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2/2/07 at 8:22am

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Hi guys, I went from a blackout cloth screen to the free matte white optima pulldown screen that came with my projector. I'm using it in a dedicated theatre, complete light controlled & ceiling mounted with a 92" 16x9 screen
I want to upgrade to a fixed wall screen and was looking at the Carada brilliant white, since I'm in Canada I have to deal with exchange rates and extra shipping duties etc - the Carada will put in the $1000 landed range, the other option I may have is that I have good friend who has ties to a Da-lite dealer who may get me a deal locally.
So in short what screens are you guys using with the HD70? Any do's or don'ts?

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2/2/07 at 9:34am

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Originally Posted by tiddler

First thought is to point you to the Laminates thread. You will be able to make a 92" screen from a standard 4'x8' sheet.

The second thing that comes to mind would be to suggest you take a look at the FnEasy DIY Painted Screen Solution thread.

Finally there is a Canadian source that I have had very good service from and that is EastPorters.com.

Thanks for the info, I've done the DIY stuff for years and am looking to move up - are the eastporter screens any good?

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2/2/07 at 10:16am

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I put HD70 in the search engine and came up with this thread asking for screen rec's that maybe of help:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...highlight=hd70

There were others too.

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2/2/07 at 12:01pm

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I'm using the Da-lite high contrast matte white, and it looks pretty good. 1.1 gain, so wide viewing angle. I understand the Carada does not put out as much light for what's called out as the same gain.

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2/13/07 at 8:51am

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Well, I ended up going with the Carada BW and have not regretted the decision at all. I am putting up samples next to it of the materials I was considering and am glad I went the way I did.