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WTS



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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:05 pm    Post subject:

You'll have adjust your CM to suit your setup. I run 1080i/p, depending on the source.

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draganm



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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:07 pm    Post subject:

Greg sounds like all your seating is well within the 20 degree cone required by the screen. At 12 feet wide you need all the gain you cvan get too

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It would be my choice of screen if I had a very clean room and never had to worry about dirt, dust, or bugs. Erik
Dude, move the home theater out of the wood shed Mr. Green
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:15 pm    Post subject:

draganm wrote:
Greg sounds like all your seating is well within the 20 degree cone required by the screen. At 12 feet wide you need all the gain you cvan get too

Zebu Fellenz wrote:
It would be my choice of screen if I had a very clean room and never had to worry about dirt, dust, or bugs. Erik
Dude, move the home theater out of the wood shed Mr. Green


This thread gets better and better. Thanks for clearing up the cone issue for me I am glad to see so many with the Hipower. I figured I would be at 2.0 with my seating and projector height and a riser has crossed my mind. All I need to do is lower my shelf behind me and I will be set. I screwed up and mounted about a foot to hi. I pulled a 60" out where the projector is and threw in a barco 8years ago and have been happy ever since.

Erik did you call da-lite I thought i read that hipower was easy to clean

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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:56 pm    Post subject:

draganm wrote:
Greg sounds like all your seating is well within the 20 degree cone required by the screen. At 12 feet wide you need all the gain you cvan get too

Zebu Fellenz wrote:
It would be my choice of screen if I had a very clean room and never had to worry about dirt, dust, or bugs. Erik
Dude, move the home theater out of the wood shed Mr. Green


Meh, to each his own I guess, I prefer a little isolation for the theater, how else could you possibly really enjoy your movies in the early hours of the morning... Mr. Green
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:27 pm    Post subject:

Zebu Fellenz wrote:
draganm wrote:
Greg sounds like all your seating is well within the 20 degree cone required by the screen. At 12 feet wide you need all the gain you cvan get too

Zebu Fellenz wrote:
It would be my choice of screen if I had a very clean room and never had to worry about dirt, dust, or bugs. Erik
Dude, move the home theater out of the wood shed Mr. Green


Meh, to each his own I guess, I prefer a little isolation for the theater, how else could you possibly really enjoy your movies in the early hours of the morning... Mr. Green

Talk about basement isolation I just killed a Bat with a broom on tuesday night watching GI joe Mr. Green

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GREG1292



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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:41 pm    Post subject:

Pick my screen up today at 4:30 Very Happy I hope it works well for my application since I been using a
DIY screen and have been very happy this past year. Just looking for more pop without stressing my
crt's. I have a feeling that I will need to move my projector down a foot. Very doable but hoping no need to!

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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:46 am    Post subject:

Mr. Green Thumbs Up I would like to say thanks for the info on the hipower screen. I could not be happier with the image. Color shift or hotspotting not a problem. The picture is like beng there! Wow!!!!!!!!

Thanks again for the replies.

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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:24 am    Post subject:

GREG1292 wrote:
Thumbs Up I would like to say thanks for the info on the hipower screen. I could not be happier with the image. Color shift or hotspotting not a problem. The picture is like being there! Wow!!!!!!!!
Told ya so Mr. Green If you can, avoid rolling it up and down and just leave it down. This will prevent any additional waves from forming in the fabric.
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:22 pm    Post subject:

draganm wrote:
GREG1292 wrote:
Thumbs Up I would like to say thanks for the info on the hipower screen. I could not be happier with the image. Color shift or hotspotting not a problem. The picture is like being there! Wow!!!!!!!!
Told ya so Mr. Green If you can, avoid rolling it up and down and just leave it down. This will prevent any additional waves from forming in the fabric.

Will do! My daughter last night said this is the first screen that I have owned that made a huge difference. I was watching King Kong in HD and it was like watching it for the first time. Those frickin dinosaurs were popping right out of the
screen! Yahooooooooooooooo Thumbs Up The shadow detail and focus are an added bonus over my DIY screen as well.

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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:44 pm    Post subject:

yeah that was pretty much reaction first time I sat down in front of an HP screen, it's pretty impressive material. My only gripe is if you buy it from Dalite in a fixed frame of decent size it will cost you a Kidney. Luckilly the roll-ups are affordable.

