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Posted by MrC1 on March 28, 2005, 12:41 am
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I'm building a projector-based theater and think I'm going to try to make
the screen be a framed section of the room's back wall. It will be
carefully prepped, painted with the special screen paint, framed, etc. but I
wonder... how much better would the picture be if I just went with a decent
"real" screen?
Opinions? Anyone try this and do a comparison? I'm thinking it may turn
out pretty decent as long as the wall is nice and flat and I use a good
"screen paint" on it.
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Posted by Kubez on March 28, 2005, 8:13 am
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> I'm building a projector-based theater and think I'm going to try to
> make the screen be a framed section of the room's back wall. It will
> be carefully prepped, painted with the special screen paint, framed,
> etc. but I wonder... how much better would the picture be if I just
> went with a decent "real" screen?
>
> Opinions? Anyone try this and do a comparison? I'm thinking it may
> turn out pretty decent as long as the wall is nice and flat and I use
> a good "screen paint" on it.
I have done this and it actually compares favorably to several screens
I've tried. Obviously you don't have to worry about whether or not the
surface is flat :-).
Even with 1.0 gain screens from Draper and DaLite I had some problems.
The Draper had some shine, and I could see reflections of my projector's
CRT guns. The DaLite had some shiny unevenness too. I've gone back to
using the wall. 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of Sherwin Williams eggshell
white.
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> make the screen be a framed section of the room's back wall. It will
> be carefully prepped, painted with the special screen paint, framed,
> etc. but I wonder... how much better would the picture be if I just
> went with a decent "real" screen?
>
> Opinions? Anyone try this and do a comparison? I'm thinking it may
> turn out pretty decent as long as the wall is nice and flat and I use
> a good "screen paint" on it.