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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #408005 11/07/14 11:43 PM
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2nd...

You could add a solid partition wall with 3' opening into the DR.
Black out cloth on the windows and a fold up screen and you're off.
Your mains will still be out into the room, the screen and speakers will be out of harms way, You could have two rows of seating,.....


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
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Originally Posted By: Serenity_Now
Just to totally 180 your train of thought.

Can the screen pull down in front of your balcony window? Fixed frame is a bad idea personally. It will dominate your small space when you arent using it. This is not a dedicated space. It will look extremely "bachelor" in there otherwise. laugh

The mains will flank the screen and you have 2 juicy walls for surrounds. The center channel will have to be mounted above the pulldown frame aiming at the listening position. When not watching a movie you are listening to tunes gazing out your balcony. Could be cool.


This is what I was thinking as well. Put the screen in front of your major light source.

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fredk #408009 11/08/14 12:53 AM
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It works. smile

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Originally Posted By: Serenity_Now
Just to totally 180 your train of thought.

Can the screen pull down in front of your balcony window? Fixed frame is a bad idea personally. It will dominate your small space when you arent using it. This is not a dedicated space. It will look extremely "bachelor" in there otherwise. laugh

The mains will flank the screen and you have 2 juicy walls for surrounds. The center channel will have to be mounted above the pulldown frame aiming at the listening position. When not watching a movie you are listening to tunes gazing out your balcony. Could be cool.


Well, that would be a step up. smile

Hmm, I could turn it 180. Is it much better to have the ambient light source behind the screen?

I would still have to have the M80s and screen well into the room to give the fronts equal first reflection points for proper stereo imaging.

A pull down screen is not an option. I would need to go to tab tensioned to avoid wrinkles/waves and that's out of my price range.


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AAAA #408011 11/08/14 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted By: Serenity_Now


It works. smile

Ya don't spose they photoshoped the image onto that screen do you? smile


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Fred, have a look at Eastporters, in Hamilton Ontario. Tab-tensioned screens from six and change. I don't have a projector yet but I've been checking these out, owner reviews on forums are pretty good.
I don't know what they charge for shipping.

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brwsaw #408013 11/08/14 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: brwsaw
2nd...

You could add a solid partition wall with 3' opening into the DR.
Black out cloth on the windows and a fold up screen and you're off.
Your mains will still be out into the room, the screen and speakers will be out of harms way, You could have two rows of seating,.....


Geez, are you trying to turn me into construction Bob? Its an apartment. I drive a Matrix. I do have a reasonable tool set, but by no means enough to start building walls.


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"Bob the builder! Can we fix it?...."

Just thinking the wall would help balance the boundary/stereo/image/yuh know whatcha ma call it.



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fredk #408015 11/08/14 02:36 AM
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Temporary wall, singular.



Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #408016 11/08/14 02:43 AM
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Man, this sucks being on the other side of the "We like to spend your money" conversation smile

I have a budget of $1,400 to $1,600 for this project. The projector is $950 all in. I figure $100 for an inexspensive equipment stand. Not sure what to do about a projector mount. That leaves $350 to $550 for everything else. I can get a decent budget fixed frame screen locally (Elunvision) for $350 to $400 (96 to 106 screen size).

Given that, you can see the appeal of a screen painted on a wall, though you are right about how it might look. The other advantage of a wall painted screen is that I can play with screen size until I know what works for me for a given viewing distance.

My original idea for a DIY screen was Wilsonart laminate on an aluminum frame. Which I'm guessing is in the $200 to $250 range.

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