WAF Wants To Paint......Get Excited!!!

[MyKill Myers]

So it's that time of decade again where the "wife" wants to paint the basement. "I would just like to patch up some holes and give the basement a fresh feeling". Gotta love when they get bored!!!

I was curious to know what all of you thought about wall color for behind a TV display. Is there a better color we should consider? I know some details would probably be helpful.

We have a Samsung LNT5271F on an entertainment stand and everything is black in color. All of our basement walls are like a light gray color. We have high eff. light bulbs, ones that are capable of being on a dimmer, on a dimmer switch and we usually turn the dimmer switch down once our movies begin. There is minimal sunlight coming through our sliding glass door blinds at best during the day and no other light source at night except from the dimmed high eff. bulbs.

Any suggestions/recommendations on a color for the wall behind the display?

Thanks in advance and please let me know if there's any other information I can provide that might be helpful.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by MyKill Myers

So it's that time of decade again where the WAF wants to paint the basement. "I would just like to patch up some holes and give the basement a fresh feeling". Gotta love when the WAF gets bored!!!

WAF is Wife Acceptance Factor.... I think you might mean that your wife wants to paint the basement.

[HomeTheaterVirgin]

Were actuallt deciding to pait the basement this weekend as well.Were also going with a light maybe Bayge ( I know I didnt spell that right).probably going to pait this weekend before the sofas get here.

[MyKill Myers]

Originally Posted by MacDaddyOJack

WAF is Wife Acceptance Factor.... I think you might mean that your wife wants to paint the basement.

Here I thought I was becoming a veteran to this forum and just totally proved that I'm capable of an epic FAIL. What a NOOB

Thanks for explaining what WAF stands for. Yes I mean wife.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Originally Posted by MyKill Myers

Here I thought I was becoming a veteran to this forum and just totally proved that I'm capable of an epic FAIL. What a NOOB

Thanks for explaining what WAF stands for. Yes I mean wife.

Haha, it took me a while to figure out what it was too. I didn't get it until a subwoofer article that I read one day spelled it out the same way, I think it was in a sound and vision mag.

[Beta Man]

Do a brown/red/khaki just do it in a Matte or Flat finish.

Either way, the darker it is, the better it will be.

[JimShaw]

Originally Posted by HomeTheaterVirgin

Bayge ( I know I didnt spell that right)

"Biege" I am a terrible speller but beige is one that I do know.

[HomeTheaterVirgin]

Originally Posted by JimShaw

"Biege" I am a terrible speller but beige is one that I do know.

Thanks

[MyKill Myers]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Do a brown/red/khaki just do it in a Matte or Flat finish.

Either way, the darker it is, the better it will be.

I thought going darker in an already dark room with a black TV would cause eyes to strain and tire looking at bright screen (not real bright by the way, I have brightness and contrast adjusted down using DVE BD)?

Would a light color or even white help the eyes to relax and not strain?

I don't know any better or questioning you Beta Man but read that somewhere I think. Can you elaborate on the darker the better?

[xneox]

Originally Posted by JimShaw

"Biege" I am a terrible speller but beige is one that I do know.

You spelled it two different ways.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by MyKill Myers

I thought going darker in an already dark room with a black TV would cause eyes to strain and tire looking at bright screen (not real bright by the way, I have brightness and contrast adjusted down using DVE BD)?

Would a light color or even white help the eyes to relax and not strain?

I don't know any better or questioning you Beta Man but read that somewhere I think. Can you elaborate on the darker the better?

Well... my take on it, has always been that the dark color increases the perceived contrast..... so basically the colors on the screen pop more because of the lack of color surrounding it.

Even on my crappy Aquos that has a gray bezel, there are black borders surrounding the screen for just this purpose.

Another reason you don't see companies using multiple colored bezels.... the "touch of color" panels that are being sold are for people who care more about the way the T.V. looks in their living room, rather than the picture it displays (I'm sure it has great PQ, but these televisions are obviously designed to please the wife!)

Pour a teaspoon of sugar on a Piece of beige paper, and pour a teaspoon on a piece of black paper...... The sugar on the black paper is just going to really stand out and draw your eye to it.... while the sugar on the beige paper is going to blend in more.

Sorry for the stupid analogy.... but just visualizing that should help you understand where I'm coming from with it.....

Whether I'm right or not...... who knows

I'm not a fan of the LED lights behind televisions..... The photos look cool, and it may reduce eye strain, but I want my entire focus to be on the details of the actual film, not the stuff on the shelf around the t.v. etc.... I can look at that when my T.V. is off

[Uniquely]

Pictures of the room and the items in the room would make it a lot easier to help pick a color. A color that is great for HT, might look like dog poop once you move your furniture and wall art back in

[DavidAg02]

Color of the wall isn't as important as gloss. If your wife doesn't mind pick a flat paint to go on the wall behind the TV. It reflects very little light so your TV will really stand out against the wall.

Picking a neutral color like gray would also help with the percieved contrast... but that's up to you to decide.

[liquidice]

sorry to say, but lots of wrong answers here. You don't want to go with any kind of color, but a neutral color like a mid gray color. Also, your best bet would be to get a 6500k color bias light to put behind the display.

I've pointed many people to this link, and yet this still becomes a weekly topic. Read for yourself and gather what info you can. Also look for the bias light thread under the display link. Knowledge is your friend, read up on what the experts say, then do whatever you want.

[THE_FORCE]

Originally Posted by liquidice

sorry to say, but lots of wrong answers here. You don't want to go with any kind of color, but a neutral color like a mid gray color.

This is an incorrect answer also. The correct answer is - go with whatever you want ! If a pj was concernced and you was after the best possible perceived contrast, then I'd say go for pure black velvet on the walls and ceilings in the viewing area to soak up the ambient light.

Seeing as it's a 52" flatscreen you're using,the difference to pq is going to be negligible based on the wall colour behind the image. Remember, that you have to live with it, so pick something you like - rather than what you're supposed to be using according to home cinema 'specialists'.