I've had a dedicated home theater for probably 10 years. Recently, I "upgraded" my projector from a Sanyo PLV-70 to an Epson 8350. I put "upgraded" in quotes because I went from what was once about a $6000 projector to a ~$1000 projector and the Epson astonishingly bests the Sanyo pretty dramatically. This is just how far projector technology has come, which I obviously couldn't be more thrilled about.
I've also had a 96" DIY 16:9 screen for some time as well. It has been so long, but I think I used the Parkland Plastic material for it. It does fine, but now that I've seen so much improvement from the projector I'm wondering how far DIY screens and paint may have come as well so I log on to this forum to take a look and I'm just overwhelmed by all the information. I'm trying to absorb it all and I enjoy reading about it, but I still feel very challenged to choose what might best so I thought I might just ask.
Have other Epson 8350 owners or people who have already heavily researched this information come to a consensus on what substrate and paint might be best? I realize every environment and certain people's requirements might be different, but my hope is most people are turning to what might be sort of a single no-brainer solution. Again, I think my scenario might be pretty typical. Any thought on what might be best to save me from the huge amounts of trial and error I might put myself through working through different scenarios?
I've also had a 96" DIY 16:9 screen for some time as well. It has been so long, but I think I used the Parkland Plastic material for it. It does fine, but now that I've seen so much improvement from the projector I'm wondering how far DIY screens and paint may have come as well so I log on to this forum to take a look and I'm just overwhelmed by all the information. I'm trying to absorb it all and I enjoy reading about it, but I still feel very challenged to choose what might best so I thought I might just ask.
Have other Epson 8350 owners or people who have already heavily researched this information come to a consensus on what substrate and paint might be best? I realize every environment and certain people's requirements might be different, but my hope is most people are turning to what might be sort of a single no-brainer solution. Again, I think my scenario might be pretty typical. Any thought on what might be best to save me from the huge amounts of trial and error I might put myself through working through different scenarios?














