Nice bit of problem solving in a build posted this week. The screen is mounted on hinges along its top edge over a nook, with gas struts going in on either side so it swings up and holds itself there. Struts are still in progress. It is the kind of fix that only shows up when someone has a room that has to do two jobs and refuses to give up either one.
Everything I have seen people try in that situation is worse. Motorised drop-down screens cost real money and add a tensioning problem you will be chasing for years. Sliding a fixed frame sideways needs wall you probably do not have. Hinging it up like a hatch is cheap, has no motor to fail, and the frame keeps its tension because nothing about the frame changed. The only thing to get right is the strut rating, and getting that wrong means either a screen that will not stay up or one that fights you every time.
Gear behind it is a Valerion VisionMaster Max onto a SilverTicket fixed frame, Denon x1800h, Klipsch R-5502-W II in-walls across the front, RP-502S II surrounds, CDT-5650-C II in the ceiling and a single SVS PB-1000 Pro.
The owner is already honest about the weak spot, which is the view from the side love seat. He is right, and I would fix that before I added anything else. A riser behind the main couch does more for the second row than another sub does for the first. Anyone actually built a hinged screen and had a strut fail on them?
Everything I have seen people try in that situation is worse. Motorised drop-down screens cost real money and add a tensioning problem you will be chasing for years. Sliding a fixed frame sideways needs wall you probably do not have. Hinging it up like a hatch is cheap, has no motor to fail, and the frame keeps its tension because nothing about the frame changed. The only thing to get right is the strut rating, and getting that wrong means either a screen that will not stay up or one that fights you every time.
Gear behind it is a Valerion VisionMaster Max onto a SilverTicket fixed frame, Denon x1800h, Klipsch R-5502-W II in-walls across the front, RP-502S II surrounds, CDT-5650-C II in the ceiling and a single SVS PB-1000 Pro.
The owner is already honest about the weak spot, which is the view from the side love seat. He is right, and I would fix that before I added anything else. A riser behind the main couch does more for the second row than another sub does for the first. Anyone actually built a hinged screen and had a strut fail on them?
