I went with a Doable...and tried a different aspect ratio...really happy

**GregBe** · **07-29-09, 12:55 PM**

Lucky for me, I have access to Doable. My projector has some flexibility as far a zoom and offset. I was toying around with the idea of doing a CIH 2.40:1 screen, but in my room, when I got the perfect 2.40:1 image, my 16:9 material looked too small. Vice Versa, when I had the perfect 16:9 screen, it had more impact on those movies than when I switched to a 2.40:1 movie. I read about Constant Area Image, so I built my screen to 2:1 aspect ratio. For me, it worked out perfectly. Sure it requires manually zooming when I switch aspect ratios, and when I zoom out for 2.40:1 content, I have about 3" of overspill for menu's and trailers (which my velvet border catches), but I am very happy. I now feel that I am getting impact for both 16:9 material and 2.40:1 material without compromising either.

**mechman** · **07-29-09, 01:45 PM**

Any pictures? I like pictures!!

**GregBe** · **07-29-09, 04:22 PM**

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mechman wrote:

Any pictures? I like pictures!!

I agree, I like pictures as well. I kinda take the small schoolbus when it comes to taking pictures and uploading them.

If I take the pictures and save them to my hard drive on my PC, how do I upload them to the Shack from there.

**custard** · **07-29-09, 04:26 PM**

open an account with photobucket or similar and upload the pics there.
paste the image link provided by them to your post.

**GregBe** · **08-12-09, 10:38 AM**

I just wanted to report back, how happy I am with the Doable

I like it much better than the BOC I had before. To be fair, I was never able to fully get out all of the wrinkles, so not a fair comparison for sure. Once I built a 3 1/2" velvet border and painted the screen wall black, it looks professional. At first my wife wasn't thrilled about painting the wall black. I painted it one Saturday night while everyone was sleeping. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

I also am loving the 2:1 aspect ratio. I do need to adjust the projector when switching between aspect ratios, but really only about 15 seconds. If you have the flexibility in your projector, I would highly recommend Constant Image Area.

I know, I need to post pictures. I am working on it.

**mechman** · **08-12-09, 08:37 PM**

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GregBe wrote:

I know, I need to post pictures. I am working on it.

Good! We like pictures!

I have some to take as well.

**clark17** · **08-13-09, 12:51 PM**

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GregBe wrote:

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

very true....

I would like to see some pictures too.

Myself for masking I'm planing to use this masking method. Also I think I'll do 2.42:1, as most of the current movies use this ratio.... The only thing is I won't be able to use it to watch Black Knight special edition with IMAX scenes in it....

**GregBe** · **08-13-09, 02:08 PM**

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clark17 wrote:

very true....

I would like to see some pictures too.

Myself for masking I'm planing to use this masking method. Also I think I'll do 2.42:1, as most of the current movies use this ratio.... The only thing is I won't be able to use it to watch Black Knight special edition with IMAX scenes in it....

Certainly not the main reason, but a nice benefit of my 2:1 ratio is those Dark Knight Imax scenes. with the 3" border, when they switch to imax, it does not over shoot the velvet, which absorbs the picture. It is a nice compromise with thinner black bars than a typical 16:9 screen and still maintaining the Imax expansion on Dark Knight. Again not the best reason to go with a CIA screen over CIH, but there you go.

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