plasti-dip experiments

I conducted an experiment using paper coated with plasti-dip as a possible screen surface. It went pretty well - I think I will go ahead and try a screen sized piece next. I get a nice bright spot (just as bright as using your fingers on the bare screen) plus you don't have to press quite as hard and it isn't dependant on whether you have dry fingers or not. Also it seems like there is minimal hysterisis (sticking). As a bonus, the plasti-dip makes the paper more transparent which makes it brighter as a projection surface. Spreading this stuff out might be a problem - they sent me the canned version instead of the spray version and it starts drying fairly quickly. I may take Darran's suggestion and use a flat paint roller.

I also finished putting together the stand - I chose to use PVC. I'm going for a flat 'table' style screen. I'll post some pics soon.

I also realized that my projector is running at TV resolution since I'm using S-video cables. I need to find the proper computer cable for it online somewhere which should be fun considering that this is a fairly old projector. Ebay here I come...