higher gain, brighter picture, lower gain, dimmer.

a gain of 1-1.5 is best, brighter and hotspots as well as sparklies will be evident.

Means .. slightly dimmed room ...should stick with higher gain??
hmm...maybe tonite share more pic with u guys..duno if the speakers arrangement are ok..

This post has been edited by jlim78: May 9 2008, 01:30 PM

grey screen good ar?

Heard from somewhere...grey screen give better contrast..or produce nicer color...for room with little lights..is it rite?

This post has been edited by jlim78: May 9 2008, 01:43 PM

waiting for expert to explain

from what i know , grey screen produce better contrast - probably right. use mostly in ambient light room.

if watching movie- some like to have white colour due to crisp colour as per 35mm film. there's also a talk about reflective and superwash which i dont understand about it in AVS forum. this has something to do with light emission when refelected on the screen.

the gain measurement also very important. i still need to read more.

Grey screens are slightly better than white material, Gray screens are often called high contrast screens because can boost contrast in rooms which aren't completely dark, like with ambient light. The gray screen absorbs ambient light that is around better than a white screen does. Doing this, the black level on the screen is maintained.

SmX sells a grey screen with 0.9 gain, it's picture quality is slightly better than mine, if you can sacrifice screen size, but if u have a bright projector, that's the better of the 2.

I personally just take the 1.16 gain because I feel it would be needed if one day my projector turns half-brightness. Even if I'm getting a light cannon (Sim2, Digital Projection) You can always appreciate the extra brightness, since these high-end projector already pack mean contrast and punch needed.

Conclusion: You can eat your maggie while watching your favorite movies with dim lights..no MORE SPILLS!



This post has been edited by jlim78: May 9 2008, 03:07 PM

TRUE!!! the projector will get dimmer n dimmer

btw.. is there such thing call "RUN-IN" for projector?

whats "run-in"??

i think its burn in time say 100 hours before the bulb can really show its potential...got such for dlp projectors?

m saving my cash hard for a grey custom matte screen and a optoma hd65...

got any discussion here purely on projector screen? m curretly researching on 1.

This post has been edited by iman_210: May 9 2008, 04:39 PM

just like ur engine run 1000km first

Something to do with colors. Just like photography, gray card is neutral for white balancing.

In Malaysia, the Draper distributor does not import much matt white screen. Mostly HC Gray screen. Mine is Draper Luma 92" pull down screen in HC Gray. So far so good as my room aint totally dark. Unless at night.

More shots of my current noob HT setup.

Running at 1080i via components (Cos' no HDCP) & optical ...too bad its just a HTIB w/o DTS-HD
All the wires I hide'em in the casing and run it all the way to the back cupboard...
I got 10m length HDMI-->DVI cable to let go (Bought them mistakely)
Its the rear surround speakers should be place at ear level?? Some said it should be place at least 2ft above ear level ..

This post has been edited by jlim78: May 10 2008, 11:21 AM


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nice setup

seriesly get a screen

fuiyoh.. nice ... dem envy

Less than 7k equipments oso envy kah?

i know my standard

One more thing ...i found that 1080i are crispier than 720p...(in my setup lar)
But as i know .. 720p should be a class above 1080i ..