over its half life far more than 1000 hours, and I notice that it has indeed gone noticeably dimmer than before.
it looks like junk with ambient light on.
I went to best buys and they had a stewart firehawk screen up with a sharpvision 720p dlp projector, and the screen I use right now has a much better contrast ratio than what I saw in the showroom, which seemed to have trouble with blacks and color richness. of course could just be magnolia not calibrating the projector properly, but i did notice much less zip to the color on the firehawk.
BTW, you can try placing a mirror behind part of the screen and see if that adds anything to the PQ. If it doesn't, there's no point in placing anything back there. ;)
I just got back from joann's
and they didnt have the fabric there anymore, I couldnt find it.
A while ago a few askes if it was baroque satin, I saw it over there, and it is NOT satin at all. The satin fabric has too much shine and is not stretchy like the one I use. The satin is almost a glossy finish while the one I use is more matte.
there was a similar looking fabric called silky dove, same texture and reflective properties but its about half the thickness, this fabric was much thinner than the one I use and semi transparent, while the one I use is not transparent.
Sorry for the bad news, but it doesnt look like this fabric is stocked in joanns anymore, either that or they are sold out.
Ill check back over there every few months if they do have it in stock, since now I have an even greater appreciation for the find, after seeing the firehawk.
On a side note, I found some metalized nylon fabric, its silver and super shiney, I was thinking about just stapling it to the back of my current diy and maybe boost the gain a bit?
Jim McC
01-12-07, 05:15 PM
RnB180, I'm glad you're happy with this fabric. But I don't understand why you posted this AGAIN without the SKU # or fabric name.
That's a bummer! In the above shots, how many lights were on? What wattage? They appear to be shining directly on the screen. If that's the case I'd have to disagree with you on the ambient light statement.
mech
thats with the rooom fully lit, the one above, its a small room and I use a bulb not sure what wattage, if its during the day, and when I close the blinds, natural ambient light is much less than the one above, in short it would look better with natural ambient light.
RnB180, I'm glad you're happy with this fabric. But I don't understand why you posted this AGAIN without the SKU # or fabric name.
I thought the other thread was long and forgotten and buried, and just recently I took some snapshots and im still amazed at how well it works with DIY screen.
So I just restarted the thread, to share the new shots I took in my excitement, I hope I didnt bother any of you. Please forgive me for my enthusiasm, I know its frustrating and not much help without the sku, all I can do is post close ups of the fabric and check back at joanns every so often.
I will keep posting in this thread if I ever do come across it again, but when I went to joannes, it just wasnt there :(
I agree. It would REALLY help if you could throw a white panel over part of the screen so we can see how the fabric compares to a basic white screen.
Thanks for post the pics you've posted so far. :)
sure, later maybe tonight Ill post a pic with a white sheet over the screen.
please forgive me for "still" not being able to find the sku, I went over there today and I couldnt find it there anymore, Ill check back there every few months or so, maybe it sold out during the Christmas season, as a lot of fabrics in the store was on sale, so I wouldnt rule out a possibility of it selling out.
I was asking the store clerk there for some help and she asked me why I needed a sku, and I told her that people online wanted to use it for projector screen fabric and she looked at me all funny.
You guys dragged me back into the DIY screen thing with this thread. I have been rather happy with my current white screen, but have always kept an eye out for a more reflective screen to use with my Sharp 12000. Today I went to Joanne's and just wandered around looking for something similar to what you have posted. It is so difficult to find a similar product just based on pictures.
I did find the following:
Crepe Back Satin
Steel Grey Crepe BAC
846-8597
Made in Japan, $7.99 a yard.
This is all on the bolt strip that came with the fabric.
I will test the fabric next to my white a little later and report back if I see any promise in this material.
A long time ago I made a great, highly reflective screen with silver PVC material. Problem was it hot spotted like crazy and I was able to tame the problem with a frosted plastic on top. However, when I made a 120" screen using the PVC, I had too many problems and trashed that idea.
