Do-it-yourself Projector, Part 2 Tue, 28 Jun 2005, 00:00 EDT
Following up on my previous entry about my do-it-yourself projector, when Alisa came to visit in May we built a screen for the projector. We picked up a 6-foot long, 1-inch diameter curtain rod at Home Depot, and 6 feet of blackout cloth at Jo Ann Fabrics. While at first we were thinking of wrapping the cloth around the rod, we discovered we could just tape it directly to the rod. The rod itself is slightly fluted, which allowed us to easily line up the blackout cloth in a nice straight line. Packing tape is in place on the two ends, and regular masking tape is holding up the rest.
Blackout cloth, for those who don’t know, is white, not black. It’s meant to be attached to regular curtains to block out all the light coming in to the room. In fact, we bought some extra blackout cloth to cover my sliding glass door and the nearest window to make the picture more viewable during the day.
The picture quality has improved dramatically compared to the wall. While my walls are white, they’re also textured and not quite reflective enough. Previously, the contrast was poor with very dark scenes being too dark and very light scenes being too light. Now the picture looks great!
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