Comments on: Films Chosen! Now it’s getting installed. http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2005/04/07/films-chosen-now-its-getting-installed/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: eric http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2005/04/07/films-chosen-now-its-getting-installed/#comment-135 eric Wed, 04 May 2005 17:06:24 +0000 /?p=32#comment-135 Chris, We chose the 3M product specifically for esthetic reasons during the day when the projection is off. This was a compromise between the projection looking the best and the screen not interfering with the existing architecture. The 3M film was good for what we are doing but I would not recommend it for doing anything besides projecting white shapes (letters in our case) on a black background. Even then there are some hotspots and uneven light distribution that we decided blended with the architecture and other lighting to create an effect we liked. The brightest film we tested was the Kimoto film but the most even light distribution was the Da-Lite rear projection material. The Da-Lite material comes in a rigid form on plexiglass that you can get cut to a window size. I think I had links to those two in a previous post. One thing to consider is the Kimoto film has an adhesive so its applied right to a window. It's probably the best deal and easiest to install. The Da-Lite fabric needs to be stretched on some sort of frame if you are not using the rigid screen on plexi. Chris,

We chose the 3M product specifically for esthetic reasons during the day when the projection is off. This was a compromise between the projection looking the best and the screen not interfering with the existing architecture. The 3M film was good for what we are doing but I would not recommend it for doing anything besides projecting white shapes (letters in our case) on a black background. Even then there are some hotspots and uneven light distribution that we decided blended with the architecture and other lighting to create an effect we liked. The brightest film we tested was the Kimoto film but the most even light distribution was the Da-Lite rear projection material. The Da-Lite material comes in a rigid form on plexiglass that you can get cut to a window size. I think I had links to those two in a previous post.

One thing to consider is the Kimoto film has an adhesive so its applied right to a window. It’s probably the best deal and easiest to install. The Da-Lite fabric needs to be stretched on some sort of frame if you are not using the rigid screen on plexi.

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.walkerart.org/newmedia/2005/04/07/films-chosen-now-its-getting-installed/#comment-136 Chris Mon, 02 May 2005 23:56:00 +0000 /?p=32#comment-136 We are looking to do nearly the same thing on a much smaller scale in a class window of a conference room. Could you please tell me what film you used and tested, and why you picked this 3M one? The windows we are working with aren't frosted. Please help! This website is a saviour right now. --Chris-- We are looking to do nearly the same thing on a much smaller scale in a class window of a conference room. Could you please tell me what film you used and tested, and why you picked this 3M one? The windows we are working with aren’t frosted. Please help!

This website is a saviour right now.

–Chris–

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