Projection Screens

What? A screen?

I remember the good times when all we wanted was a big screen with a lot of sound, throw some couches together, and grab the mountain dew and you had your “theater experience”. Now though you've decided that you want to have a theater room and make it a true theater. You've been looking at speakers and other AV components, you've decided you wanted a projector, but have you really thought about the screen? Fact is most of the time people forget this very important part of your theater. With a theater budget people often find that there isn't much room for a screen, and end up cutting corners to get the room finished.

Dark, it must be dark!

Most people believe that a theater room needs to be dark to get the full experience, which is true when you’re using a projector. It all depends on your screen; you might not need to have to make your room so dark. Projectors have to project an image across a room; you’re bound to lose some clarity. That’s why we turn of the lights; we want that image to appear on the screen in front of us. Some people will go far enough to paint their walls in darker colors. It doesn't make it easy if you’re coming in and out of the room for a sports game; if you plan on using this room for other occasions it will make it hard to do anything else.

Low gain? High gain?

Screen Innovations Black Diamond Series

Gain is a measurement of the reflectivity of a screen. The gain is represented a ratio of the light that is reflected from the screen as compared to the light reflected from a standard white (magnesium oxide) board. A screen rated at 1.5 gain will reflect 50% more light as that from a white board, whereas a gray screen with an 0.8 rating will reflect 80% of the light from a white board. Every screen has a gain factor. Some screens are "low gain" and some are "high gain." Most white home theater screens are low gain, and carry ratings in the range of 1.0 to 1.3 gain. Some of today's gray screens are rated as low as 0.8 gain. Companies such as SI are making high gain screens made from shards of glass and mirrors to reflect the most possible towards the audience. High gain screens actually can be used in rooms with light, they can even be used as your everyday usage.

Epson 5020

Perfect for your home

 At Lynn’s we’ll make sure you pick the right screen for the right room. The screen is going to be something that you’ll spend hours looking at. We want to make sure that you get the same quality as if you were in a real theater. Come by today and we can demo the differences in screen choice for you.