House Projects

[asshanson]

I've seen a lot of insanely priced screens with special materials and paint and such. How does a white wall compare? Are you using special paint? I want to make a projector room as well but several hundred dollars on a screen seems unnecessary.

[Halon]

Aaron, the game is at 5:30 on Feb 1 i believe. Will let you know what time the party starts, but probably like 4ish. We will have beer, and a main food dish. Askinv if everyone else can just bring something to share, whether it food, pop, kush, or what was that stuff we used to eat back in the day...

Andrew, my buddy has this same projector and just projects it onto his off-white wall and it looks fine to me. He has a screen he bought, but once he saw it just projected on his wall he decided not to install a screen. However here is what i will be doing.
http://www.projectorcentral.com/paint_perfect_screen_$100.htm

[turbotalon1g]

I'll bring da kush

[Halon]

Small update. First pass taping/mudding done. They still think by the end of the weekend the room will be "ready for carpet" which I think means all the way done through paint. Seems aggressive but I suppose time will tell.

Also I picked up a new Sony smart Blu-ray player with 3D/WiFi. That way this whole setup can be like a smart TV with Netflix and what not.

Also grabbed an Amazon 50 mile range OTA Antenna from Aaron. Damn, I hooked it up to where our cable splitters are in the furnace room, so it's now feeding all of our cable jacks except two. I had 5 TV's on at once last night, all feeding from this one antenna (which is in a far less than ideal mounting position to receive a signal) and everything is working awesome! Just bought another one today for my dad.

[turbotalon1g]

Glad that shit worked out.

[A//// Guy]

Looks good dude! Yea that stuff goes quick if you have a team of people working on it.

What contracting company is doing the work, just curious and are you happy with them so far?

[Halon]

ASR Remodel. They have a few vids on youtube.

He is former military, went through the same school program I did in the military, just several years before me lol. Got out and became an automation engineer (also like me) and eventually decided to just start working for himself and doing this as he got older. He went to school to get certified in electrical (NEC) and HVAC, so he actually holds legit certs, not just some guy who read the rules online. So he is no dummy, and had the ability in my opinion to not just finish the room in a basic sense, but to see it all the way through from telling me what to do for sound proofing, mouting in cieling speakers, running all the low voltage wirinv, mouting the components, create a screen, etc because he has a technical backround. Literally seeing it all the way through from studs to surround sound. Real nice and cool guy, couldnt be happier with him. If anyone wants his contact info let me know. He's also in the middle of doing a complete interior revamp of some big baller house in Chanhassen he keeps wanting me to come see.

[95tsi]

I've seen a lot of insanely priced screens with special materials and paint and such. How does a white wall compare? Are you using special paint? I want to make a projector room as well but several hundred dollars on a screen seems unnecessary.

I prepped and painted the wall at my old house and was pretty happy with the results. Worked well for me plus unless you put a big dollar screen next to it, you can't really notice. Plus if it Sucks, just paint the wall no big dollars invested...

[Halon]

Everythings been sanded. Knock down applied to ceiling. First coat of paint up. Super Bowl is days away, gunna be close! SB party still happening whether it's done or not though!!

Also not sure if I mentioned already, but we picked out the carpet. Super nice stuff and also got top of the line padding for it!
http://www.caldwellcarpet.com/images/Carpet/Bliss-Carpet/Accentuate/Bliss-Accentuate-Carpet-05-Chocolate-Cheesecake.jpg

[turbotalon1g]

Does the carpet match the drapes though?