BEST DIY Spandex Screen Tutorial for your Home Theater | UNDER $250! (With LED Backlighting)

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This is the best, most detailed video on how to create your own acoustically transparent screen of any size for your Home Theater! I show you step by step every detail you need from planning, building a frame, installing the spandex and felt boarder, and even adding LED backlighting!
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Materials I used:
Charcoal Spandex: spandexworld.com/c3/catalog/p...
White Spandex: spandexworld.com/c3/catalog/p...
3" Black Felt: shop.carlofet.com/black-felt-...
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Titebond III Wood Glue: amzn.to/3D8PU6y
2" Corner Braces: amzn.to/3o7wpH6
3" Timber Screws: amzn.to/3DanDg3
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Octane Turbo XL700 Home Theater Seats | Unboxing and Review: • Octane Turbo XL700 Hom...
Klipsch In-Wall Speaker Install: • Home Theater Planning/...
RG6/COAX Compression fittings DIY: • RG6/COAX Compression F...
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How to build a RISER for HOME THEATER SEATING: • How to build a RISER f...
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@enochpeter Год назад

A thing of beauty! Excellent video documentation of the entire process, including what you learned along the way. I think I can proceed with confidence. Thank you for sharing! Other than a bit of volume attenuation, does the material “color” the sound enough to warrant a little EQ?

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Enoch Gamoian thank you! It’s really not that hard. I don’t notice any “coloring”, but I’m by no means an audiophile

@Mr1wildman 2 года назад

That was a great project and you done a awesome job

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Alvin Howell thanks man!!

@nexx2vince Год назад

Thank you Brutha, you guys are teaching me a trade! I luv u!

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Vince Roberson 💪😎🍻

@nexx2vince Год назад

@@HelpMeDIY awesome set up by the way

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

@@nexx2vince thanks 🙏

@bobfognozzle 2 года назад

🤓👍 Way to go!

@EdA-bz3bu 2 года назад

I got to say I fast forward a lot of it. For the basement I installed a pull down screen and for the family room one I just used the wall (I barely got permission (Boss) for the speakers yet alone a screen). I did get couple calls from neighbors that their was strangers in my house because of the movies in the family room 😂.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

😂 understand on the skipping over a lot of you’re not using this to make one!

@garyl5128 2 года назад

Nice job! My first AT screen was Spandex and it's amazing value, especially as it produces such a good image for the price too. What projector are you using? It'll have to be quite bright for that size. How far back will your seats be? Can the seats be moved forward or back or do they have to remain in a particular position? A good guide for a scope screen so that 16:9 doesn't look too small is to have your seats set so your eyes are roughly the same distance back as your screen is wide.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Gary L thanks! Just decided on the Epson 6050UB and later possibly adding an anamorphic lens. Other details TBD 😆

@garyl5128 2 года назад

@@HelpMeDIY Excellent! Best value/performance right now I think. JVCs are too expensive, and not much else at the 6050 price offers as much in my opinion. I'm also using a anamorphic lens and wouldn't be without one now. I used to have a simple sled with mine, but now just leave it in place and use the projectors own aspect controls to squish 16:9 content so it fills the height and keeps the aspect ratio correct. I used to have side masks but haven't felt the need to add them this time round (yet) with this theatre. Looking forward to any upgrades etc.

@LDBaha Год назад

@@garyl5128 Hey Gary I have a 5050ub. Which Anamorphic Lens did you get and what advantages does it give you over just zooming in?

@garyl5128 Год назад

@@LDBaha Hi, I have an ISCO II which I've had since 2005 (had a Prismasonic before then), though I've just recently acquired an ISCO IIIXL which I'll be installing soon. The main advantage is that you use all all the pixels and they remain the same height vertically as the 16:9 image (they only get stretched horizontally by the lens, and the pj or external scaler stretches the image vertically), so the pixels are smaller compared to zooming, and you're using more of them to produce the image - you lose around 500,000 in the black bars when you zoom (or 2 million with 4k, though the 5050 is more like a 2.7k display when using e-shift). Zooming has the same effect as moving your seating 33% closer, so the pixels are visibly larger and coarser looking compared to when using an A lens. You may also gain some brightness with an A lens, but that depends where your projector is within it's zoom range when zooming compared to where it is when using the A lens. I've never gained much light in my set ups (non in my current set up), but the increased pixel density is what makes it worth while. I'm currently using an Epson LS10000 (with HDFury Linker for WCG) and that's an eshift projector like the 5050 too. I did a few comparisons between zooming and using an A lens before I bought one, and did the same comparison with my current pj and decided to keep it as I like to sit close and the smaller pixels with the A lens are a visible improvement for me, so I'd rather use an A lens than zoom, as for me, it improves the image Anamorphic lenses can be quite expensive, so ideally you need to do your own comparisons to make sure the cost and benefit is worth it for you. Hope that helps.

@SquidkidMega 7 месяцев назад

Great work, just a question, how far back is your projector in the room to get that large an image?

@HelpMeDIY 7 месяцев назад

+SquidkidMega thanks! Good question. Don’t remember off the top of my head but I have another video on the channel about installing it where I’m sure I mention it.

@garyg9815 2 года назад

i must say, im getting LTT vibes here. good job.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+gary g had to Google that… Linus the Canadian RU-vidr?

@garyg9815 2 года назад

yep.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

@@garyg9815 ha. I’d never heard of him. What is similar out of curiosity now? I’ll have to check him out.

@garyg9815 2 года назад

he is a big tech youtuber that is currently upgrading his house with a new theater room and new servers.... kind of like you are right now.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

@@garyg9815 ahh gotcha!

