How long did it take for you to open your tent door and turn off the generator?
This is also by far the cheapest way to get a screen this size for your home. If you don’t mind it being permanently in place. Just cut it out and mount it.
I’m gonna say no.
Features:
Black-backed screen blocks out light from behind
Stakes and ropes are just for protection against wind. The legs would be sufficient indoors without ropes as long as you don’t have heavy winds in your house 
Questions of how dark the night and what kind of projector is best described in terms of contrast. What makes any image on a screen look really good has to do with how “black” black is displayed. A front projection screen is limited in that the white screen needs to look black in an image. One way around this is blast more lumens at it, to make the whites brighter, and the blacks kinda look blacker.
There are different types of projectors, ones that totally block the light on a black pixel will look better, ie a back lit LED flat screen where the light at each pixel is plain off. Also, be wary of lumen claims, companies can “embellish” their numbers, and virtually any projector will lose lumens with bulb life. The hour rating on the bulb for 50% lumens and the cost of the new lamp will really help determining what you buy.
Sorry, but the answer to many questions about projectors and screens is “it depends”. Buy the most lumens you can afford and include the bulb cost in your budget.
Rear projection will offer more contrast, but they like even more lumens. Screens are only front or rear. One is a reflective screen with brightening ‘agents’ and the other is translucent.
I have set up both types outside for events. This screen is an incredible bargain compared to the $1500-3000 screens we used.
Just do not expect the images to be like a blacked out movie theatre with $100K projection. You are not camping in a basement with a 72" plasma, 7.1 sound, and 300 watts of audio.
One last feature to realize, dew loves to collect on a screen. Folding it up at night after a show can be a gooey mess. Leaving it up for the sun and breeze to dry is a lot better. But if they blow or fall over and there is anything at all vertical behind or in front of it, it will tear faster than you can write a check for $145.
This will depend greatly on your projector. Look at the lumens and contrast ratio it has. Your restrictions on daylight will be more of a limitation of your projector than the screen. For most projectors that are being pushed to the 120" size, you will want dusk at least.
To get clearer video, if you could do with a little less size (move the projector closer and go with say 60-80 inches) you may get enough intensity that it works in daylight.
One thing you could try is to install a dark tarp over top of the screen (think Boy Scout, ropes, knots, etc ;-), even in sun, if you give it enough shade and cover over the projected light, it should significantly improve the image even in sun. (just a theory though) Good Luck!
At 44lbs, I’m surprised that the bag doesn’t have wheels like a lot of their propane stoves have!
One thing you could try is to install a dark tarp over top of the screen (think Boy Scout, ropes, knots, etc ;-), even in sun, if you give it enough shade and cover over the projected light, it should significantly improve the image even in sun. (just a theory though) Good Luck!
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Campfires and lanterns need to be shaded off the screen too. But your idea of a big rain fly over the screen is a good one.
The brighter the projector, the better the picture. I have two… one is 1200 lumens and is impossible to see with the lights on in a room. The other is 3000 lumens and shows a decent picture with the lights on.
Screen will NOT make that big of a difference. Any screen you choose will make no more than 1-3% difference.
Unless we’ve gone 20 years into the future when flexible LCD screens have been around for so long that they’re cheap, you’re going to need a projector. They had some nice ones here a week ago. I bought one that was selling in stores for $1200 and got it for $400.
FALSE… check out this guy on Ebay. GREAT screen, no wrinkles!
http://r.ebay.com/wOjlxk
When I saw portable outdoor movie screen, I was thinking this was one of those inflatables, but this looks like more of a portable than outdoor portable. It doesn’t look that washable.
I am a projector freak and custom built my own fixed 100" screen in my basement theater and have it color to exact neutral gray, but when projecting outdoors, I just use a giant white board (4’X8’) that I bought at Home Depot. I used to put it on a stand, but then I decided to eventally just attach it to the back of my seperate garage when needed. Works great.
Maintenance is really important so I would hope this cleans really easy. It isn’t things like rain, but bugs that are naturally drawn to the bright surface.
99% of people wouldn’t notice the difference between 100K setup and an Epson Home Cinema 5020, 98% between it and a 3020 and most would be just happy with even a 720p projector for around $500-900.
The key really that it comes down to is lumens. Yes contrast and calibration are important, but unless you are going to wait until it is dark out, you need lumens. Most modern projectors will do just fine for most folks.
Pros like us wouldn’t bother with something like this. We would get a much more expensive one, or more than likely, build one ourselves depending on the application.
I personally recommend either an LCD based projector or 3 chip DLP because you never know when you are going to get someone who suffers with RBE. I personally see it, though I didn’t see it on my first project years ago. When I replaced my first intro projector which was a 7 color wheel single chip dlp with an optoma 5 color wheel that could do 3D, I thought I was hallucinating. After that, I couldn’t even watch my old one anymore because I knew then what I didn’t know before, and what to look for. I ended up going with an Epson 1080UB at the time. I guess once you have tasted the forbidden fruit, never again can you go back to the garden.
I did pick up a 720 projector last year for outdoor use. I didn’t want to take my better projector outside and the 705HD seemed to have enough lumens. I doesn’t look nearly as nice as my Epson does, but it really is a great deal of fun when people come over. Also great for watch sports outside. I actually set up a second screen under my overhang patio at 80" mostly for sports.
I don’t know about you, but I just don’t like the look of LCD or Plasma screens now after using a projector for so long. It looks “artificial”. Again, once you have tasted the forbidden fruit…
Any person really looking for that type of setup should know that a pro screen cannot be gotten for $139 out of the box…
I bought this on Amazon to use at my rental company in place of an inflatable model that suffered pinholes constantly. It takes about 5 minutes to set up. Very easy to do as it is labeled with letters throughout. The screen is actually a greyish color which surprised me as we typically had glossy white ones. This didn’t have a significant effect on the picture which still shows clear. Ideal to put in the lawn and stake down but can be used anywhere really.
Nah… I spent $350 on a DLP projector, it works AWESOME.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A9S3OOC
Remember that you’ll also need SOUND! I use this outside:
it’s a free country.
Actually, the footprint of the screen is pretty large, the legs are long for balance. One side of them is about 12" long, the other side is 24" long. So you won’t be able to get the screen any closer than 12" from a wall.
Also, the screen is a sleeve that pulls over a frame. If you’re buying this just to cut up the fabric, you’d be better off just buying a screen from Camp Chef.
http://http://www.campchef.com/portable-screens.html
Was going to quote a few idiots directly, but I’ll probably get censored again.
It’s clear how many people on this list DON’T go camping (but have an opinion on what is acceptable behavior).
Ah, 'Murhica…
But I will say be careful what you wish for. Last trip I took we had a noisy neighbor. When they finally turned off their music the former din was replaced by the sounds of another couple’s “tubercular sex” (one of them clearly had breathing issues)
Always cracks me up when people say that.
Actually, your “rights” only extend up until the point where they infringe on someone else’s.
Yes, because the outdoors itself is very devoid of entertainment without celebrities, explosions, car chases, etc.