EDIT: Dalite fixed frames are much cheaper than the Drapers, who knew Mr. Green


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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:16 am    Post subject:

GREG1292 wrote:
Zebu Fellenz wrote:
draganm wrote:
Greg sounds like all your seating is well within the 20 degree cone required by the screen. At 12 feet wide you need all the gain you cvan get too

Zebu Fellenz wrote:
It would be my choice of screen if I had a very clean room and never had to worry about dirt, dust, or bugs. Erik
Dude, move the home theater out of the wood shed Mr. Green


Meh, to each his own I guess, I prefer a little isolation for the theater, how else could you possibly really enjoy your movies in the early hours of the morning... Mr. Green

Talk about basement isolation I just killed a Bat with a broom on tuesday night watching GI joe Mr. Green


Awwwww you're a bat hater? I just let mine fly around. Very Happy

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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:22 pm    Post subject:

Talk about basement isolation I just killed a Bat with a broom on tuesday night watching GI joe Mr. Green[/quote]

Awwwww you're a bat hater? I just let mine fly around. Very Happy[/quote]

Talk about being creeped out! Analog you do beat to a different drummer Shocked

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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:26 pm    Post subject:

draganm wrote:
yeah that was pretty much reaction first time I sat down in front of an HP screen, it's pretty impressive material. My only gripe is if you buy it from Dalite in a fixed frame of decent size it will cost you a Kidney. Luckilly the roll-ups are affordable.



Can you remove material from a roll-up screen and apply it to a frame? My Draper pulldown screen has gentle "waves" that I cannot get rid of. It has not been rolled up in years, yet the waves persist. Even a shallow wave can be seen as a color shift if it is on the wrong part of the screen. This is not a tab-tensioned screen, but I thought it would eventually flatten. I have tried removing the bottom weight rod, addding weights, and even steaming the damn waves. I never want another pull-down screen! I'm about ready to experiment with fixing this POS to a frame if there is no big reason not to.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:27 pm    Post subject:

Robert how are you doing? I have a wave in the hipower but I have no color shift. What size screen are you doing?
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:58 pm    Post subject:

GREG1292 wrote:
Talk about basement isolation I just killed a Bat with a broom on tuesday night watching GI joe Mr. Green


Awwwww you're a bat hater? I just let mine fly around. Very Happy[/quote]

Talk about being creeped out! Analog you do beat to a different drummer Shocked[/quote]

Yeah and he's got pictures to prove it!!! Thumbs Up

See> http://curtpalme.com/forum/album_personal.php?user_id=26

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:46 am    Post subject:

dturco wrote:
GREG1292 wrote:
Talk about basement isolation I just killed a Bat with a broom on tuesday night watching GI joe Mr. Green

Awwwww you're a bat hater? I just let mine fly around. Very Happy


Talk about being creeped out! Analog you do beat to a different drummer Shocked

Yeah and he's got pictures to prove it!!! Thumbs Up

See> http://curtpalme.com/forum/album_personal.php?user_id=26


Yep, I took those with a 4MP digital and posted them from a 486DX2 50Mhz laptop with Win95 and 20megs of ram. Very Happy

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:24 am    Post subject:

robert:

we did this with a dalite 1.5 gain - took it to a picture framers who made a frame, and attached the screen to it. 1 year later, the waves returned, so we bought a (yet to be delivered) vutec silverstar fixed screen...

so yes, it can be done, but it won't last. the roll down screens are just a headache unless they are tab-tensioned, and for that sort of money, i'd try for a stewart fixed screen. don't know what they sell for there, but have a friend trying to sell one here for $
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:12 am    Post subject:

Thanks for the information. I will not bother trying to improve this screen, but look into a new fixed screen. Is the Da lite HP available in a fixed screen?
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:08 am    Post subject:

Robert A. Hill wrote:
Is the Da lite HP available in a fixed screen?


Yes, it is.
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:46 am    Post subject:

Robert A. Hill wrote:
Thanks for the information. I will not bother trying to improve this screen, but look into a new fixed screen. Is the Da lite HP available in a fixed screen?
A local friend of mine took the HP material and cut it off the roller, then hung it from the wall. IT was pretty flat when I saw it but who knows if it will stay that way.
The dalite fixed frames are not bad price-wise, about $670. for a 54 x 96

http://cgi.ebay.com/DA-LITE-PERM-WALL-FIXED-PROJECTION-SCREEN-52x92-NEW-HP_W0QQitemZ230261313404QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item359ca4cf7c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14


Based on my recent experience with a switch to a pro screen from DIY, I think for 6 or 7 hundred it's worth every penny.
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