Home Theater Screens

[jetute]

I have a fixed screen (bought one) and a friend of friend has one that he made from that blockout material. Now from what I havw been told it works fine and is very cheap, but you do get better colour out of the propper bought one. As it has a certain amount of reflectivity in it to help the colour bightness. APPARENTLY!

Now as for the paint on wall situation....I did find a new paint just recently from one of the home theatre mobs web sites here in australia that sold it but I can't find it at the moment. And it give you that extra reflectivity that you need for the better colour representation. Also one other thing that I was told is that the wall must be purrfect or else you will distortion in the oicture and you will see it. And as everone knows subbies these days don't give two hoots about putting stuff up in construction and the chances ure that it will be wavey.One way combat this is to line the wall in the 13mm platerboard rather than the usual 10mm to take out any impurfections but they still need to be good to set the joins as not to see it when you project light onto it.

If you dont believe me tonight when you turn on your lights at home have a look along your ceiling and you will see all the lumps and bumps. So if you are like me and want the best result go with the fixed screen as this will give th best result. Also stay away from pull down screens as these too tend to get waves in them especially when you have an open window, air-con, or as you create a draft when walking pact them.

I hope this has been of some help to you guys

Mick.

yes, the wall has to be perfect... this is why you use prep coat (level 5 wall) and you cant get a wall more perfect.

paint needs to have a ceramic pigment in it for best results... both need to sprayed

with prep coat you will not see joints... that's the beauty of it

[sykes]

Here is a pic of my screen.

It was about $900 from memory (installed) and I am note sure of the size? All I know is the width of the wall from opening to opening where the screen is fixed is 2.6m wide, so it is pretty big!

Mick

HomeTheatreScreen.bmp

Edited 03/11/05 06:57 AM by sykes

[XtRmn8]

On ya Jet.

You're a bloody legend.

What dot he products cost?  I bet it's a lot cheaper than paying for a custom screen.

I looked into doing a paint-on (spary-on) screen and found this product, which can be bought in Australia. CLICK HERE

It would be the easiest option and would cost me about $400 just for the paint, but then when I move house I can not take it with me!

Building my own screen will cost me under $200 easy.

[sykes]

I have a fixed screen (bought one) and a friend of friend has one that he made from that blockout material. Now from what I havw been told it works fine and is very cheap, but you do get better colour out of the propper bought one. As it has a certain amount of reflectivity in it to help the colour bightness. APPARENTLY!

Now as for the paint on wall situation....I did find a new paint just recently from one of the home theatre mobs web sites here in australia that sold it but I can't find it at the moment. And it give you that extra reflectivity that you need for the better colour representation. Also one other thing that I was told is that the wall must be purrfect or else you will distortion in the oicture and you will see it. And as everone knows subbies these days don't give two hoots about putting stuff up in construction and the chances ure that it will be wavey.One way combat this is to line the wall in the 13mm platerboard rather than the usual 10mm to take out any impurfections but they still need to be good to set the joins as not to see it when you project light onto it.

If you dont believe me tonight when you turn on your lights at home have a look along your ceiling and you will see all the lumps and bumps. So if you are like me and want the best result go with the fixed screen as this will give th best result. Also stay away from pull down screens as these too tend to get waves in them especially when you have an open window, air-con, or as you create a draft when walking pact them.

I hope this has been of some help to you guys

Mick.

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yes, the wall has to be perfect... this is why you use prep coat (level 5 wall) and you cant get a wall more perfect.

paint needs to have a ceramic pigment in it for best results... both need to sprayed

with prep coat you will not see joints... that's the beauty of it

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Cool Jet,

I kind of wish I knew a little bit more about this before, but I am very happy with my settup!

Mick

[XtRmn8]

prep coat is $80 for 18 litres

paint about $50 for 4 litres

you can apply these straight onto your existing wall and get your self a top quality screen.

jetute,

Just a few questions for you! If I build a portable screen out of something like thin MDF, can this "prep coat" and "screen paint" go on the wood?? Might be a bit heavy?

What are the actual product names for the "prep coat" and "screen paint" because those prices are very good?

If they are really that cheap then I might just paint them straight on the wall. Here in WA internal walls are brick so they are plastered and are very smooth. So I might be able to get away with a sand down to get rid of any imperfections, couple of coats of undercoat another quick sand and then the "screen paint"?

Cheers

[shockF6]

I used a sheet of melamine for my screen

I found that with a gloss paint you get hot spots in the screen from the reflection that looked

my screen cost me less than $100 in a room that cost me over $35k but im happy with it

[XtRmn8]

I used a sheet of melamine for my screen  :lickmahpussy:

......what is melamine??

[nang3]

heres a couple of cheap projectors

http://dma.net.au/index.php?action=listProducts&scid=283

not Infocus quality but im sure they'd be good enough..

I can get them at cost if anyone wants;

Spower 100" for $280

Spower 80" for $880

Spower 92" for $220

[jetute]

prep coat is $80 for 18 litres

paint about $50 for 4 litres

you can apply these straight onto your existing wall and get your self a top quality screen.

jetute,

Just a few questions for you! If I build a portable screen out of something like thin MDF, can this "prep coat" and "screen paint" go on the wood?? Might be a bit heavy?

What are the actual product names for the "prep coat" and "screen paint" because those prices are very good?

If they are really that cheap then I might just paint them straight on the wall. Here in WA internal walls are brick so they are plastered and are very smooth. So I might be able to get away with a sand down to get rid of any imperfections, couple of coats of undercoat another quick sand and then the "screen paint"?

Cheers

prep coat is a plaster based product made in America by Hamilton... is availble in QLD via pro plaster. (prep coat is the actual product name)... remember to sand lightly with a fine grade sand paper to give it a glass feel b4 you apply your paint.

Any paint is fine as long as you have a ceramic pigment in it.... this is what screen paints have in it... I will just use Taubmans easy coat low sheen which has a ceramic pigment in it. much cheaper then buying a similar product (paint) from the screen paint companies.

yeah MDF is fine as long as you spray 5-10 coats of prep coat.. and spray on your top coat.

[XtRmn8]

prep coat is a plaster based product made in America by Hamilton... is availble in QLD via pro plaster. (prep coat is the actual product name)... remember to sand lightly with a fine grade sand paper to give it a glass feel b4 you apply your paint.

Any paint is fine as long as you have a ceramic pigment in it.... this is what screen paints have in it... I will just use Taubmans easy coat low sheen which has a ceramic pigment in it. much cheaper then buying a similar product (paint) from the screen paint companies.

yeah MDF is fine as long as you spray 5-10 coats of prep coat..  and spray on your top  coat.

Thanks mate! I might look into the some of the paints and see what I can get that has ceramic pigment in it. As I said it would go on a plastered wall so it is already very smooth and I would sand the screen section back even more to give it a glass like smoothness.

Cheers!