TomaTito said:
Device best suited for its situation I'll be exploring the wonders of projection sometime during this year, with a cheapo hobby home theater room in the basement. |
It depends what you want to spend on it.
For my first projector I simply white washed a wall, currently I have a fixed Clarion screen.
Since you're in the basement you should not have any problem with amient light, which means you can ignore all the fancy silver or high gain screens, anything white will work. Even spanning a white sheet between two long slats will work. Couple pieces of lathe wood, blackout cloth and staples are sufficient. There are plenty guides and tips online, simply search for do it yourself projector screen.
Here's a comparison between DIY and an expensive professional screen, as long as you keep the lights off there is hardly any difference. http://www.projectorcentral.com/diy_screen.htm
Anyway if you don't want to bother and still end up with a non collapsable screen, something like this will do the trick too
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/elite-screens-tripod-series-100-tripod-projector-screen-black/9633731.p?id=1218134579595
Or this if you can hang it from the ceiling
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/elite-screens-manual-series-100-pull-down-projector-screen-black/9622592.p?id=1218132469398&skuId=9622592
