Less than perfect screens also act as optical filters and can bias the colour balance of the reflected light. If you look at those photos you provided on the avsforum you will see that all the detail has been lost in the highlights, the whites are overly bright and are washing out the detail in them.Ĭertainly melamine board gives a bright reflected image but really brightness isn't everything and soon becomes tiring to the eye. I've used a large sheet of flat white melamine board from Bunnings for my first screen many years ago and I can say this for certain it was simply dreadful for hotspotting and crushed whites. That's even without going into the painted wall vs projector screen arguments Edited Octoby ols People have their different ideas on flatness and whiteness tooĭo a search through the projector forum for "painted screens" and you will have plenty to look at. The suggestion is that it's an ultra flat finish (no light reflection) and good "whiteness" (if you buy the white base) which amongst other uses makes it an ideal paint for projector screens. I can assure you the British Paints product is not "special" paint for a projector screen. I'm going to grab a tin tonight and I'll post up my thoughts sometime next week. So for those of you looking for a cheap alternative you may want to take a look at this product.Ĭan be had at any Bunnings store! Hope you find it useful. I know about sprog goo but I find it hard to get and overly expensive. It is called "British Paints Ultra Flat". What I did discover is that British Paints make a product that actually states on the can (has pictures of people sitting around watching front PJ) that it is for projector screens. Seems obvious right, well not really.no one thinks we exist Spent the entire morning calling all of the paint manufacturers to see if anyone actually produced a paint specific for Projector screens.
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