dunkyboy
Active Member
Hi, I'm buying my mate's Hitachi CP-X325 4:3 XGA projector and was hoping to get it set up in my new room (about 3.5m x 5m). Unfortunately, if I want to project along the length of the room (and I'm almost certain I do, in order to get an 8-foot screen 
), my options are somewhat limited. On one of the walls there's a door in the way, and on the other, there's a big bay window.
Now, I'm looking for inspiration on how to set up a screen in front of the bay window. It's almost exactly 8 feet wide from one side to the other, so it might just work. I obviously don't want to have it permanently blocking the window (i'm not quite *that* much of a fanatic), so I either need some sort of pull-down (or pull-up?) fabric screen, or an MDF screen that I could keep to one side and move into position for movies, maybe on some sort of frame?
It's a high ceiling (11-foot?) so ceiling mounting seems a bit impractical, but I dunno - might be doable.
The thing is, I'm on a very tight budget - I want to spend as little as possible, so a "proper" screen would almost certainly be too much £££.
So, anyone got any cunning suggestions? I'll see if I can get a picture of the situation up sometime soon (I haven't moved in yet, though, so I don't know when I'll be able to do it). Cheers,
Dunc
P.S. - I intend to get a good set of blackout curtains for the window, so I shouldn't have to worry too much about light coming in from behind the screen (I hope...)
), my options are somewhat limited. On one of the walls there's a door in the way, and on the other, there's a big bay window.Now, I'm looking for inspiration on how to set up a screen in front of the bay window. It's almost exactly 8 feet wide from one side to the other, so it might just work. I obviously don't want to have it permanently blocking the window (i'm not quite *that* much of a fanatic
), so I either need some sort of pull-down (or pull-up?) fabric screen, or an MDF screen that I could keep to one side and move into position for movies, maybe on some sort of frame?It's a high ceiling (11-foot?) so ceiling mounting seems a bit impractical, but I dunno - might be doable.
The thing is, I'm on a very tight budget - I want to spend as little as possible, so a "proper" screen would almost certainly be too much £££.
So, anyone got any cunning suggestions? I'll see if I can get a picture of the situation up sometime soon (I haven't moved in yet, though, so I don't know when I'll be able to do it). Cheers,
Dunc
P.S. - I intend to get a good set of blackout curtains for the window, so I shouldn't have to worry too much about light coming in from behind the screen (I hope...)
