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How to Make a
100 Inch Screen within $100s
The market today is flooded with digital home theatre projectors that have become affordable even for average people. Naturally, when a home theatre projector can be purchased for as low as $1000, spending another $500 or higher for a screen does not make economic sense. The projector screens available in the market though are of excellent quality, installing those costs almost equivalent to the projector. Of course you can utilize a white-wall as a projector screen, but absence of a frame and wall textures hamper the image quality. Moreover, the shade of the white-wall may play spoilsport and bring down the color balance of the image projected.
One way to overcome this problem is to build a home theatre projection screen at home. But most them either are do not gel well with the home theatre projectors or are too cumbersome to be built. After conducting intensive research through various trial and error methods, we finally have managed to come-up with an innovative way to build a 100-inch home theatre projector screen that not only delivers performance like a professionally built screen but also can be built just under $100. Following things were kept in mind to build this Do-It-Yourself home projection theatre screen
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Affordable Under no circumstances, the budget of the material required
should be more than $100, which also includes the cost of the frame.
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Size
It should be a 100-inch screen that can support 16:9 aspect ratio images.
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Process
The total time consumed for building such a screen should not be more than
two hours and any person with average skills should be able to do it at home
without any help.
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Performance Last but not the least, it should perform like any
professionally made or manufactured projection screen. Else, the entire exercise
would prove to be futile.
Word of Caution
The Internet has vast amount of information on DIY home projection screens. Some perform better than the others due to various factors. DIY home projector screens perform better in completely dark rooms. Ambient light, the quality of the back-paper used and the projector play a role in determining the final image quality. We do not want to claim that this is the best solution, but yes, this is one of the best 100-inch DIY home projector screen that is built using a shoestring budget of $100. We recommend specific products because we wanted to get the best results within specified constraints. You however can buy products of your choice.
Materials Required
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A roll of 53-inch white seamless paper which can
be purchased at any camera supply store. Though it is also available in
107-inches, the 53-inch white seamless paper works perfectly. Remember that you
have to buy a white seamless paper and not the light grey seamless paper as the
latter will yield dull images.
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A 1x4 sized Poplar board that is available at any
hardware store. As the Poplar board is sold only by feet, you will have to
provide exact dimensions to the sales person. This will work in two ways. One,
your work will be reduced significantly and second, buying the exact requirement
will keep the budget under control. You will need
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Two 55.25-inch Poplar board pieces
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Two 93.5-inch Poplar board pieces
Though you can cut them yourself at home, it is recommended that you get it done by the professionals.
· Four L-shaped brackets extending 6-inches on each side
· 24 three-fourth inch Philips flathead woodscrews
· Three yards of black Velveteen cloth for wrapping the frame
· Elmers glue
Equipment Required
· Wood-saw
· Staple gun
· Fabric scissors
· Philips screw driver
· Drill
All this materials should not cost you more than $100. If you can get any of the above mentioned stuff online at a discounted rate, your savings would inch higher by 10 percent. However, it is recommended to get them personally to ensure that the materials you are getting are not of sub-standard quality. As far as the equipment are concerned, if you do not have them readily at home, just ask someone you know to lend them.
Assembly Procedure
Step 1: Saw-off the both the ends of all Poplar board pieces exactly at 45-degrees.
Step 2: Cut the Velveteen fabric into four pieces. Two pieces should measure 6.5-inch in width and 58-inch in length. The other two pieces should measure 6.5-inch in width and 96-inch in length.
Step 3: Place the Velveteen cloth pieces on a plain surface and lay the appropriately cut and sized pieces of Poplar board on them at the center. Stretch the fabric and staple it to the Poplar board. As the Velveteen strips are of bigger in length, you either can trim the extra cloth using scissors or glue them to the board pieces using the glue. The latter is recommended. One of the thinner edges would be bare, which later will be used for stapling the paper.
Step 4: After all the board pieces are finely clothed with Velveteen, lay them in a rectangular shape (bare edges pointing outwards) on the ground. Place the L-bracket at each corner, drill holes through pre-existing holes on the bracket and tightly screw the Philip woodscrews in them.
Step 5: Check the frame is solid and has no loose screws. Starting from the 55-inch edge, roll out the white seamless paper along the entire edge. Staple the paper to the bare edge at an interval of 9 inches each. Keeping the paper taut and keeping even tension, roll the paper on the entire frame while stapling it along the edges. Cut the extra paper.
Your 100-inch DIY home projector screen is now ready. You either can hang it with hinges to the ceiling or just affix the frame to the wall. If you are affixing to the ceiling, ensure that the paper does not gets damages and when the frame is pulled down, it clings completely to the wall.
Professional
Projection Screens for Short Durations
If you need projection for very short duration, there is no point in either doing it yourself at home or buying one. You easily can rent a professional quality projector screen from aa-rental.com. You even can rent a high-quality digital projector from us. If you need any other AV equipment like sound systems, speakers, DJ Consoles, wireless microphone systems, everything can be rented from us. When everything can be rented at the most affordable prices, why buy or build them yourself? Rely on us for all your AV equipment needs.