Roohster
Distinguished Member
Hi guys,
just made myself a fixed screen from blackout material, thought I may as well go for the biggest one I could fit in my lounge, so made it 90" x 51"!
I couldn't leave it fixed to the wall, as it has to go in front of the tv, so came up with a simple solution... I mounted it on one of those "portable clothes rails" - basically a bigtubular frame on wheels.
It works a treat, just wheel it into the lounge when I want to use the pj, wheel it back into the dining room when I've finished!
A cheap and neat solution!
Fabric £15
wood for fame £8
clothes rail £12 (from b&q)
A couple of questions:
What's the best way to add a black border? Velvet seems to be the most popular solution, but I cant find any velvet ribbon wider than 1".
Would grey screen cloth be a better option, or once I start buying "proper" screen material, would I be better off just buying a screen?
The pj is ceiling mounted, and obviously uses a fair mount of keystone correction.... as a result there is a lot of "overspill" of light below the screen (the "non picture" area) - any way round this? Suppose I could just try mounting the projector on a longer pole....
just made myself a fixed screen from blackout material, thought I may as well go for the biggest one I could fit in my lounge, so made it 90" x 51"!
I couldn't leave it fixed to the wall, as it has to go in front of the tv, so came up with a simple solution... I mounted it on one of those "portable clothes rails" - basically a bigtubular frame on wheels.
It works a treat, just wheel it into the lounge when I want to use the pj, wheel it back into the dining room when I've finished!
A cheap and neat solution!
Fabric £15
wood for fame £8
clothes rail £12 (from b&q)
A couple of questions:
What's the best way to add a black border? Velvet seems to be the most popular solution, but I cant find any velvet ribbon wider than 1".
Would grey screen cloth be a better option, or once I start buying "proper" screen material, would I be better off just buying a screen?
The pj is ceiling mounted, and obviously uses a fair mount of keystone correction.... as a result there is a lot of "overspill" of light below the screen (the "non picture" area) - any way round this? Suppose I could just try mounting the projector on a longer pole....