Rear Projection Screen on the cheap

Needed a quick and inexpensive Rear projection screen for a New Years Dance i was DJ'ing and after some quick research, i came up with this $6 shower curtain idea. Cost about $30 for the curtain, Grommet kit, bungy cords 3/4" PVC Pipe and fittings.

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Howto & Style

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• Rear
• Projection
• Screen

[swarmobs]

Its front projection not rear projection.

Good quick cheap solution but it doesn't do the projector justice especially with the wrinkles in the image.

would have been better off with a bed sheet or black out cloth.

[Lotlster]

A sheet or blackout cloth wouldnt have worked fro rear projection.

For the critics, i used this one time 2 years ago and have since made a new screen out of a lycra spandex material. Maybe ill post a vid of it at some point.

[rxpx69]

how did you make you lights dim when you turned them off! :D

[Lotlster]

Via a programmable electronic dimmer. Its an X10 compatible dimmer that i can control from the wall switch or an X10 controller.

Its actually a Decora style switch that mounts in a standard single gang box.

Works great for those dark early morning wake up calls, so my eyes dont get blasted.

[Lotlster]

Well im glad some of you have gotten some use out of the shower curtain idea.

I recently had to step it up a bit for a dance i was DJing in a hotel ballroom and bought some of the Dazian Trapeze Plus fabric for $57 and then had a local seamstress cut it down to 6'x8', sew the hems and stitch in 8 loops.

Worked well, but i think im going to have to beef up the loops they sewed in. I have it all mounted to an older lighting truss with bungees. Works awesome.

[newtheatron]

Totally cool 5 stars. Question... how well can you see a screen like this if normal room lights are on?

Thanks for the vid.

[Lotlster]

Not very well. If you notice in the video i have all the lights on at one point and the image is pretty washed out.

[Catfish365]

He does sound like Christopher Walken. I'm waiting for him to say he'll stab me in the face with a soldering iron.

[sheldo29100]

cool

[Discofreestyle]

pretty shitty

[ottoelperro]

REALLY nice job. Awesome. And that's a WHITE shower curtain? Awesome.

[adwenger0066]

@swarmobs If you wait til near the end, he does show it's a rear projection also.

[videorot]

Hey, thanx man! I'm in a similar bind for a small DJ gig and this should do the trick. Nice solution.

[FransFancyFeetRocks]

@yellowant

the shower curtain that he used will resist rain.. get a white transparent shower curtain.. just iron it with a sheet or cloth between the iron and curtain to get the rinkles out.. it works awsome... if you need something larger..check out ur local fabric store..

[marshallefields]

hey i'm looking at building a rear projection screen myself... where did you get your spandex material that size?

[utubenasha]

It may have been a cheap solution. But my god it looks cheap

[warlockboyburns]

i'm going to paint some ply... don't know how it's going to turn out