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shardian:
I don't have the same projector. I bought that Infocus for a co-worker.
I have a Viewsonic PJ400 lcd projector. I double checked, and your projector will be pretty much identical results
BTW, I used this site for all of my calculations.
http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 09, 2009, 09:40:36 am ---I watched a movie on a piece of canvas stretched between two palm trees out on a beach and it looked fine.
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It looked fine on the siding. But it looks better on a screen. And if you were to do it every other week for 6 months the amount of work involved with setup and teardown would get old very fast.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2009, 09:42:53 am ---BTW, I used this site for all of my calculations.
http://www.projectorcentral.com/projection-calculator-pro.cfm
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Any idea what the estimated gain is on that cloth? I'm not 100% sure what gain is but that's how this calculator is rating the screen.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 09, 2009, 09:40:36 am ---I watched a movie on a piece of canvas stretched between two palm trees out on a beach and it looked fine.
You guys are over complicating this.
;)
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If I had 2 nicely placed palm trees at an ideal location from my house, away from neighbors on the beach, then I would agree with you. I loved my window setup during Halloween, but I don't think it is a great idea to broadcast my movies in my front window right out by the road and other houses.
Blackout cloth is necessary so the image doesn't bleed through and light up the whole tree line...and reduce my screen brightness/contrast.
Final reason: I did this because I can, and it looks far more professional than a sheet draped over some trees. You didn't have to restore that sea witch - it would have worked perfectly fine without all that work. I think you overcomplicated that! ;)
shardian:
AVS forum guru's have spent a crap load of time figuring gain out. Blackout cloth has an average gain of 1. Depending on who you ask, it ranges from .8 to 1.2
I tested out both sides of the cloth, and we felt the white cloth side looked better and was brighter than the smooth, offwhite side. Besides, the white side just looks better standing there than the other side. ;D
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