I was using my X1 on a white wall at about 100" wide. It looked great at first, but percieved blacks kind of began to bother me on certain DVDs for TV shows (Angel & Buffy, which can be quite dark at time) and movies began to bother me.
I experimented with different screens and colors, and now I'm using a light-medium brown screen (except it's not really screen material). I think the picture looks much better now. I had to do a lot of adjusting, but I got excellent results. The blacks look great. The skin tones now look much better and I never get that feeling that the picture looks washed out.
It looks great now. It now feels better than being in the theater and I would say that I think the picture quality looks as good or better than my 55" HD ready set.
I would love to make a real brown screen (possibly using screen or canvas material and painting it brown) that had a little bit of gain though for days when I can't block out all of the light. Anyone know what kind of paint I could get that would reflect the light a little better?
Thanks!
I experimented with different screens and colors, and now I'm using a light-medium brown screen (except it's not really screen material). I think the picture looks much better now. I had to do a lot of adjusting, but I got excellent results. The blacks look great. The skin tones now look much better and I never get that feeling that the picture looks washed out.
It looks great now. It now feels better than being in the theater and I would say that I think the picture quality looks as good or better than my 55" HD ready set.
I would love to make a real brown screen (possibly using screen or canvas material and painting it brown) that had a little bit of gain though for days when I can't block out all of the light. Anyone know what kind of paint I could get that would reflect the light a little better?
Thanks!