Eliminate Home Theater Light Pollution in minutes WITHOUT PAINT

In this quick video, we'll show you how to eliminate home theater light pollution in minutes, without painting, using a saw, or buying new furniture.
Too much light in your home theater is a major distraction and can really take away from the experience. In this video, we're going to show you how to eliminate home theater light pollution with just a few simple steps. This hack is easy and will save you a lot of time and money in the long run!
This is a quick, easy, effective and easily reversible way to upgrade your home theater image quality and level of immersion immediately.
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00:00 Introduction
00:20 Downfall of using paint
00:49 UMIAcoustic Panel details
02:00 Trimming the Panels to Size
02:29 Panel Options
03:00 Comparisons to Seymour frame and JoAnn velvet
03:55 Installation and Removal
04:15 Added Benefits

[@Goose_Lord]

Fantastic suggestion and find! Much easier to work with than the small felt or foam panels. Thanks for this video. Now to checkout more of your channel!

[@mikeschramm]

The build up for this video was incredible!

[@av_nirvana]

Thanks, Mike!!!

[@Lbmwm3]

Thanks for the Video. Truly impressive. Could kindly tell the us the ceiling diffuser you are currently using? Or do video about them, please. I’m into the DIY. Always a pleasure listening & watching your RUclips channel.

[@av_nirvana]

Thank you. The ceiling panels are Eco-Acoustic Panels from Output. output.com/acoustic-panels

[@Lbmwm3]

Thanks for the expeditious response!!
Looking forward to move RUclips videos

[@tylerquinn6378]

Thanks for the video. You mentioned that the UMI panels are what you would use for an existing room. What type of panels would you use for a build from scratch? P.S. Black command strips would work well for mounting if sized properly, if someone wanted to avoid holes entirely.

[@av_nirvana]

I I were building a room from the studs I’d build in insulation and diffusion and cover with black or dark acoustically transparent fabric. I didn’t want to lose any size to the room, so these are perfect and flat to the wall.

[@commanderrussels2612]

Those are really cool, thank you! I hope that link is an affiliate link because I'm going to buy some and check them out. Nice find!

[@av_nirvana]

Thank you! It is. 😉

[@Krbasshead]

What is on the ceiling in front of the screen? I like the look a lot.

[@av_nirvana]

Thanks. Those are EcoAcoustics panels from de-fi.com. They have a great look.

[@wells2671]

They look nice! 👍🏾Any chance you can do some REW measurements to see how they affect audio? I have a back wall with a door that I want to add some acoustic panels to, these might work.

[@av_nirvana]

The manufacturer states an NRC of .95 but doesn’t specify a frequency range. They’re definitely limited to the higher frequencies. I don’t know how I’d get accurate REW measurements without taking everything out and starting over, especially because I installed in phases, kept deciding to do more.
It’s an audible difference, and it’s very noticeable just by speaking in the theater area vs the back half of the room where my office area is.
I’m a fan of using predominantly reflection and diffusion in the back half of a theater, vs absorption, to avoid shrinking your surround effect. Don’t overdo it on the back wall.

[@FrankieKennethL]

Pretty cool Is there a video if the slat wall you used here too?

[@av_nirvana]

No video on those, they're there more as an edge than acoustically, but the backing is basically the same material as these panels, with a wood composite material for the slats. These are what I ordered in Natural Wood - Walnut, but in hindsight I wish I'd ordered Smoked Oak - Wood to get a little darker and warmer character. amzn.to/3mTl1B8

[@FrankieKennethL]

@@av_nirvana gotcha. Thank you!

[@victorpulos823]

How do they stay on wall?

[@commanderrussels2612]

He said he screwed them in.

[@av_nirvana]

Hi Victor, they’re very lightweight so I’m just using flat black screws, one in each corner. Manufacturer recommends using double-sided 3M tape but I never trust that.

[@commanderrussels2612]

@@av_nirvana I used 3M VHB tape to stick something similar on a wall before and, with proper prep, it did stick really well but then when I took it off... it took the drywall with it lol. I think screw holes are easier to repair.

[@av_nirvana]

I assumed it would do either that, or fall in the middle of a movie and tear through my screen. 😂