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hiddink · Joined: 09 Jan 2014 Posts: 47

Hello,

I want to make a rear-projection screen for my BARCO 808, 4x3 meter...Any hints/tips for making this? In case of rear projection, does this require a particular material for the screen?

Any tips/ideas are highly appreciated!
-brt

Tim in Phoenix · Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 4409 Location: Phoenix

Besides Don't?

Big RP screens come in acrylic (heavy), glass (very heavy) and soft plastic, none of which are practical in home use. RP screens lacking fresnel will drop off big in the corners and sides. Thirteen feet wide is a bit much for any eight inch projector.

CIR Engineering · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject:

Stewart makes one, but it is very expensive and it may not even be available in the size you are looking at. As Tim says, it is too big and needs to be fresnel to work properly. I have never heard of DIY rear projection screens before.

I have worked with DPI Titan projectors on large Stewart rear projection setups, but even they were not as big as what you are trying to do... and that's with a Titan projector which is about 20x brighter (literally) than your projector.

craigr

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

http://www.blueoceanproscreens.com/custom-screens/

jbmeyer13 · Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 1135

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

Phil Smith had one in his house. It looked really good. I think he described his set up in detail, but it has been probably six or seven years ago.

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

You can buy the material here in Australia from OZ Theatre screens, i dont know how good itll be, and it comes in 2 meter wide rolls. Not sure if it comes bigger, but you aint gonna want to go any bigger if you want uniform brightness.