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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Picking the screen for HD projector
We're almost done finishing our basement (hooray!!) and now it's time to get a screen for our ceiling-mounted projector. Can you help me figure out what I need to look for? I know that we left room for a 100" diagonal, but how do I know what material to get (white? gray? something else?)? Also, is there any benefit to a mechanical screen vs fixed screen (other than being able to move a mechanical screen out of the way when not in use?)?
Re: Picking the screen for HD projector
There are lots of options, including paint, purchasing, and building your own screen. Motorized or pull-down screens are nice if you intend to use the wall behind it for something. We have a 100"+ screen in our basement too. We opted for a stationary wall-mounted screen.
My DH did some research and found that by far the cheapest solution was to build our own. He didn't want the paint option. He was able to purchase the material on eBay at a higher quality than what he could find to purchase already made (this was a few years ago, so YMMV). He bought wood to make a frame and we spent an afternoon building it, wrapping batting over the wood, stretching the fabric, and stapling it in place. Our screen is not perfect, but it was cheap enough that we could buy the supplies at least two more times and still come out cheaper than buying one of the same quality material. When we get a new/better projector we might redo our screen or buy one.
There are lots of how-to's online, but it is definitely worth comparing with today's prices if you're willing to do the work. In the end of course it all comes down to what works best for you and how much you're willing to spend - both in time and money.
Here's a little more info on projections screens from Wikipedia that might help you.