DIY Screens for Projectors

[Big Lar]

Hiya 🙂 Just thought it might be informative to have a thread on screens that are Home Made, and of which materials those of us that have done it, have used.

I know AVS has tons of info on it, but many of us here never go there.

Here is mine:

89" screen, with use of 3/16" hardboard in a 1x2 wrap.

Paint is the Behr Flat ENAMEL UPW, without the Urethane finish.

Projector is the Infocus IN72, at 13' from the screen. Screen is used for both TV,(comcast), and DVD via an Oppo 970HD.

I tried the True Value "Winter Mountain", but the screen was too dark for TV viewing, not bad with dvd tho. Then I tried the UPW,(ultra pure white Latex), of Behr, but it lacked the Pop/pizaz that we look for.

With the above mentioned Enamel, it seems to be a good trade-off for me.

What do you folks have and run daily?

Larry

 

[pennylane]

I don't have one but my brother does. He's using some random screen he got from the movie theater he works at. It's cut to about 120". But the screen has holes in it (so it would be acoustically transparent) that were noticeable when watching movies at home (in the theater people sit far enough away so they can't see it).

So we decided to paint it. We went with Behr Silverscreen, recommended from avsforum. We're both pleased with the results, and the holes are no longer visible. It's supposed to improve contrast ratio but we haven't compared it to how it was before. We like the picture so it's staying.

 

[venkman]

White Wall works good for me.

My PJ is an old school 480p job that doesn't get used much anymore so i just shot a big picture at a white wall. The PQ isn't world beating, but it is pretty decent for a 480p projector projecting a 100+" screen.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Mine