With the price of cinema tickets creeping up steadily by the year, many people have turned Film Night into a homegrown event.

Whilst you get to keep the creature comforts of your own comfy sofa and an unlimited supply of popcorn – not to mention being able to pause the film if you need to nip to the toilet – sometimes watching films on the small screen isn’t quite the same.

Enter projectors!

With this handy way to show films on a larger scale in the comfort of your own home, you may never want to visit the cinema again… But what if you don’t have enough clear wall space, or if your patterned wallpaper is going to play with the projection too much?

This is where one of our simple, plain white roller blinds can prove to be very, very useful.

Although you can buy screens both on the high street and online, they do come with quite a hefty price tag – the larger you want the screen to be, the more money you will have to part with.

The bonus of using a blind instead is that they can be made to much larger sizes for a much smaller cost.

So which blinds are the best ones to use, and why?

Essential White Blackout Roller Blind

Made from a matte fabric that is extremely versatile, our standard blackout blinds are best suited for viewing TV shows and movies on a bigger screen.

It’s also suitable for any types of projectors from any positions – whether they are ceiling mounted, plugged in to your laptop or television or even one of these handy shoebox projectors (we found a great how-to guide for one on Indestructables, click here to see that), they’ll all work perfectly with a standard blackout blind.

Spray Frost Blackout Roller Blind

This waterproof blind uses a reflective fabric which is guaranteed to give the best possible image for projectors if used correctly.

Best suited to over-head projectors that are ceiling mounted, the reflective fabric is ideal for HD images from blu-ray players or games consoles as it will ensure the image remains crisp and clear.

If you have a window at the foot of your bed or opposite your sofa, you could use either of these blinds as a multifunctional window dressing – the blackout properties of them both mean that they will absorb the light from the projector and not let it leak through, so you won’t be unintentionally putting on a show for the passers-by!