Installation projector screen

Attach one end of the projector using a drill and screws. Partially tighten the screws on each end until the mount is flush with the ceiling. Projector screen installation is an art form. It takes skill and effort to get the job done. Remove all the stress and hassle of installation by letting the pros at Media Controlled do it for you.

Contact us today. What Is a Projector Screen? Simple enough? If you have bought a projector screen for your home to enjoy the movies and your favorite shows on the big screen and looking for a way to install it, then you have reached the right place. Mounting a projector screen or portable led projector will give you a feel of theatre at home.

Before installing the projector screen, make sure you take measurements of the screen and the vertical offset of the projector. Here, you will learn how to install a projector screen and enjoy your favorite movie on it! Decide the location for your projector screen wisely. It should be opposite to your existing furniture like sofa set or chairs. Choose a plane wall for your projector screen. It is not recommended to install it over a window as direct light passes through the window and it may damage your device.

Now, you need to decide where you will mount the screen. Make sure there is no obstruction on the wall where you will place the screen. A wall-mounted projector pulls down and then retracts rapidly against the wall. As you can see from the picture above, any home project can involve some accidents. Luckily no one was hurt, however we did learn quite a few things about being careful in the attic. In this Instructable, will show you how to carefully install a projector in your home for movies and entertainment.

The first thing you will need get started is to figure out the distance your projector will be from your wall, so you will know how big to make your screen. Our projector ended up being about feet away from our wall giving us about a inch 4x3 screen we went with 4x3 because our projector's aspect ratio was 4x3. Not every projector out there has the same throw ratio, so either look your's up or measure it yourself. You first need to decide what cables you will be phishing.

If your are running hdmi to the projector you should definitely consider buying an hdmi switcher so that you only need to run one cable. An hdmi switcher takes 3 inputs and can switch between devices to the output. This one also has priority switching so if you turn on a device, it automatically switches to that input.

We used a cable like this:. The best thing you can do when installing a projector is to build a screen. Nothing looks worse than a properly installed projector projecting on a painted wall. I know it might be more than you want to spend, but it looks a million times better with a non-reflective fabric screen. To build the frame for the screen, we used some scrap wood and an air nailer to build a rectangle to wrap the screen around.

Then we picked up some trim to put around the side from Home Depot. Because our attic was above our projector, we added an outlet in the attic for us to hook up to. If you mount it too far away, the image will be too big. Thankfully, nearly all modern projectors have a zoom adjustment, which allows you to adjust the size of the image without actually moving the projector closer or farther away from the screen.

This can give you great flexibility when figuring out the proper distance from the wall for your projector. The throw distance of your projector will be listed in the manual.

This means that the only way to adjust the size of the image is to physically move the projector closer or farther away from the screen. In this case, you will need to be very careful to mount the projector in the exact right position. You can calculate this position by multiplying the throw distance number in this example, 1.

Throw distance is the distance from the screen to the projector. For most people, your projector will list a throw distance, or throw ratio in this case, of something like 1.

The wider the throw ratio, the more wiggle room you have in placing your projector. This means that I can place the projector between Note that the closer the projector is to the screen the brighter the image will be.

You can always turn the brightness up or down to suit your preferences. If the system is going in a room that will have ambient light, then the closer to the screen the better, as long as you stay within the rated throw range of your projector.

Also note that some screens have a minimum distance requirement, meaning that the projector has to be a certain distance away from the screen in order to avoid hotspotting when the center of the image is brighter than the edges. Check your manual to see if this is the case with your screen. With all of that said, you can usually get a little deeper black levels with the projector farther away.

Also consider the noise of the projector when running. By the time you have taken into account the minimum distance requirements of the screen, throw distance of the projector, seating locations, and ceiling fixtures, you will probably have a very limited spot to mount the projector.

Vertical offset tells you how high or low the projector needs to be mounted in order for the image to project at the proper height on the wall.

Unfortunately, the math can be a little tricky to figure out. Most projectors offer vertical lens shift, which means that the image can be adjusted up or down until it is at the proper height on the wall. If your projector has adjustable vertical lens shift, I recommend actually powering it on and holding it use a ladder to save your arms at the height and distance you want it mounted.

Next, adjust the vertical offset until the image is in the right location. In some installs, you may need to physically lower the projector for everything to line up.

In that scenario, you will need a projector mount that can accommodate an extension pipe. I recommend purchasing the pipe from a local hardware store and having them cut and thread it, you just need to spray paint it black.

Offset can either be positive or negative. A positive offset means that the image will be higher than the lens when the projector is set on a table. A negative offset means that the image will be projected lower than the lens when the projector is set on a table. Since a projector is upside down when mounted on a ceiling, we are most concerned with positive offset.

Offset is represented in percentages. The percentage of offset is measured from the center of the lens to the vertical center of the screen. This means that the center of the lens needs to be lined up with the vertical center of the screen. Obviously, this is not practical in most situations. Consumers want the projector to be out of the way, this is why manufacturers incorporate vertical offset.

In this instance, that would put the projector You can use this formula to help determine how far above or below the center of the screen the lens should be. The Epson UB I use has an adjustable offset of Horizontal lens shift follows the exact same rules as vertical lens shift, but it allows you to mount the projector off-center horizontally instead of vertically.

The formula is also essentially untouched. There is seldom a reason that you cannot mount the projector so it is exactly lined up with the horizontal center of the screen, and there are two big reasons you should do everything within your power to mount the projector horizontally centered on the screen. First, lens shift can degrade picture quality by subtly distorting the image. The distortion might not be very noticeable, but is still a possibility.

Second, vertical and horizontal lens shift interact with each other. The more of one you use, the less of the other you can use. JVC warns consumers about this in the image below. In either case, I always suggest powering on and testing out the projector to double check the calculations. At this point, you should know exactly where the projector lens needs to be.

The next step is to mount the projector to the ceiling.