Question about projection screen material

[Carlos2992]

Hello everybody, I am building my home theater, in a controlled light room, projector is JVC RS2000, and I have a question about building my projection screen.

I would like to know, will I see a really, big noticeable difference talking about image quality, between using let's say, dedicated cloth material as the one being sold at Carl's Place, and a regular blackout cloth material used for window curtains?

The main thing is due I live in Argentina, buying at Carl's Place represents me very high shipping and fees costs rather than buying a regular blackout cloth here, but if image quality is really noticeable or improved, I will choose buying from Carl's Place then.

Thanks a lot for your opinions and advices!

[HeavyHitter]

The blacker, darker, and less reflective the room, the better.

High quality velvet is the best material.

[roar]

I don't know what Carl's place is, but I have used a black out cloth in a past version of a theatre and it was adequate. If shipping costs have you put out, you can try the cloth and if you're happy stick with it, and if you're not pay a little more. I'd probably try DIY paint solutions if you want to keep your costs down, I've read lots of great results from people who do that.

What projector are you using? If it is a high end projector don't cheap out on your screen, buy something good... if it is entry level... I doubt you'll squeeze out much more quality in a higher end screen where you'd notice the difference, buy something entry level.

I've always believed what you spend on your screen should align with what you spend on your projector relatively speaking. Ball park numbers but if you buy an entry level projector in and around $1,000, don't spend on the screen, you didn't spend on the projector, why would you spend on a screen? If you spend around $3,000 on your projector, put some money into a screen and if you spend north of $6,000 on a projector you'll be doing yourself a real disservice by cheaping out on your screen.

[Carlos2992]

Roar, it's the JVC RS2000 Projector. Thanks for the advice.

[roar]

Oh shoot I missed that… great projector… spend some money on the screen. I made the leap to a commercial screen rather than the DIY route when I moved from a JVC-DLA-X30 to a JVC-DLA-NX5… that RS-2000 is owed a quality screen

[crutzulee]

My experience has been the opposite of the other posters here LOL...

My most expensive screen was a commercial high gain screen that helped eke out the best performance from a couple of older DLP models I had in the past.

When I went 4K, I bought a much less expensive Chinese screen as a temporary measure just to see if the new setup could accommodate a 120" screen. I was thrilled that the room could handle the size, but was even more thrilled to get rid of the sparkly texture that the commercial screen used to achieve the high gain. I used that "temp" screen for a couple of years.

I agree with the poster that mentioned treating the room. It has allowed me to go 130" scope and acoustically transparent with the cheapest screen possible - a DIY SPANDEX screen to go with my new-to-me JVC X570R - my most expensive projector to date. The 100" commercial screen still hangs in the alcove I created for the new AT screen.

[HeavyHitter]

Seymour has a .7 gain grey material. Grey is good if you have ambient light in the room otherwise a white screen is generally preferred for a darker room.

The higher the gain, the stronger possibility of more visible artifacts such as shimmer, sparklies, screen texture, etc. Although some people notice this more than others...and does depend on the room as well (darker rooms can show more).