I know it might be more than you want to spend but it looks a million times better with a non reflective fabric screen.
Installing projection screen in ceiling.
The first step is to prepare your projector screen.
The mount should come with 4 lag bolts but most of the time only two are needed if they are properly centered on a ceiling joist.
This is possibly the most important question about installing an in ceiling projection screen.
The best thing you can do when installing a projector is to build a screen.
Decide on the best location for the screen.
You then need some sort of test pattern so that you can adjust the zoom and everything else.
If you must choose a wall that receives direct light consider an ambient light rejecting projector screen or if you re painting your.
There are bracket connectors on the top edges of the ceiling projector screen.
The projector screen will range between 30 60 pounds and to make its installation easier and more precise you can create a template using a piece of cardboard.
Depending on the layout of your room you may have little choice as to where the screen must go but if possible choose a wall that has no direct light as light on the screen will make the image look washed out.
Detach the ceiling plate from the projector plate and proceed to mount the ceiling plate on the ceiling are you tired of reading the words projector ceiling and plate yet.
The template will serve to keep the holes for screws evenly spaced from each other and evenly spaced from the wall if you need to extend to bypass wall art or window trim.
On this benq projector i needed to select the option that says projector position and change it to front ceiling in other words the projector is in front of the screen on the ceiling.
These bracket connectors are the ones responsible for holding the screen up.
How to install an in ceiling projector screen from basements and rooms by dave rodgers marketing manager of elite screens inc in ceiling projector screens are a neat clean way to have an electric roll up projection display that appears out of nowhere and disappears leaving a minimal footprint.
Nothing looks worse than a properly installed projector projecting on a painted wall.