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Work on the HT is starting up again and it's time to get serious on picking out projectors and screens.

The top projector on my list is the LG HU810PW. A laser DLP with excellent spec's for under $3k USD.

The screen is a bit harder. Trevor suggested I consider an AT screen and put my center and a diffusion panel behind it. Think this is a great idea as long as the diffuser doesn't screw up the ALFRs (something to check into). He also recommended Elite screens as being decent unfortunately after doing some research I discovered that their AT screens need a 1.5x (of screen width) seating distance. Unfortunately my MPL is at 1.1x and I'm not moving it!

So, before I start spending time on a AT screen search I thought I'd open up a discussion and see what ideas came out.

My homemade 115" AT screen is made from milliskin spandex (black under white). Cost was $63usd plus shipping (2019). items 795 and 796 from Spandex World . I'm using a cheap Optoma projector HD142x and it looks great once the projector warms up!

The comments I made yesterday, I will stand by them in reference to the picture quality projected onto any acoustical transparent projection screen. I spoke yesterday on what my eyes have seen in my home over a good number of years. I have had two theater rooms setup in two different spaces within my home and I have 20/20 vision. I have had a total of five different quality projectors, along with five different quality projection screen surfaces along the way.

Each time as I was remaking the theater room, I would have various screen samples for comparison. On two of those occasions I did have some quality acoustical transparent screen samples that I was comparing both against each other, and also against some quality solid suface screen samples as well. In my case in both instantices the acoustical transparent screen material suffered in picture loss in resolution, because of it's softened image as compared with a quality solid surface screen material. This is what I will attest to.

But their is a gentleman well known within the Home theater industry who knows far more than I would ever hope to know, his name is Kris Deering here is a link below to an article in which he has authored.

https://www.soundandvision.com/cont...k-130-g4-projection-screen-review-page-2

Those are very nice pictures for sure, thank you for sharing. I hope members don't get the wrong idea that I was in anyway tring to discredit or persuade anyone from ever purchasing an AT projection screen as they certainly do have their place in this arena. I'm diffidently a picture first type of hobbyist, with the sound being second.

Kind of sounds like Martin Logan electrostat idea. Whole front of the tv is a sound emitting device.

Looks like you're right Trever ... they are vibrating the screen on at least some of the OLED Sony's. Wonder what frequency range they send to the panel vs. what they send to the speakers in back.

Although I've read nothing bad about it I also wonder about the quality of the sound. My only reason to question it is the lack of DML speakers/drivers on the market. The technology has been around for quite a while.

I didn't know there was an extended edition of Gladiator, so I used Netflix rather than my old dvd. Unfortunately couldn't find that scene. Somehow I no longer feel ENTERTAINED. First time trying to post a picture.