Laminate Screen Material and Testing! - Page 10

Which gray did you order?

(And another word of thanks to wbassett for all his hard work...)

I ordered grey. 1500-60

Does anyone happen to know the RGB values for do-able?

Thanks,

Thanks for the screen shots.
In the second shot, which has a seagull sitting on its eggs, the bird looks significantly more grey. The opposite is true on the shot of Brad Pitt on Troy. Did something different happen?

What glue is this (to attach laminate sheet to a frame/pegboard?) TIA.

I ordered a 5x10 of designer white from lowes last night. It came to $105 - a little more than i wanted to spend on the screen, but hopefully worth it

I'll post impressions and photos once I get it up, hopefully this weekend.

Can't explain it. I had the camera setup on a tripod and the 15sec timer on, used the same setup for all shots taking them in the course of about 45 mins total. I see from the exif that this is one of the shots I adjusted the zoom and shutter so that could have something to do with it but I don't think the changes would alter color, just brightness.


Here is the exif from the images:
Bird -
Focal 26mm
F22, 8..0 sec
ISO 100
Partial Metering

Brad:
Focal 28mm
F25 10 sec
ISO 100
Partial metering


I should have fifth element today so I can take a few more.

Problem now is I still have to figure out how to mount it. If it takes as long for me to figure that out as it did to get this far I will be too old to see the darn thing

Like your idea wbasset, what kind of glue did you use. Any concerns about warping? Will velcro hold the border, haven't tried it before?

Here's another option...

I ordered some of this and it came today...

http://mysticalley.com/berwick_velvetribbon.html

"VELTEX BLACK VELVET RIBBON
Completely waterproof veltex, velvet type, ribbon from Berwick.
2 3/4in x 25 yards per spool."



It was only $7.95 for 25 yds... I only needed about 12 yards, but I had to order 2 rolls to meet their minimum order.

So now I have enough for 4 large screens.

Looks like good stuff. I think it'd glue down nicely on the edges of the peg board above. Just miter the corners. I'll try to post some pics tonight.

Very nice work guys. Thanks.

Have a question to throw out there....wouldn't this stuff be a nice candidate for a curved screen?

Interesting...thank you for the feedback. Good read.

Have any Canadians found this material? All I found at HD up here is some formica.

King

I just received a call from Janovski Countertops in Markham On (905-475-0185)and the lady (Manny?) quoted me a price of $60 CDN + tax for a 4' x 8' sheet and $100 CDN + tax for a 5' x 12' sheet of Designer White. Not stocked but would take about two weeks to receive. Sounds like an even better deal than our friends south of the border

Very cool!

Thank you!

I think you think too much about posts vs separate threads.

A post asking if you should post your thoughts?!
"The purpose of this post is to get an idea whether I should post"

Don't worry about trying to maintain the purity of every thread. If you've got a post that's related to the topic, feel free to toss it in. If it takes on a life of it's own, spin it off into a separate thread.

Personally, I'd rather read one rambling thread with 3 or 4 related discussions instead of trying to track down 3 or 4 different threads... that way with one click I can catch up on the day's discussions.

Plus, when it eventually ends up in the archives, it might help someone in a couple of years who might ponder... "gee I wonder if they ever thought of applying a clear coat?"

As a tangent, as I was laying in bed, I wondered how buffed car wax would affect laminate... could it increase gain or would it just increase glare?

What sort of gain would this material be considered as?

from post #221 earlier in this thread:


gain is about 1.25

I'm using the Pionite 813 Ice White laminate, projector is a PLV-Z4, theater room has dark taupe walls with white ceiling and is completely black (can't see a thing) with lights and projector off.


I'm not sure what this means, if I'm close enough to the screen it is visible because of the SDE.

Before adding a velvet border, the position of the screen was very visible, but now it's hard to judge where the screen position actually is (is this what you mean by the above?)


Watching HD on PBS (Utah: National Parks) is phenomenal, it feels like you're actually there.


see above


I would like to have darker blacks, but not at the expense of an overall darker image.

I've tried taping a piece of aluminum foil (dull side out) to my screen, thats the screen I'd like... if it just didn't have the narrow viewing cone.


Re: laminate textures,

I've examined some laminate samples under an 8x optical magnifier...

Formica has the smoothest texture, followed by the Pionite, followed by the Wilsonart (coarsest). Texture on all three is only slightly larger than the DA-Lite HCCV sample I have.

Even though the Wilsonart Designer white is alot whiter than the Pionite Ice White under daylight, the projected image is darker than the Pionite... I think it may be due to the Wilsonart having a coarser texture and less sheen than the Pionite.

I also tried projecting an image on a larger (2'x4') piece of Formica and noticed a huge variance in the brightness where the panel had a slight bend in it. I think the smooth texture on the Formica may have some hotspotting issues with brighter PJs.

Also... if anyone's considering using manual 2.35:1 screen masks, rare-earth magnets can be placed behind the laminate to firmly hold a light weight mask to the screen.

That's exactly what I'm doing... using rare earth magnets to slide my top and bottom borders to match the content's aspect ratio.

Please elaborate. Size, type, where you got them etc.