[simpits-tech] Screen material

[Jim K.]

Guys,
Another good choice for a projector screen is a white plastic sheet that 
you can buy at Home Depot.   I don't remember the name of it now.  Its 
actually used for waterproofing walls and comes in something like 4x8 feet 
sheets.  Its about 18 to 20 dollars.   It has a gain of about 1 so it is 
basically the same thing as buying a 1 gain screen.   It works so well that 
many people were using it for home theaters that the company that makes 
those sheets made sheets that were bigger exclusively for HT users.   I 
made a wood frame for the one I made and painted it flat black.   It works 
really well.   I compared it to about 12 real screen material samples I 
have and you couldn't tell the difference.  Almost all 1 gain screens 
perform the same.  You really don't see differences until you get into the 
higher gains.
Jim