First I would like to thank everyone in the dedicated theater design and construction area of AVS and all their help.
The Screen in a word is amazing I made it constant image area 2.0:1 so over all it is 126"x65" that gives me
126"x52" 2.40:1 with 136" diag, 6 12" bars top and bottom
126"x54" 2.35:1 with 137" diag, 5 1/2" bars top and bottom
120"x65" 1.85:1 with 137" diag, (man this size make it like being there) 3" bars both sides
116"x65" 16x9 with 133" diag. 5" bars both sides
So in the way the best of both worlds If I would have done a 2.40:1 screen 126" wide my 16x9 size would have been 92"x52" with 106" diag. If I would have done 16X9 65" tall my 2.40:1 would have been 116"x48" 126" diag.
I wanted to try something different for the super bowl so I tested last week on Avatar which is 16x9. Essentialy I just blew it up the 16x9 image to fit the 2.40:1 image width. Since it is 2.0:1 screen what I had was a image 126" wide x 65" tall. there was about 4" of over scan into the velvet at the bottom of the screen. It was huge. a total of 142" of image on the screen. The game looked great that size.
this image was from my Samsung Galaxy S5 trust me the image and screen are square the trapeziod in the picture is due to how I was holding my phone.
Form front saet no zoom
that is 142" Dia in your face
Second row with sconce off
with sconce on low the Insteon dimmers are great with these LEDs I can dim to les than 10% before they turn off
I was going to do the now famous Big minimalist screen wall but could not find any 5/4 fingered join pine anywhere. They only carry the 1” which is more like 5/8” so we decided to beef it up with a 2x4/MDF/2x4 sandwich. http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_170339-1.jpg.html
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_170353-1.jpg.html
a little dark brown paint I know it is not black but it is what I had (saving black for screen frame)
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_185221-1.jpg.html
The inside 2/4 was 3 ½” shorter top and bottom to accommodate our install method. Same with the cross beam
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_185257-1.jpg.html
We fastened a 2x4 to a piece of MDF and attached to the ceiling. Then we used a plumb to locate the bottom plate. Sorry for the blurry Pics
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_141447.jpg.html
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_141514-1.jpg.html
then we installed the inside 2x4 with ears for the cross beam to mount
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_100248.jpg.html
from behind you see the ears
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_095149-1.jpg.html
after that we installed the 2x4/OSB which was screwed to the finger joined pine
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_100314-1.jpg.html
and there you have it
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130929_200307.jpg.html[/URL
The Screen in a word is amazing I made it constant image area 2.0:1 so over all it is 126"x65" that gives me
126"x52" 2.40:1 with 136" diag, 6 12" bars top and bottom
126"x54" 2.35:1 with 137" diag, 5 1/2" bars top and bottom
120"x65" 1.85:1 with 137" diag, (man this size make it like being there) 3" bars both sides
116"x65" 16x9 with 133" diag. 5" bars both sides
So in the way the best of both worlds If I would have done a 2.40:1 screen 126" wide my 16x9 size would have been 92"x52" with 106" diag. If I would have done 16X9 65" tall my 2.40:1 would have been 116"x48" 126" diag.
I wanted to try something different for the super bowl so I tested last week on Avatar which is 16x9. Essentialy I just blew it up the 16x9 image to fit the 2.40:1 image width. Since it is 2.0:1 screen what I had was a image 126" wide x 65" tall. there was about 4" of over scan into the velvet at the bottom of the screen. It was huge. a total of 142" of image on the screen. The game looked great that size.
this image was from my Samsung Galaxy S5 trust me the image and screen are square the trapeziod in the picture is due to how I was holding my phone.
Form front saet no zoom
that is 142" Dia in your face
Second row with sconce off
with sconce on low the Insteon dimmers are great with these LEDs I can dim to les than 10% before they turn off
I was going to do the now famous Big minimalist screen wall but could not find any 5/4 fingered join pine anywhere. They only carry the 1” which is more like 5/8” so we decided to beef it up with a 2x4/MDF/2x4 sandwich. http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_170339-1.jpg.html
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_170353-1.jpg.html
a little dark brown paint I know it is not black but it is what I had (saving black for screen frame)
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_185221-1.jpg.html
The inside 2/4 was 3 ½” shorter top and bottom to accommodate our install method. Same with the cross beam
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_185257-1.jpg.html
We fastened a 2x4 to a piece of MDF and attached to the ceiling. Then we used a plumb to locate the bottom plate. Sorry for the blurry Pics
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_141447.jpg.html
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130923_141514-1.jpg.html
then we installed the inside 2x4 with ears for the cross beam to mount
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_100248.jpg.html
from behind you see the ears
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_095149-1.jpg.html
after that we installed the 2x4/OSB which was screwed to the finger joined pine
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130924_100314-1.jpg.html
and there you have it
http://s629.photobucket.com/user/cw5billwade/media/theater/20130929_200307.jpg.html[/URL