Par2Pro screen doubling as home theater

[grantc79]

Does anyone else do this?

Really struggling which direction to go. I have a media room right now with a projector and home theater screen installed. I'm wondering how poor the screen is going to be when you consider its going to sag some, inevitably get a bit dirty, and all of the other problems associated.

Being able to use one screen for both purposes would make projector shopping and settings a lot easier, just worried I'm going to be very disappointed with picture quality when it comes time for movies and TV.

[FURY]

Hi 79!

Can't comment on on using one screen for both purposes in a direct sense, but if you have a fairly well light controlled room, you might consider not painting, or preferrably using "special paint" (with HVLP dusting spray technique) on a primed whit wall that has the white area in the dimensions of the desired screen. That would mean, of course, taking down the glof screen when you are viewing other than using the screen as a ball backstop. Of course, projector memory, throw distances, etc etc., as I am sure you know, factor in as well. As a rough comparison, I took a basement sheetrock wall, painted and heavy knockdown textured, sanded it flat through paint and primer to "white," except for "waviness" of the wall, due to constructiuon and sanding variances, but at 10 feet 122" wide 16:9 or 2.4 perception is perfectly flat and amazing for that configuration in a wel controlled lighting room. The paint should make the blacks go to interstellar, but really unbelieveable with nno screen and I have had many theaters and screens over the years.

SO, minor waviness should be a relatively minor issue, BUT any indentations that are more focal than a gentllw wave... not sure

Thank you very much

FURY

[FaultyClubs]

OP: I do that with the older par2pro HQ screen. I actually put it on a track so I could slide it out of the way like a curtain to expose my movie screen. It takes 2 minutes to change over but after a month I stopped doing it for TV and after 3 months I stopped doing it for movies. There's a difference in quality but it's small. I haven't used the movie screen in ages. The key is having the screen smooth. I don't have any sag. I don't notice the ball marks. Can't comment on the newer par2pro screen since never used it. There are a couple holes in the ceiling due to crazy hits though. Lol

[frackh]

I have the Par2Pro SQ screen, using the Optoma 1080GtDarbee projector. Watching HD movies on it isn’t bad at all if you can control your ambient lighting. I think this has to do more with the projector than the screen.
Smooth out the ball impact area and it’s quite nice, otherwise you’ll notice the ‘waves’ as the image roll over it.
The caveat is that I don’t have a real movie screen to compare it to, maybe a case of ignorance is bliss.

[BGCurtis2nd]

I have the Par2Pro SQ screen, and the Optoma EH412ST and I think it does a very good job as a home theater, but I also do not have a movie screen to compare it to.