I have made a 84" (16x9) screen from white plywood (those for furniture) 4 years ago, and painted it with ICI Pentalite Misty Evening (for those who followed AVS forum would know this favorite paint for grey screen at that time) I have hung the screen like a picture frame.

Goto Ace Hardware to buy the smooth roller, and paint it with the roller. The result is amazing as the board will have some fine texture.

All the other equipment are DIY, including wiring, mount and installation.

My screen is made of plywood, wall on the screen painted with pentalite black, surrounding wall painted with Jotun Burgundy Red (top half), bottom half sticked with Superlon sheet for sound absortion and curtains are Burgundy velvet material. Of course, the sofa beds are from Macys' Burgundy Red.

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This post has been edited by karyeowl: Feb 5 2007, 05:55 PM

The length of the front wall is only 11 feet, and the width of my room is 19.5 ft.

I have placed my Sanyo Z2 half of the width, approx 10' from the front wall. It is one of the best distance to reduce screendoor.

Furthermore, 8' x 4' plywood, the best I could do is a 7 feet (measured diagonally) 16 x 9 screen. Please bear in mind... everything is DIY on the screen.

1. Frame made from recylced pine wood RM0
2. 8' x 4' plywood, price RM25
3. Pentalite Misty Evening RM20
4. Pentalite Black RM20
5. Roller RM35

Cinema Feel - better to watch at home as I am able to lay back on the sofabed to watch the movie. Dolby Digital or dts sound - maybe better than some cinemas as I have a complete 7.1 system with a Paradigm subwoofer.

This post has been edited by karyeowl: Feb 6 2007, 12:07 PM

I am still using the Sanyo Z2, and so far so good. Bought it 4 years ago at RM8000. Very expensive. Spent RM600 for Belden RG6 cable for the component cable. All these activities are no linstallation cost, all DIY.

No plan to upgrade because of no budget. If I built my home theater now, I will go for Pany AX100.

As for CRT, I have them in my room (29" Sony KiraraBasso) and living room (29" Philips) I may wanna look for an affordable plasma 42" for my living room. I have a Yamaha S120 HTinBox in my living room.

What you see in the picture is my HT room. I rarely watch Astro on my projector, only DVDs and my wife's karaoke.

viosafc

Your setup is nice. I like your setup. How wide is your screen? Try the Misty Evening... pretty good for a DIY grey screen.

He! He! The equipment picture you all saw was 3 years ago. Those day, I had a Yamaha DSP-A2070 + Sony 9ES Dolby Digital processor, Sony DVD player (already 7 years), AIWA Tape Deck, Yamaha CD Player and Tuner.

I have upgraded my AVR to Marantz SR7500, and I have 3 DVD players. One LG normal progressive scan and Rogers DV525 (upconverting DVD) I have not taken the latest picture.

My Yammy and Sony processor are now resting gathering dust. who wants it??

This post has been edited by karyeowl: Feb 7 2007, 10:44 PM