I still look for a solution with the good properites of the silver PVC, but without the crazy hotspotting. I had high hope for the material listed here since you mentioned it did not hot spot.
The material I picked up today at Joannes is a litlle strechy, but not like a rubber backed material. It has some give in one direction, but not in the other.
You guys dragged me back into the DIY screen thing with this thread. I have been rather happy with my current white screen, but have always kept an eye out for a more reflective screen to use with my Sharp 12000. Today I went to Joanne's and just wandered around looking for something similar to what you have posted. It is so difficult to find a similar product just based on pictures.
I did find the following:
Crepe Back Satin
Steel Grey Crepe BAC
846-8597
Made in Japan, $7.99 a yard.
This is all on the bolt strip that came with the fabric.
I will test the fabric next to my white a little later and report back if I see any promise in this material.
A long time ago I made a great, highly reflective screen with silver PVC material. Problem was it hot spotted like crazy and I was able to tame the problem with a frosted plastic on top. However, when I made a 120" screen using the PVC, I had too many problems and trashed that idea.
I still look for a solution with the good properites of the silver PVC, but without the crazy hotspotting. I had high hope for the material listed here since you mentioned it did not hot spot.
The material I picked up today at Joannes is a litlle strechy, but not like a rubber backed material. It has some give in one direction, but not in the other.
not sure which one you found, I think stock in all stores are different, I saw some baroque satin fabric today, over there that was the same color as the one I found months ago, but had a much higher reflective surface, I tihnk satin may actually hotspot, please keep us updated on how it works out for you. Also the one im currently using has no backing, either side looks identical to each other.
Im really sad I cant find it anymore, I really think this may have been a hit with the DIY crowd. But these types of fabrics are flammable as they are polyester base, so thats something to keep in mind, its like the flame retardant material used in the pmanufactured screens.
Well, the material I got is not it. I put a 1 yd x 1yd piece on my screen, which is a white 1.0 gain screen. No dice, the material I used doesn't hot spot in the traditional sense. Instead it acts as a polarized filter. While moving around the room, from certain positions it is brighter all around than others. The colors were shifted and amazingly, the picture was darker than on my white screen.
No noticeable differance in total darkness. Just barely better in full light.
The big issue is that based on the screen shots posted here earlier of actual movie scenes, this is not the materail. Sorry guys.
aright before I go off to work I took some snapshots
these are taken during daytime viewing with a lot of ambient light leaking into the room, but the blinds are closed
here is a pic with a white posterboard placed over the screen, once aqain these pics are taken with ambient light in the room
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/comparison.jpg
zoomed and cropped
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/comparison2.jpg
Well, the material I got is not it. I put a 1 yd x 1yd piece on my screen, which is a white 1.0 gain screen. No dice, the material I used doesn't hot spot in the traditional sense. Instead it acts as a polarized filter. While moving around the room, from certain positions it is brighter all around than others. The colors were shifted and amazingly, the picture was darker than on my white screen.
No noticeable differance in total darkness. Just barely better in full light.
The big issue is that based on the screen shots posted here earlier of actual movie scenes, this is not the materail. Sorry guys.
can you post pics of how it looks?
Not worth the time and effort. The material I got is way off when compared to my white screen. It did not come even close to your screen shots.
finally got home and now I have total light control, these pics are taken in a completely dark room
using white posterboard held up to the screen for comparison
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/supeman2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/superman.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/supeman3.jpg
the screen is so difficult to photograph, pictures usually come out worse then they look in real life.
TeamSpeed
01-13-07, 06:47 AM
It appears that you have some material left over on the back of your screen frame, why not cut a 12" by 2 or 3" section off the excess and take it into JoAnns? I bet if you took the material back in, they would be able to help.
wbassett
01-13-07, 08:10 AM
RnB180... do you have any larger pieces left?
I now understand why you resurrected this thread and you intent is sincere :) Like I said earlier, we have learned something from this and that is to make notes when a potential find like this is discovered.
The material really does look fantastic as a screen, but I am curious about it in another aspect which is something I have never seen in here before... a gray AT screen...
