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Oh oh, I have a doppelganger that doesn't know how to spell Fred. Hey, maybe he bought me a screen.
::looks out window for ups truck::
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One of the things I would really like to do with this change is to get away from the mancave look. I've been pondering how one might diguise a screen when not in use and I think I may have found my answer. This one is 6' by 6'. Not quite enough in the horizontal direction, but damn this is much better than anything else I could find. Maybe two of these side by each. Just need to figure out how to mount them easily. They would fold up nicely to set aside when I'm watching movies though. The price on these things is not bad either, from just under $100 to around $200. I hope the shipping isn't too bad.
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This website is cool! I've been looking through all the different screens.
[url=http://www.orientalfurniture.com/roomdividers.html][/url]
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Hmm, or maybe some of these: Where is Mr. interior decorator guy when you need him?
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I know you've probably thought about it already but just in case...you can get a pull down projection screen for about the same cost as 2 room dividers.
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Not tab tensioned, and not in Canada unfortunately. A budget fixed screen in the sizes I'm looking at would run me $300 to $400. Tab tensioned would be close to $800. Magical things happen to pricing once you cross the 49th parallel...
Two of those dividers is getting up there though which is why I'm still looking for alternatives. The printed bamboo blinds do look like a pretty good alternative.
I've done a cursory look into shipping to Canada, and I don't thing that is an alternative for such a large item.
Fred
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What screen size are you hoping for?
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Short answer is both I don't know since I've never had a projector and as big as I can get.
The number I come up with using various calculators is in the 100" diagonal range for a 9.5' viewing distance, but plenty of people posting on avs and other places like a larger screen at that distance (up to 120").
This is one of the reasons I decided to go with a painted screen. If, after a few months, I decide that I want a larger or smaller screen, it's relatively easy to do. Once I have some experience with a projector, I can use that to accurately figure out an appropriate screen size should I move or change my setup again.
All that said, I may need to cover an area as large as 65x111.
The divider I linked to is the closest I have come to a simple solution to tastefully cover such a large area.
I could just give up and go with a tab tensioned screen, but the best price I can find from a Canadian source is $850-$900. Sure, I can find the same thing in the US a lot cheaper, but for such a large item, by the time you add in shipping, duties and brokerage fees, I would be right back at that $850+ figure.
If you take off the $100 it will cost for paint and materials for the DIY screen, that leaves $750+ in wall coverings to get up to the cost of a tab tensioned screen
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Good news! I found that pencil my son lost in 2005... and, judging by their size, 2005 was a very good year for dustbunnies. ![eek eek](/boards/images/graemlins/default/eek.gif) There was something else... Oh yeah, the projector arrived. ![grin grin](/boards/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) I did a temporary setup to make sure its working. That involved putting the AVR in the middle of the room so the existing HDMI cable would reach and shimming one side of the projector to more or less square the image up. I put LOTR on as a test. Damn, this projector looks good right out of the box! There is a bunch of work to do to get the image looking its best, but from what I saw in my test, night time viewing, even without treatments, will be pretty darned good.
Fred
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