I am looking for a screen for my projector. It is a lumenlab evo v1. It produces a 121'' 16:9 picture. I assume I will have to go with a 120'' screen. My projector is mounted on the ceiling. I do not know much about screens, so can anyone help point me in the right direction? I am looking to spend no more than $200 on the screen. Is this even possible?

If you move the PJ closer, you could get the LL 108" screen. Or else, you could build a screen either out of fabric, or by painting the wall.

There are other options as well that I dont know about in detail.

Go to Lowes and look for the laminate counter tops. Get the 4x8 sheet formica white one. It is very nice, I just bought one and it is 107" diaganol (going to paint black bars to bring the size down). Only $35 as well.

I bought a screen from TigerDirect and am very happy with it. Check my plog linked in signature line below if you want details. Best of luck.

So are the blackout cloth screens not considered to be very good anymore? I thought that was the cheapest screen mat with the good results.

Blackout cloth is good. I wanted a roll-up screen and the price was right.

There's an inherent problem with saying best screen for lowest money.

white panel board works good for me. $11 for a 8x4' sheet at HD or Lowes. it is fully watchable like that, but i threw on a couple of coats of Behr ultra pure white and IMO it looks really good.

Have you compared that to using blackout cloth? I want to review my screen soon and could use the advice.

Nope, sorry. I've never used blackout cloth.

edit.

First I just wanted to say hey to everyone (just ordered my Evo and joined the forums within the last hour).


I've made a couple projector screens in the last couple years, and working as a home theater consultant I have seen a pretty wide spectrum of home theater screens.

I always like the simplest approach to begin with. Sometimes a really expensive screen will give you a little bit better picture, but not all people really notice the difference enough to warrant spending so much hard earned money.

My very first screen, which happened to be pretty nice looking given the circumstances, was built as follows:

$12 worth of 1x2" wood from Lowes
$ 2 worth of paint (I used regular primer as I had already bought some for a small project)
$ 5 for a black cloth shower curtain from Wal-Mart.

Yeah, that's right. I said a shower curtain. It's not a plastic or rubbery one, however; it's a kind of cloth material that almost feels like a thin denim. I used the canvas stretching how-to I found on these forums (can't remember exactly where, but you can find it here somewhere) and stretched it around the nice frame I made from the wood.

This was for a 4:3 ratio screen; did 48"x64" for an 80" screen. After stretching the curtain (I cut off the excess first, of course), I had a large black screen. I then painted all except for the outer 2 inches with the primer paint, doing a total of four coats to get a nice even coat.

After it dried I put two screws into the wall about four feet apart, leaving about an inch worth of screw remaining outside of the wall. I then hung the screen onto these so that the head of the screw fit right behind the wood of the frame so that it was flush against the wall.

It was cheap, sure, but I was young and it was a very quick, easy, and surprisingly professional-looking (on the outside, at least) setup. Total cost was $19.

If you've got $200 to burn, though, I would use a similar (but much more professional) setup using good quality materials and good quality paint. I've always felt that rollup screens seem kinda tacky, because you have a big blank space on your wall when not using the projector. But with a semi-permanent screen like the wood frame ones, if you make them well enough, they look almost like actual plasma TV's when not in use (albeit a 120" plasma TV).

Whichever way you choose to go, post the pics of your completed media setup. I always love to see the ingenuity people on the boards come up with.

I bought a 72x96 Dalite screen on ebay for about $150 including shipping. It has been excellent for the money.

AccuScreen 119" Diag 16:9 (59"x104-1/2") Manual Screen - $98

http://www.techonweb.com/products/productd...4311&src=BR