Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
For the main living room and connected dining room, we used some very thick insulated curtains that we got from Pennies. The pinch-pull type. They aren't black out curtains but very little light gets through. We then added white lace curtains between them and the windows for added insulation (also helps with the light). Even on very bright sunny days we can block out enough light to make it hard to read your remote. They do a great job. Total cost was about $400.00.
In the bedroom, Wifey was not as critical of how "dressy" they had to look. One set of black-out curtains from Lowes makes the bedroom dark enough to trip over anything left on the floor. Total cost, about $20 bucks.
Thanks GM, looks like I'll be taking a trip to Lowes. The house has a open layout so getting this one room dark would require alot since my theater room, kitchen & front room are all kinda connected, with only half walls separating them. My best bet is to try and get this room as dim as possible but dark ain't gonna happen.

I watched Kindom of Heaven during the day and it wasn't that bad. My Sony is bright enough to fight off the glare a little but it was noticable. Most of my viewing is at night so I'll just have to live with what I can get during the daytime.