A thing of beauty! Excellent video documentation of the entire process, including what you learned along the way. I think I can proceed with confidence. Thank you for sharing! Other than a bit of volume attenuation, does the material “color” the sound enough to warrant a little EQ?
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+Enoch Gamoian thank you! It’s really not that hard. I don’t notice any “coloring”, but I’m by no means an audiophile
@Mr1wildman2 жыл бұрын
That was a great project and you done a awesome job
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Alvin Howell thanks man!!
@nexx2vince2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brutha, you guys are teaching me a trade! I luv u!
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Vince Roberson 💪😎🍻
@nexx2vince2 жыл бұрын
@@HelpMeDIY awesome set up by the way
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
@@nexx2vince thanks 🙏
@EdA-bz3bu2 жыл бұрын
I got to say I fast forward a lot of it. For the basement I installed a pull down screen and for the family room one I just used the wall (I barely got permission (Boss) for the speakers yet alone a screen). I did get couple calls from neighbors that their was strangers in my house because of the movies in the family room 😂.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
😂 understand on the skipping over a lot of you’re not using this to make one!
@ScotWithOnet2 ай бұрын
Good job. I plan on doing this for my HT. After 2 years, how is it holding up? Does the white spandex get dirty/dusty? Do you periodically clean it with anything?
@HelpMeDIY2 ай бұрын
+@ScotWithOnet it is FANTASTIC! Never cleaned it. Looks like the day I made it.
@garyl51282 жыл бұрын
Nice job! My first AT screen was Spandex and it's amazing value, especially as it produces such a good image for the price too. What projector are you using? It'll have to be quite bright for that size. How far back will your seats be? Can the seats be moved forward or back or do they have to remain in a particular position? A good guide for a scope screen so that 16:9 doesn't look too small is to have your seats set so your eyes are roughly the same distance back as your screen is wide.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Gary L thanks! Just decided on the Epson 6050UB and later possibly adding an anamorphic lens. Other details TBD 😆
@garyl51282 жыл бұрын
@@HelpMeDIY Excellent! Best value/performance right now I think. JVCs are too expensive, and not much else at the 6050 price offers as much in my opinion. I'm also using a anamorphic lens and wouldn't be without one now. I used to have a simple sled with mine, but now just leave it in place and use the projectors own aspect controls to squish 16:9 content so it fills the height and keeps the aspect ratio correct. I used to have side masks but haven't felt the need to add them this time round (yet) with this theatre. Looking forward to any upgrades etc.
@LDBaha2 жыл бұрын
@@garyl5128 Hey Gary I have a 5050ub. Which Anamorphic Lens did you get and what advantages does it give you over just zooming in?
@garyl51282 жыл бұрын
@@LDBaha Hi, I have an ISCO II which I've had since 2005 (had a Prismasonic before then), though I've just recently acquired an ISCO IIIXL which I'll be installing soon. The main advantage is that you use all all the pixels and they remain the same height vertically as the 16:9 image (they only get stretched horizontally by the lens, and the pj or external scaler stretches the image vertically), so the pixels are smaller compared to zooming, and you're using more of them to produce the image - you lose around 500,000 in the black bars when you zoom (or 2 million with 4k, though the 5050 is more like a 2.7k display when using e-shift). Zooming has the same effect as moving your seating 33% closer, so the pixels are visibly larger and coarser looking compared to when using an A lens. You may also gain some brightness with an A lens, but that depends where your projector is within it's zoom range when zooming compared to where it is when using the A lens. I've never gained much light in my set ups (non in my current set up), but the increased pixel density is what makes it worth while. I'm currently using an Epson LS10000 (with HDFury Linker for WCG) and that's an eshift projector like the 5050 too. I did a few comparisons between zooming and using an A lens before I bought one, and did the same comparison with my current pj and decided to keep it as I like to sit close and the smaller pixels with the A lens are a visible improvement for me, so I'd rather use an A lens than zoom, as for me, it improves the image Anamorphic lenses can be quite expensive, so ideally you need to do your own comparisons to make sure the cost and benefit is worth it for you. Hope that helps.
@RathOX2 жыл бұрын
Looks great man!! Its Alan from budget friendly HT facebook group
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+RathØX hey dude! Thanks 🙏
@SquidkidMega Жыл бұрын
Great work, just a question, how far back is your projector in the room to get that large an image?
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+SquidkidMega thanks! Good question. Don’t remember off the top of my head but I have another video on the channel about installing it where I’m sure I mention it.
@EveryDayJay4159 ай бұрын
Do you get any light bleed from the leds onto the screen?
@HelpMeDIY9 ай бұрын
+@EveryDayJay415 no, but I don’t watch with them on anyway
@riley19811 Жыл бұрын
The link for your lights is "404 not found" can you let me know what led light strip you used? thanks!
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+R. Wilson updated it! Thanks for pointing it out.
@kthx1138 Жыл бұрын
2.35:1 is the way to go. A 150" screen is big enough that you can do constant height like a movie theater and still have a pretty impressive sized 16x9 within that 2.35:1.
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+Mike Kuhlman Films I LOVE this size 🥰
@xinkay10 ай бұрын
Is there a way to build spandex screen which is rollable? (can be pull down)?
