[drpstudios]

Question for you experts,


I have been talking with my fiancee about painting the ceiling for the projector. Now, she's not to hot on the idea with just a strip being as it is in the living room. Nor the all color of black. Would a dark blue take away the light the way black does? We are somewhat looking of designs to paint it but need help. Thanks.

 

[Silverfox1]

If the top of your screen is within 1`Ft. or closer to your existing apparently light colored ceiling then a dark blue, burgandy, wine, green, etc. will work just fine. You can paint a Half-moon design extending from your screen on the ceiling or let the little lady do the design pattern.


Light will still reflect off the dark colored ceiling just not as bad as white. NO paint will totally absorb the light that I know of.


Paint is much cheaper then 5 sq.yds. of Black Velvet fabric tacked on the ceiling !!


Regards,

 

[bud16415]

The only thing I would add to the above post is buy the paint in the lowest luster base they have. Any dark color will work. Flat or Matte


I have a link below in my signature showing what I did with my ceiling. I kept it white all but in front of the screen. kept the room seeming brighter and did the job at the screen end.

 

[drpstudios]

Thank you for the replies so far. Bud, we have been admiring your work, and are thinking about doing your screen frame. Just the clarity of yours vs the other diy screens we have seen on the forums, she likes. There was one black setup I saw last night that was very stylish, had like the black coming out between two columns about 5-6'. If anyone has anymore advice, itd be much appreciated.

 

[bud16415]



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Originally Posted by drpstudios /forum/post/0


Thank you for the replies so far. Bud, we have been admiring your work, and are thinking about doing your screen frame. Just the clarity of yours vs the other diy screens we have seen on the forums, she likes. There was one black setup I saw last night that was very stylish, had like the black coming out between two columns about 5-6'. If anyone has anymore advice, itd be much appreciated.

Drpstudios


Thanks for the compliments. My movie room never set out to be much of a showplace it was mainly about budget and function. And more of a guys escape room. Its also part lab because being away from the rest of the house and the more formal I had no fears about doing anything unorthodox because if it didn't work I would just try something else. And when things did work and I thought someone else could benefit from some idea I had I would just post before and after shots and try and show the desired results. Everyone was doing the wide framed out screens and I wanted something with a different look and got the idea of the image just floating out in space in front of a black wall. I liked that look with and without a image projected on it the screen unframed. Looking back on the whole setup I think I broke about half the rules of the good home theater design guide. My screen is a attempt of about a year ago knowledge level as to what a neutral gray screen should be. Over the last year or so others and myself have made some great strides in getting closer to a 6500k neutral gray screen, and mine is actually closer to 7500k I believe. The thing is I find that gray much more pleasing to the eye when the lights are on than a true neutral gray, and my projector had no problems calibrating to the colder gray. I'm really quite happy with the simplicity of the screen and the campy feeling of the room.


I have recently made a few more changes in the room the biggest is a new type projector mount I came up with. I should be posting with photos of that today or tomorrow. I think it's a idea that will help a lot of people with mounting and getting the darn thing in the right spot so stay tuned.

 

[drpstudios]



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Originally Posted by bud16415 /forum/post/0


I have recently made a few more changes in the room the biggest is a new type projector mount I came up with. I should be posting with photos of that today or tomorrow. I think it's a idea that will help a lot of people with mounting and getting the darn thing in the right spot so stay tuned.

With my mount it will more than likely end up being one of the wall mounts or a shelf :\\ being that it is an apartment, i would need to find the beam in the roof, and ive never done mounting. Did you use one of the formulas around here, or was it one of your own concoctions? thanks.

 

[bud16415]



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Originally Posted by drpstudios /forum/post/0


With my mount it will more than likely end up being one of the wall mounts or a shelf :\\ being that it is an apartment, i would need to find the beam in the roof, and ive never done mounting. Did you use one of the formulas around here, or was it one of your own concoctions? thanks.

Below is a thread that I show and explain the latest concoction. I know apartment restrictions and drilling big holes and mounting pipes hanging down can be a problem.


Building something like this might be allowed because you will end up just making 4 tiny holes where the drywall screws go into the joists. When its taken down someday the repair will just be a tiny spackle spot.


In my early apartment dwelling days I used to fix tiny nail holes with a dab of white toothpaste

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=846744

 

[drpstudios]



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In my early apartment dwelling days I used to fix tiny nail holes with a dab of white toothpaste

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=846744

thats horrible LOL


Yeah i by accident hit a hole in my door, filled it up with wood filler and bam got all my deposit back