Posted by Gunther Gloop on 02/07/06 23:38

Rolo Tomassi wrote:
> Now that I've done the bedroom and lounge, I can finally get on with
> the main reason for moving house - the new cinema!!
>
> I've decided to opt for Dulux Icestorm grey on MDF for my screen as
> my PJ has a not too great contrast-ratio but excellent light output.
>
> Has anyone here actually done this yet? How do you recommend fixing
> it to the (plasterboard) wall? I don't want 8 thundering great
> screws in the front - I want it to "look" effectively floating on the
> wall - all fixings behind.
>

I'd guess the easiest way would be to screw it in, then add a
black-velvet-covered frame onto it. You can get black caps for the screws
that go through the frame.

> Also how did you go about applying the paint? Simple foam roller?
>

I think spraying would work best, but a roller should be ok if you're
careful/thorough.


> Screen will cover the top half of one 2.3m wide wall (16:9 AR).

You're filling the whole wall width with the screen? I don't think that's a
good idea to be honest. Best to leave room for effective left/right channel
speakers. Also, I think you'll find that a gap either side of the screen
just _looks_ more pleasing to the eye. Even if I had 'just' 7ft to play
with, I would still put the screen at 6ft max (even that's a little big for
that width I would say).

I have an 8.5ft screen. There's around a foot space on either side of it.

A friend of mine has a 7ft (fixed) screen. He has around 3-4feet on either
side of his.

I swear his one looks a lot bigger than mine when watching movies.

-Kevin.

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