shroud
Novice Member
We've been using a 2m wide Ikea Tupplur blind as a projector screen for about a month now. The reason why we went with this cheap option is that mounting a real projector screen on our wall would require some more planning due to the size of the case and the overall weight. I'll spare you the details, but we decided that for the moment it was much easier to get the smaller and lighter Tupplur as a temporary screen, so that we don't have to wait any longer before enjoying some movies.
Overall the image looks pretty good to us. We went for the grey version of Tupplur, and the brightness is still quite good even as we are constantly using our projector in "eco" mode. It is of course darker than the TV, but actually not that much. On the other hand, I think the grey screen is actually helping us a lot getting good darkness level from our low-end projector. This was the reason why we picked the grey Tupplur over the white one, because our living room is not pitch dark. The screen also doesn't have any ripple, and we don't notice any texture while watching.
However it does have one bad flaw... it's not really flat near the edges. It clearly bends forward both on the left and right side equally. Because of this, you can see that the top edge of the projected picture is not straight horizontally, but "bends down" a few inches, starting around 20cm from the edge.
I was wondering if anyone else using an Ikea Tupplur as a screen had the same problem, and if you have found a way to lessen the effect. For instance, if I gently grab one of the screen's top-side corners with my hand and pull it outward even just a little bit, this creates enough tension to make the screen a lot more flat, and the bad effect disappears. I wonder if there's any hack to create this tension more permanently.
Overall the image looks pretty good to us. We went for the grey version of Tupplur, and the brightness is still quite good even as we are constantly using our projector in "eco" mode. It is of course darker than the TV, but actually not that much. On the other hand, I think the grey screen is actually helping us a lot getting good darkness level from our low-end projector. This was the reason why we picked the grey Tupplur over the white one, because our living room is not pitch dark. The screen also doesn't have any ripple, and we don't notice any texture while watching.
However it does have one bad flaw... it's not really flat near the edges. It clearly bends forward both on the left and right side equally. Because of this, you can see that the top edge of the projected picture is not straight horizontally, but "bends down" a few inches, starting around 20cm from the edge.
I was wondering if anyone else using an Ikea Tupplur as a screen had the same problem, and if you have found a way to lessen the effect. For instance, if I gently grab one of the screen's top-side corners with my hand and pull it outward even just a little bit, this creates enough tension to make the screen a lot more flat, and the bad effect disappears. I wonder if there's any hack to create this tension more permanently.