I messed up, so no need to point it out!!
When I was finishing my HT a year ago, I wasn't ready to buy a screen. I reaseached these pages, but finally just painted the wall white using a "Pure White". I am in fully light controlled with black ceiling, blackish carpet and dark red walls. The result was great, and I had no problem with the picture. Plenty bright, even my my PT-AX100U at eco mode. Only issue was not having a black border.
I saw a cheap screen material on ebay, that got pretty good reviews here and on ebay,. Figured that I would build my frame, so I could change out the screen material later, and add a design where I add a black rectangle left and right, and over/below the screen.
I got the screen material. Looked heavy, slightly shiny white (claimed gain of 1.0) and a black back. Lifted it up in front of the projector, and figured it looked good. I installed a frame on the wall using poplar 1x4s, and mounted the screen material. The black borders would be added later. Well...
I immediately noticed that you can SEE the screen on the picture. In highlighted areas of a movie, you can see a pattern that moves the opposite way of the camera scan. I had never noticed that with my painted wall. Is that due to cheap screen material, or will I see that on a more expensive screen material as well?
Also the sheen on the material is distracting. The picture probably looks slightly better with low lights, but I would not sacrafice my no-light picture experience. Any comments?
I am going to detach part of the screen so I can do a full comparison.
Finally - and this may be fixed - I notice once or twice that the whole screen shook. As I mounted the screen material on the front of the frame, there is no rear support, and even though it is tight, you can create s slight shimmer if you poke it. Booms from the subwoofer seemed to accomplish that trick
Sigh... Just created a lot of work for nothing
When I was finishing my HT a year ago, I wasn't ready to buy a screen. I reaseached these pages, but finally just painted the wall white using a "Pure White". I am in fully light controlled with black ceiling, blackish carpet and dark red walls. The result was great, and I had no problem with the picture. Plenty bright, even my my PT-AX100U at eco mode. Only issue was not having a black border.
I saw a cheap screen material on ebay, that got pretty good reviews here and on ebay,. Figured that I would build my frame, so I could change out the screen material later, and add a design where I add a black rectangle left and right, and over/below the screen.
I got the screen material. Looked heavy, slightly shiny white (claimed gain of 1.0) and a black back. Lifted it up in front of the projector, and figured it looked good. I installed a frame on the wall using poplar 1x4s, and mounted the screen material. The black borders would be added later. Well...
I immediately noticed that you can SEE the screen on the picture. In highlighted areas of a movie, you can see a pattern that moves the opposite way of the camera scan. I had never noticed that with my painted wall. Is that due to cheap screen material, or will I see that on a more expensive screen material as well?
Also the sheen on the material is distracting. The picture probably looks slightly better with low lights, but I would not sacrafice my no-light picture experience. Any comments?
I am going to detach part of the screen so I can do a full comparison.
Finally - and this may be fixed - I notice once or twice that the whole screen shook. As I mounted the screen material on the front of the frame, there is no rear support, and even though it is tight, you can create s slight shimmer if you poke it. Booms from the subwoofer seemed to accomplish that trick
Sigh... Just created a lot of work for nothing
