TheaterBlog: It Works!

This weekend, my mom (the true talent in the family) helped to get the screen fabric on the frame we built months earlier. The fabric was actually one of the first things I ordered last year; I snagged 154" x 65" of Da-Lite's Cinema Vision material from AV-Outlet, back then I expected the screen to be 144" wide and I ordered an extra 10" to make sure I had enough room to play with. The 132" screen I ended up with left me with more than enough screen material, which was nice since it allowed us to screw up the installation a bit without sacrificing the entire roll of material. The fabric cost less than $500.

Actually mounting the fabric to the curved frame was an absolute pain, but thanks to my mom and Lyle (a friend celebrating his 26th birthday today), we managed to get it done and the end result is absolutely beautiful.

With the screen done, we mounted the CineSlide and ISCO III and after some regularly scheduled Saturday evening festivities, Manny and I stayed up until 4AM and got the damn thing working. We've only got three speakers hooked up and there's a lot of tweaking that needs to be done, but we're making real progress:

I'm exhausted and going to bed, more progress in the next couple of weeks.