@danemoreno88 2 месяца назад

Dang 170 inch screen I have a 120 and it takes up my whole living room wall pretty much lol that must be a huge room

@HelpMeDIY 2 месяца назад

+@danemoreno88 yes it is! 😆

@CarlosPigozzi Год назад

Hi! Can you post me a link of the spandex material you used please, to buy the same? Thanks in advance! I mean website and material if possible

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Carlos Pigozzi it’s already in the video description as I mentioned 😉🍻

@TheHorny4boost 6 месяцев назад

Could you of done a 150 in 16×9 in that material? Im wanting a 150-155in screen in my setup.

@HelpMeDIY 6 месяцев назад

+@TheHorny4boost great question. Do the math to see what the height would be. If it’s any taller than mine, then no. If not, then yes 👍

@RathOX 2 года назад

Looks great man!! Its Alan from budget friendly HT facebook group

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+RathØX hey dude! Thanks 🙏

@EveryDayJay415 4 месяца назад

Do you get any light bleed from the leds onto the screen?

@HelpMeDIY 4 месяца назад

+@EveryDayJay415 no, but I don’t watch with them on anyway

@kthx1138 Год назад

2.35:1 is the way to go. A 150" screen is big enough that you can do constant height like a movie theater and still have a pretty impressive sized 16x9 within that 2.35:1.

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Mike Kuhlman Films I LOVE this size 🥰

@xinkay 6 месяцев назад

Is there a way to build spandex screen which is rollable? (can be pull down)?

@HelpMeDIY 6 месяцев назад

+@xinkay great question but I don’t know how you could do it 🤷‍♂️

@tomascio1 2 года назад

What type of wood was used for this project?

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Thomas Cunningham whatever was the cheapest and straightest :)

@banecker1 2 года назад

This might be a dumb question, but when you order your fabric, how did you get it to the right heigh since it’s sold in 58 inches.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Adam Voss not a dumb question, but I think I addressed it in the video. I made my screen that max height possible with that constraint. It’s very stretchy, but it can only stretch so far!

@banecker1 2 года назад

Thank you for the response, I am currently using a pvc screen purchased from Amazon, it has creases and wrinkles that I can’t get rid of. And honestly i know the image can look light years better. I have done the Behr ht screen paint before and that turned out great. However acoustical transparency would be amazing.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

@@banecker1 yes, I could not be happier with mine! It’s fantastic in every aspect and everyone is blowing away when I tell them I made it.

@riley19811 8 месяцев назад

The link for your lights is "404 not found" can you let me know what led light strip you used? thanks!

@HelpMeDIY 8 месяцев назад

+R. Wilson updated it! Thanks for pointing it out.

@angelamcfadden5741 Год назад

How did it hold up over time?

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Angela McFadden still in perfect condition and awesome!

@juniorcorreia5923 3 месяца назад

How is the pictures on the 4K?

@HelpMeDIY 3 месяца назад

+@juniorcorreia5923 really good!

@arvindnaran Год назад

I'm facing banding issues in my setup. Any idea how to fix it?! Unsure what went wrong. I have 1 layer of black topped by dual layers of white (spandex)

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Arvind Naran really couldn’t even guess without seeing it. I would think the most common issues would either be the material or stretching the material evenly both horizontally and vertically

@arvindnaran Год назад

@@HelpMeDIY okay, let me unpin them and re-do them again and confirm if it's the stretching uneven or the material. Do you know any easiest/safest way to remove those staplers with minimal damage to the cloth?!? So far I was able to remove 30 staplers, but it is leaving damages in the cloth

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

@@arvindnaran I think you’ll just have to be as careful as possible and maybe get a staple remover

@arvindnaran Год назад

@@HelpMeDIY thanks a lot for the tip 😁 Got SR-100 from Kangaroo. I took a bit more than half a day to get all the staples removed. Reversed the screen, the banding is no longer visible to viewers. However it's still there, just that it can be seen from rear view (which is never an issue for me anyway 😅). Screen's a bit damaged cos of the stapling->de-stapling->re-stapling process. But, it doesn't cover my view area, just there in the bends Thanks for the help... Another quick question, if you got light stains on the screen. How do you clean it?! Or what are you doing in order to keep your screen dirt free?!

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

@@arvindnaran glad it worked! I haven’t had to clean mine. I warn people to stay away 😂

@shashidharmurthy2226 2 года назад

It seems that,all this material is not available in India so I will just see this video & apply it to local avail materials,😄 thanks.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Shashidhar Murthy I’m sure they have some spandex there somewhere 😁

@frankfarago2825 2 года назад

Nice acoustics you have in that room (extra sarcasm intentional). Also, acoustically transparent screens and speakers placed behind the screen -- that is pretty old school design, isn't it? Those entail big compromises for the sound.... and huge compromises for the projected image. I mean, these days it is sold screens, huge flat panels, and video walls. No speakers behind those, fortunately. Lastly, do you have a 10 to 12 minute abridged version of this DIC how-to? Thanks.

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

Umm no. Most high end theaters have the speakers behind the screen. You can’t get realistic center channel dialogue without doing that

@Renrondog Год назад

Frank has to be a Troll, or perhaps simply ignorant of today's facts while living in the past. Everything he said is wrong. LOL

@CrochetNewsNetwork 8 месяцев назад

@@HelpMeDIYEXACTLY

@bobfognozzle 2 года назад

🤓👍

@michelleh427 Год назад

One of my biggest issues is I want a 175-180" screen in a 16:9 aspect ratio. I am having absolutely NO LUCK finding wider rolls of spandex! Anyone have any luck??

@HelpMeDIY Год назад

+Michelle H I couldn’t either

@michelleh427 Год назад

@@HelpMeDIY Dang! That's what I was afraid of. 😬

@bobfognozzle 2 года назад

🤓👍 Way to go!

@HelpMeDIY 2 года назад

+Bob Fognozzle 😎