If you have enough left over, would it be possible to put it over your front speakers and do an initial test to see if it interferes with the sound imaging at all? The only speakers you really need to try this on are the front and center channel speakers since they would be the ones people would put behind the material as a screen.
I'm sure someone somewhere has tested a gray AT screen, but I haven't seen it done in here before and this is some new ground that could be very interesting to investigate.
If it works, then Joann's is the next stop... they may not be able to identify it 100%, but I bet they can find something that's a match. The only negative side is dyes. I'll post some information on that after I finish a server deployment this morning, but dyes can be wildly inconsistant and are way more problematic than paint pigments, but we should at least explore this some more.
I agree with wbassett. It does look fantastic as a screen. And I think it does excellent in your ambient light shots. And it looks good off axis as well.
Would be nice if you could find the old receipt or something that would identify it cause this would be a cheaper than cheap screen. Add to all that the potential for AT... wow!
mech
I just got back from my local JF.
I think the material in question is what they call "Mystique". It's made of 90% polyester and 10% spandex, and is pretty stretchy in both directions. I found it in the 'Swim & Dance' fabrics. I did not see the exact fabric color in question, I don't think anyway... like was said above, it's hard to tell based on the pics provided. The material I found that was closest was called "White and Silver Mystique" (PN 762-8662). This material is white on the backside and is reflective silver on the front side. I grabbed a small strip and hung it on the wall. the image looks good, but it will certainly hot-spot being so reflective. :( FWIW, it would be fairly good material for a AT screen if we could find a suitable color.
Amazing... just amazing...
Cole Helget
01-13-07, 08:52 PM
all of this seems very repetitive............there is no way this screen can go undentified for so long, just cut a piece off and take it somewhere to get it identified.........it is not that difficult! I have a feeling there is some sort of sick enjoyment out of teasing everyone. Meanwhile, I have a blackout cloth projector screen at 97 inches made. I have light totally controlled, any suggestions to brighten up my image because I constantly have to use the brightest setting on my Epson Powerlite Home 10+ projector
wbassett
01-13-07, 09:07 PM
all of this seems very repetitive............there is no way this screen can go undentified for so long, just cut a piece off and take it somewhere to get it identified.........it is not that difficult! I have a feeling there is some sort of sick enjoyment out of teasing everyone. Meanwhile, I have a blackout cloth projector screen at 97 inches made. I have light totally controlled, any suggestions to brighten up my image because I constantly have to use the brightest setting on my Epson Powerlite Home 10+ projector
Seeing that Joann's has literally thousands of bolts of material it's not going to be quite that easy and I really doubt they will know the exact material. They may find something close, but not the same thing.
Colored cloth is done with dyes and as I mentioned eariler, dyes are not the same as paints. Two pieces if cloth could look close but the dyes could make for a very different look... this is even true between bolts of material.
hi there, mystique cant be it, because the fabric I found was the same on both sides.
Im kicking myself now, because I never thought it was important, when I first got the fabric I laid it over the old screen and it looked bad,
so I left it folded up in a bag for a few weeks and decided to build a screen with it for my birthday present. All of a sudden when the fabric is strecthed and flattened out, it looks 100 times better.
I never wouldve thought that it wouldve turned out as it did.
I would recommend people experiment with difference silver/light gray fabrics.
what I was looking for was a silver screen with a slight reflective surface, however not too much or itd hotspot, it was by total accident I even came across this.
no extra strips of fabric unfortunately, it was thrown out long ago :(
yay, I figured out how to set the camera correctly
new shots with the new camera settings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/kingdemo.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/miii.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09896.jpg
hi there, mystique cant be it, because the fabric I found was the same on both sides.(
It comes in all different colors. The one I was talking about just happened to be white on the back. Given that you said your screen is stretchy in both directions suggests it's the same material (or something with spandex in it).
I just found this thread and am no type of screen or fabric expert...but the picture of the surface & edges reminded me of a heavy fabric called duck cloth. That's my guess, anyway.
