I was just in my backyard, and was thinking it would be nice to watch TV/movies out there sometimes. I have a window there, the top half is 28" wide by 20" high. At first I thought I could just put a TV there, but that's boring. So then I thought about doing rear projection onto the window, or somehow replacing the window with a rear projection material. But it's still small.
So then I started thinking about projecting through the window, to a rear projection screen mounted somewhere near the window in my backyard. Obviously, my window is not optical glass, but is it just a matter of losing a (small) percentage of lumens to the glass?
How effective is rear projection in general? The fact that the image has to go through the screen to the viewer, I'm assuming you lose some more lumens? Is the screen extra-expensive, compared with a front projection screen? Can the screens get wet? Also, compared to front projection, is there any hope in daylight?
Thanks!
Mike
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So then I started thinking about projecting through the window, to a rear projection screen mounted somewhere near the window in my backyard. Obviously, my window is not optical glass, but is it just a matter of losing a (small) percentage of lumens to the glass?
How effective is rear projection in general? The fact that the image has to go through the screen to the viewer, I'm assuming you lose some more lumens? Is the screen extra-expensive, compared with a front projection screen? Can the screens get wet? Also, compared to front projection, is there any hope in daylight?
Thanks!
Mike
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