Hi All,
Hi All,
I've been wanting to do this for a few years now but have been busy with our indoor cinema. When I was on vacation and found the screen at a Wal-Mart I decided that I would wait until I got home to get started. I found out from a posting from backyardtheater.com of someone local to me that found it at Wal-Mart about 35min from me. After already checking with other Wal-Marts closer to me and getting that crazy look of "What is it you're looking for" I headed to the store where I knew it was to be had. Brought it home and unboxed it. Took about 25 min to set it up. (Just Me) This thing stood tall. (I'm 6'6") But standing back from it I kinda felt like it might not be big enough for my taste. The fan noise was something I wanted to pay attention to as that could be the deal breaker for me. The fans do put out some noise up close, but I found that once the movie started they fell back behind the volume. It also wasn't too bad with the volume low.
System:
Using an Ampro 150 LCD projector (Free with new lamp)
Xbox with XBMC and connected to my network for total movie access. $50
Bose321 system just to get the sound going.
$175
Gammy 149" Screen $199
Spending time watching a couple of movies that night it was fun. The wife came home and found me in the back yard watching and she said it's a good size screen lets keep it and we can make it portable for trips and at her parents house for the superbowl party. So I guess I'll be keeping this and just finetune the wires and make a projector stand that it easy to level with the screen. Also make a starter DVD to finish this out.
So if you want a simple screen setup and take down go for this one. It's a nice screen.
Have fun,
Chris
Hi All,
I've been wanting to do this for a few years now but have been busy with our indoor cinema. When I was on vacation and found the screen at a Wal-Mart I decided that I would wait until I got home to get started. I found out from a posting from backyardtheater.com of someone local to me that found it at Wal-Mart about 35min from me. After already checking with other Wal-Marts closer to me and getting that crazy look of "What is it you're looking for" I headed to the store where I knew it was to be had. Brought it home and unboxed it. Took about 25 min to set it up. (Just Me) This thing stood tall. (I'm 6'6") But standing back from it I kinda felt like it might not be big enough for my taste. The fan noise was something I wanted to pay attention to as that could be the deal breaker for me. The fans do put out some noise up close, but I found that once the movie started they fell back behind the volume. It also wasn't too bad with the volume low.
System:
Using an Ampro 150 LCD projector (Free with new lamp)
Xbox with XBMC and connected to my network for total movie access. $50
Bose321 system just to get the sound going.
$175
Gammy 149" Screen $199
Spending time watching a couple of movies that night it was fun. The wife came home and found me in the back yard watching and she said it's a good size screen lets keep it and we can make it portable for trips and at her parents house for the superbowl party. So I guess I'll be keeping this and just finetune the wires and make a projector stand that it easy to level with the screen. Also make a starter DVD to finish this out.
So if you want a simple screen setup and take down go for this one. It's a nice screen.
Have fun,
Chris