@HelpMeDIY10 ай бұрын
+@xinkay great question but I don’t know how you could do it 🤷♂️
@CarlosPigozzi2 жыл бұрын
Hi! Can you post me a link of the spandex material you used please, to buy the same? Thanks in advance! I mean website and material if possible
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Carlos Pigozzi it’s already in the video description as I mentioned 😉🍻
@bobfognozzle2 жыл бұрын
🤓👍 Way to go!
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Bob Fognozzle 😎
@arvindnaran Жыл бұрын
I'm facing banding issues in my setup. Any idea how to fix it?! Unsure what went wrong. I have 1 layer of black topped by dual layers of white (spandex)
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+Arvind Naran really couldn’t even guess without seeing it. I would think the most common issues would either be the material or stretching the material evenly both horizontally and vertically
@arvindnaran Жыл бұрын
@@HelpMeDIY okay, let me unpin them and re-do them again and confirm if it's the stretching uneven or the material. Do you know any easiest/safest way to remove those staplers with minimal damage to the cloth?!? So far I was able to remove 30 staplers, but it is leaving damages in the cloth
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
@@arvindnaran I think you’ll just have to be as careful as possible and maybe get a staple remover
@arvindnaran Жыл бұрын
@@HelpMeDIY thanks a lot for the tip 😁 Got SR-100 from Kangaroo. I took a bit more than half a day to get all the staples removed. Reversed the screen, the banding is no longer visible to viewers. However it's still there, just that it can be seen from rear view (which is never an issue for me anyway 😅). Screen's a bit damaged cos of the stapling->de-stapling->re-stapling process. But, it doesn't cover my view area, just there in the bends Thanks for the help... Another quick question, if you got light stains on the screen. How do you clean it?! Or what are you doing in order to keep your screen dirt free?!
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
@@arvindnaran glad it worked! I haven’t had to clean mine. I warn people to stay away 😂
@garyg98152 жыл бұрын
i must say, im getting LTT vibes here. good job.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+gary g had to Google that… Linus the Canadian KZbinr?
@garyg98152 жыл бұрын
yep.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
@@garyg9815 ha. I’d never heard of him. What is similar out of curiosity now? I’ll have to check him out.
@garyg98152 жыл бұрын
he is a big tech youtuber that is currently upgrading his house with a new theater room and new servers.... kind of like you are right now.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
@@garyg9815 ahh gotcha!
@banecker12 жыл бұрын
This might be a dumb question, but when you order your fabric, how did you get it to the right heigh since it’s sold in 58 inches.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Adam Voss not a dumb question, but I think I addressed it in the video. I made my screen that max height possible with that constraint. It’s very stretchy, but it can only stretch so far!
@banecker12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the response, I am currently using a pvc screen purchased from Amazon, it has creases and wrinkles that I can’t get rid of. And honestly i know the image can look light years better. I have done the Behr ht screen paint before and that turned out great. However acoustical transparency would be amazing.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
@@banecker1 yes, I could not be happier with mine! It’s fantastic in every aspect and everyone is blowing away when I tell them I made it.
@danemoreno887 ай бұрын
Dang 170 inch screen I have a 120 and it takes up my whole living room wall pretty much lol that must be a huge room
@HelpMeDIY7 ай бұрын
+@danemoreno88 yes it is! 😆
@angelamcfadden5741 Жыл бұрын
How did it hold up over time?
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+Angela McFadden still in perfect condition and awesome!
@juniorcorreia59238 ай бұрын
How is the pictures on the 4K?
@HelpMeDIY8 ай бұрын
+@juniorcorreia5923 really good!
@tomascio12 жыл бұрын
What type of wood was used for this project?
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Cunningham whatever was the cheapest and straightest :)
@michelleh427 Жыл бұрын
One of my biggest issues is I want a 175-180" screen in a 16:9 aspect ratio. I am having absolutely NO LUCK finding wider rolls of spandex! Anyone have any luck??
@HelpMeDIY Жыл бұрын
+Michelle H I couldn’t either
@michelleh427 Жыл бұрын
@@HelpMeDIY Dang! That's what I was afraid of. 😬
@shashidharmurthy22262 жыл бұрын
It seems that,all this material is not available in India so I will just see this video & apply it to local avail materials,😄 thanks.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
+Shashidhar Murthy I’m sure they have some spandex there somewhere 😁
@darkknightgaming70992 ай бұрын
Yes sir I used ply wood and normal grey screen for an 90 inch screen works perfect according to my room
@frankfarago28252 жыл бұрын
Nice acoustics you have in that room (extra sarcasm intentional). Also, acoustically transparent screens and speakers placed behind the screen -- that is pretty old school design, isn't it? Those entail big compromises for the sound.... and huge compromises for the projected image. I mean, these days it is sold screens, huge flat panels, and video walls. No speakers behind those, fortunately. Lastly, do you have a 10 to 12 minute abridged version of this DIC how-to? Thanks.
@HelpMeDIY2 жыл бұрын
Umm no. Most high end theaters have the speakers behind the screen. You can’t get realistic center channel dialogue without doing that
@Renrondog2 жыл бұрын
Frank has to be a Troll, or perhaps simply ignorant of today's facts while living in the past. Everything he said is wrong. LOL