Using a wall as a screen

The answers yes, BUT any imperfection in the wall will show up big time, also colours will be out.

No problem if your doing it for a stop gap and you have a reasonably smooth wall. I did this with a painted brick wall and resorted to having a white sheet pinned up - but only for a few months till wires in place and moterised screen arrived.

Should I have waited - well no, had great fun for a few months watching big pictures and got another thrill a few months later when the quality went up with the screen in place. (Mine was from DRH - who are reasonably priced - esp as I needed an extra 1m of black at the top of the screen and were very helpful at the time)

Thanks Stuart, just what i wanted to hear.My next question was what screen make to go for (budget end of scale)

david

Are there any projectors that don't sound like jet engines?

Hopefully the one i am buying

Lets see what £400 to £500 range gets me

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Originally posted by garyi:
Are there any projectors that don't sound like jet engines?

My SIM2 doesn't Gary. Quiet as a mouse it is!

Hi David,

I used a white wall for a long time and it was fine.

What sort of size are you looking for? Argos sell 196cm pull down Panaview screens for £99 which is a bargain.

Sorry about the Panasonic

Waz

The Panasonic PT-AE2000E remains one of the quietest projectors around. It's difficult to hear at the best of times, even when switched on!

Frank, £1600 is way above my budget, although i am sure its fab.

looking at the Optima 700x DLP, as a first forry after Waz's panasonic fell through (no worries waz)but now have the bug.

david

Hi David;

I bought an Optoma HD60 720p projector about 5 months ago and am very very pleased with it. I went for a 720 rather than a 1080 due to limitations of funds at the time. For the same reason, I had to delay buying a screen and ended up shooting the picture onto my finely textured white wall. For the most part the picture was really nice. I even sat the projector on a coffee table as I didn't have a mount yet. The pictures were really impressive and the grain form the paint's texture would only be obvious during shots of clear skies or expansive blue seas. Whenever the image was monotonous, the grain would show. 3 weeks back I installed a 92" Da-Lite screen for a very reasonable amount of cash and the results are great. It improved ont eh wall i nall aspects but made me realize that what I was seeing on the wall wasn't all that bad. As for the projector's fan noise I'll assure u that it is virtually silent. Haven't noticed it once except on powerup and even then it is very gentle.

I hope this helps...

Flame, thanks for that.

I have gone ahead and purchased a Panasonic PT AE700 with low hours for less than the Optima so hope i have made the correct choice.
More investigation has revealed that there are special wall paints available from a few companies in UK and i like the idea of less equipment.
I am starting from a blank canvas for room, its purely AV, and i will be putting all cables into wall, under floor and overhead.Plasma will sit low with projector wall above.
Sound fine in theory
David

There are special paint products available, if you want to use a wall as a screen. Like Screen Goo:

http://www.goosystems.com/index.php?cont=screen
http://www.screengoo.de/screengoo.html

happy watching
Adrian

I tried a kit called Vogels "invisible wall" paint. I followed the instructions and it looked ok until I used my projector when I could see stripes on the screen. Maybe I'm just rubbish at painting but I gave up and went for a fixed screen instead.

Cheers!
Richard