Edit: Actually, if the OP or someone else would like to see the cloth I'm talking about, I could probably send out some pieces I have. It wouldn't be in the mail for another week, but I'll offer to see if it's the same material or another competent one.
Darryl Zimmer
01-15-07, 02:13 PM
Hello,
This material maybe, just maybe what is called "Ironing Board Cover - Silver" I purchased some a few months ago from another fabric store in Colorado Springs.. It is silver on one side and sort of white on the other, it does stretch a little... It is listed on Joann's web page also... I used it as a screen for a while but went with BOC instead.. My front projector is rated at 800 L. and BOC gave me an brighter picture... It did work and no hot spoting..
I found some modding material on ebay, its called reflective mylar. and has 98% reflection properties of a mirror.
Im thinking about around february, Ill place an order and lining the back of the DIY screen with it. In hopes of increasing the gain and hoping it wont hotspot.
wish me luck.
jschwinck
01-18-07, 01:14 AM
Anybody pleazzzee help. I am wanting to build my first DIY screen and have heard nothing but good things about BOC. My problem is even at 110" Diag is cutting it close because of the 54" Wide Restrict. Anybody found any material I could get at Joanns that will produce at least as good as BOC or better maybe. I have a Infocus SP5000 PJ and want at least a 120" diag screen.
jimwhite
01-18-07, 08:21 AM
jschwinck.... check out the laminates thread and specifically Designer White....
:cool:
Anybody pleazzzee help. I am wanting to build my first DIY screen and have heard nothing but good things about BOC. My problem is even at 110" Diag is cutting it close because of the 54" Wide Restrict. Anybody found any material I could get at Joanns that will produce at least as good as BOC or better maybe. I have a Infocus SP5000 PJ and want at least a 120" diag screen.
I built my screen with a white material I picked up from Dazian fabrics. They used to sell it on eBay as "84" Wide Front Projection Screen Material". I do not see it currently advertized on eBay, but would guess they still have it. The material is much better than BOC. It is considerably thicker and is washable. It has a black backing and is about 1.0 gain. I use it with my Z12000 pj.
You may want to contact Dazian fabrics at http://www.dazian.com/ and see if they can locate it for you. The material I picked up was 84"x144" and was used on a 120" 16x9 screen. Cost was $144 shipped.
If you want something a little cheaper, an eBay seller by the name "moakes" sells some material that seems to be just like BOC. You can look at item 120072688281 to see what I am talking about. I have no idea what this material is or how good it is, but do know others have done DIY screens with this material. Price is better also.
stevem911
01-18-07, 09:16 PM
Call me a cynic, this post is a joke. I worked in the textile business for 15 years, and all this guy would have to do is call one on the east cost (that is where they all are), send them a sample, and whola. If you want, send me a piece...and i will have it figured out. I would give you a phone number but i have a feeling another 6 months would go buy. Put up or shut up, send me the fabric our quit messin around. Please. OR.....PM me and i will give you an address and contact to send it to. And if they dont recieve it within a couple weeks...then your full of crapola, which i believe you are anyway. Then again maybe im totallly wrong. ;)
greg1292
01-18-07, 11:07 PM
Yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :confused:
James A. McGahee
01-18-07, 11:32 PM
yay, I figured out how to set the camera correctly
new shots with the new camera settings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/kingdemo.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/miii.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09896.jpg
Do you know how to identify the material you used for your screen yet?
I would really like to know as I need to get going on a DIY screen and like the look you are getting. Hope you can help me.
Thanks-
jimwhite
01-19-07, 08:50 AM
this guy is a troll.... give it up, already :eek:
gonelong
01-19-07, 11:17 AM
YEs! Ive never been able to find the sku,
its stretchy and yes light can pass through it, it looks like this
here is a real close up of it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/RnBdiy/DSC09651.jpg
maybe this will be better help?
Any chance you could cut off a little swatch from what is showing in this picture?
GL
bigfish
01-19-07, 12:02 PM
Looks Like Silver Deluxe Satin SKU#7989924
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