Set screen size? (1 Viewer)

[Brian Osborne]

I'll be finished with hanging drywall for my Home Theater project in the next day or two. Hope to have mudding done in a week or so.
I've ordered my screen paint from www.DIYtheatre.com. I question if I should be building a screen frame and have the screen out a bit from the wall or just make the entire back wall the screen.
I will be having curtains that will open and close, so I could open just far enough to view the image. What will the surrounding area look like if the image is smaller that the actual screen? I have very good ambient light control and using the BenQ 7700 projector. The screen paint is Medium Grey Austrailian Opal.
I doubt very much that having the image smaller than the screen will be distracting at all, but does anyone have experience with this?
Here is a link to a picture that shows the front wall of my theater. The screen is set back about 14" from the surrounding wall that the speakers will be built into.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/gall...geViewsIndex=0

 

[David Noll]

Brian,

Having a image smaller than the screen will not be a problem. The image seldom fits the screen anyway. For examples, when a movie is not in the standard 16:9 widescreen format or when watching the 4:3 TV format. I don't find that to be distracting, especially if the room is dark. And by the way, I never thought that automatic masking systems were ever justified in home theaters.

David

 

[Brian Osborne]

I was just talking about stopping the curtains early when I'm watching TV in 4:3....
But if it is not a distraction, then no need.

Mudding tonight and tomorow, I'll post some more pics once we get a good start on it.