I recently moved to a new house that has a dedicated HT room. The room is roughly 15'8" square. I've been reading through many of the threads here getting ideas, but it's a lot of information and I was hoping someone could help point me in the right direction on the screen.
The wall that the screen will be on is only 7' tall due to the roof line cutting the ceiling a bit (the room is on the 2nd story in the corner of the house). Most of the room has a 9' ceiling, but it slopes down to 7' tall starting 3' ft away from the wall on the screen side, and of the right-of-the-screen side of the room. The right side also has 3 windows, but I plan to block the light 100%. It has French doors in the center of the wall opposite the screen. There is a "bumpout" on the back left corner of the room that could be a good place for equipment, if I don't put it under the screen.
I taped off 110' and 120' sizes for 16x9, but I have some concerns/questions:
- Is that too big for the room? (the ceiling power outlet is 12' from the screen)
- The room's only vent is 17" behind the plug from the screen. If I put a projector right in front of the vent, is the projector going to shake when the air comes on?
- The room currently has a traditional light fixture dead center of the ceiling. I'm thinking about replacing it with something, maybe a ceiling fan with no light kit, but I don't want it to get in the way of the projector.
- The screen wall came textured like the rest of the house
- The wall is not perfectly flat - I have a 4' level and the right side of where the screen would be has a bulge vertically. It pushes the level about 1/4 inch away from the wall on either side.
- Is 16x9 the most....not sure what word to use here..."reasonable"...aspect ratio for a screen?
I was reading about TWH to paint on, but I don't think it comes any bigger than 4' x 8', which would be a little smaller than I was thinking (but maybe more appropriate for the room size?). Also, if I glued it to the wall, wouldn't that just make it follow the curve of the bump? Can you get more than one panel and join them together/cut to fit to make a bigger screen, or are the seems too much of a problem? I'm in the Dallas area, and I saw the thread about Wilsonart laminate, so that's a possibility for me too. Would you just use the laminate "as is", or would you paint it? Speaking of paint, I saw threads on Silver Fire v2.5 and also RS-MaxxMudd v2.5. I think I know the answer, but I have to ask, is there a reason you can't just take a sample to a paint store, have them scan it, and mix up a can to match?
I don't have a projector yet, so I'm open to suggestions there too. I'm leaning towards the DIY options for the screen because it sounds like you can get a better screen that way, but I'm not against paying if it makes sense. I don't have an official budget, but I don't think $3K for projector+screen would be out of the question, maybe more if there's a big difference.
Thanks in advance
The wall that the screen will be on is only 7' tall due to the roof line cutting the ceiling a bit (the room is on the 2nd story in the corner of the house). Most of the room has a 9' ceiling, but it slopes down to 7' tall starting 3' ft away from the wall on the screen side, and of the right-of-the-screen side of the room. The right side also has 3 windows, but I plan to block the light 100%. It has French doors in the center of the wall opposite the screen. There is a "bumpout" on the back left corner of the room that could be a good place for equipment, if I don't put it under the screen.
I taped off 110' and 120' sizes for 16x9, but I have some concerns/questions:
- Is that too big for the room? (the ceiling power outlet is 12' from the screen)
- The room's only vent is 17" behind the plug from the screen. If I put a projector right in front of the vent, is the projector going to shake when the air comes on?
- The room currently has a traditional light fixture dead center of the ceiling. I'm thinking about replacing it with something, maybe a ceiling fan with no light kit, but I don't want it to get in the way of the projector.
- The screen wall came textured like the rest of the house
- The wall is not perfectly flat - I have a 4' level and the right side of where the screen would be has a bulge vertically. It pushes the level about 1/4 inch away from the wall on either side.
- Is 16x9 the most....not sure what word to use here..."reasonable"...aspect ratio for a screen?
I was reading about TWH to paint on, but I don't think it comes any bigger than 4' x 8', which would be a little smaller than I was thinking (but maybe more appropriate for the room size?). Also, if I glued it to the wall, wouldn't that just make it follow the curve of the bump? Can you get more than one panel and join them together/cut to fit to make a bigger screen, or are the seems too much of a problem? I'm in the Dallas area, and I saw the thread about Wilsonart laminate, so that's a possibility for me too. Would you just use the laminate "as is", or would you paint it? Speaking of paint, I saw threads on Silver Fire v2.5 and also RS-MaxxMudd v2.5. I think I know the answer, but I have to ask, is there a reason you can't just take a sample to a paint store, have them scan it, and mix up a can to match?
I don't have a projector yet, so I'm open to suggestions there too. I'm leaning towards the DIY options for the screen because it sounds like you can get a better screen that way, but I'm not against paying if it makes sense. I don't have an official budget, but I don't think $3K for projector+screen would be out of the question, maybe more if there's a big difference.
Thanks in advance