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I recently moved into a new apartment and decided a manual pulldown 92" Greywolf II was not going to cut it in this 17.5x15' living room. So I began planning this build out with no previous research on how it has been done by others (durr) as I like solving issues without assistance or influence, which isn't too smart if you are a politician, but fun for me.First I mounted the projector in the kitchen (of course), peeking through a cutout designed for the now closed off heat register. A chromed tin cover protects from any residual heat that may leak out.I then turned to the screen itself. I had originally thought of just hinging a screen strait down from the ceiling with a simple, light weight wooden frame held up by magnets. Over a few weeks of planning and sketching that transformed from wood to Extruded Aluminum, from strait down to cantilevered out over the TV and from magnets + gravity to Pneumatic Lift supports and Linear Actuators.The screen material never changed in my mind. I was going to use spandex all along since I remembered someone mentioning it being good for screens (again no research but my own). I gathered a few samples and did my own testing and decided on Millskin IVORY over BLACK instead of the standard WHITE over SILVER I keep seeing recommended here. Darker blacks, more natural skin tones and no blue tint over dark areas as I was seeing with the pure white.I used 7/16th OD Vinyl hose to secure the material into the side and back channels of the aluminum. The hose is rather stiff and had to be heated in HOT water before it could be pressed into the channels.Total build cost was around $750 including all the hardware/precautions to wall mount this without destroying the walls (did I mention this is a rental for added challenge?)I made a rather lengthy review video that goes over some more of the details even showing what the WHITE material looks like compared to the IVORY.I also have a gallery of shots from my NX1000 I took in the daytime showing how well the black levels hold up with the ivory over black combination.If you want a very very LONG and swear filled watch, I recorded six parts totaling 2+ hours of this screens build along with some on-camera brainstorming (with myself) concerning going 2.35:1 scope vs 16:9 and a section where I tested white, grey and the ivory spandex.Part1 :Part2 :Part3 :Part4 :Part5 :Part6 :