Projection Screen

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projection screen (119 in., wall-mounted).Projection screens are installations consisting of blank surface and a support structure used for displaying a projector image for the view of an audience. Projection screens may be permanently installed as in a movie theater, painted on the wall Acrylic paint used to make a movie screen on the wall (see Screen goo), semi-permanent or mobile, as in a office or other non-dedicated viewing space. Uniformly white or grey screens are used almost exclusively as to avoid any discoloration to the image, while the most desired brightness of the screen depends on a number of variables, such as the low-key lighting level and the luminous power of the image source. Flat or curved screens may be used depending on the optics used to project the image and the desired geometrical accuracy of the image production, flat screens being the more common of the two. Screens can be further designed for front or back projection, the more common front projection systems having the image source situated on the same side of the screen as the audience.

projection screen displaying a high-definition television image.Different markets exist for screens targeted for use with digital projectors, movie projectors, overhead projectors and slide projectors, although the basic idea for each of them is very much the same: front projection screens work on Diffuse reflection the light projected on to them, whereas back projection screens work by diffusely transmitting the light through them.

Screens by installation type In commercial movie theaters, screen is a reflective surface which may be either aluminized (for high contrast in moderate ambient light) or a white surface with small glass beads (for high brilliance under dark conditions). The screen also has hundreds of small, evenly spaced holes in order to allow the passage of air to and from the speakers and subwoofer which often are directly behind it.

Rigid wall-mounted screens maintain their geometry perfectly just like the big movie screens, which makes them suitable for applications that demand exact reproduction of image geometry. Such screens are often used in home cinema, along with the pull-down screens.

Pull-down screens (also known as Manual Wall Screens) are often used in spaces where a permanently installed screen would require too much space. These commonly use painted fabric that is rolled in the screen case when not used, making them less obtrusive when the screen is not in use.

Electric screens can be wall mounted, ceiling mounted or ceiling recessed. These are often larger screens, though electric screens are available for home theater use as well. Electric screens are similar to pull-down screens, but instead of the screen being pulled down manually, an electric motor raises and lowers the screen. Electric screens are usually raised or lowered using either a remote control or wall-mounted switch, although some projectors are equipped with an interface that connects to the screen and automatically lowers the screen when the projector is switched on and raises it when the projector is switched off.

Mobile screens usually use either a pull-down screen on a free stand, or pull up from a weighted base. These can be used when it is impossible or impractical to mount the screen to a wall or a ceiling.

Both mobile and permanently installed pull-down screens may be of tensioned or not tensioned variety. Tensioned models attempt to keep the fabric flat and immobile, whereas the not tensioned models have the fabric of the screen hanging freely from their support structures. In the latter screens the fabric can rarely stay immobile if there are currents of air in the room, giving imperfections to the projected image. Projector Reviews. Screen frame design

Specialty screens may not fall into any of these categories. These include non-solid screens, inflatable_movie_screen and others. See the respective articles for more information.

Screen gain One of the most often quoted properties in a home theater screen is the gain. This is a measure of reflectivity of light compared to a screen coated with magnesium carbonateDa-Lite. Angles of View or titanium dioxide Projector Central Screen gain, when the measurement is taken for light targeted and reflected perpendicular to the screen. Titanium dioxide is a bright white colour, but greater gains can be accomplished with materials that reflect more of the light parallel to projection axis and less off-axis.

Frequently quoted gain levels of various materials range from 0.8 of light grey Gloss (material appearance) screens to 2.5 of the more highly reflective glass bead screens, some manufacturers claiming even higher numbers for their products. Very high gain levels could be attained simply by using a mirror surface, although the audience would then just see a reflection of the projector, defeating the purpose of using a screen. Screens with higher gain will exhibit more mirror-like properties, namely a bright “hot spot” in the screen — an enlarged (and greatly blurred) specular reflection of the projector’s lens. Opinions differ as to when this “hot spotting” begins to be distracting, but most viewers do not notice differences as large as 30% in the image luminosity, unless presented with a test image and asked to look for variations in brightness. This is possible because humans have greater contrast sensitivity in smaller details, but less so in luminosity variations as great as half of the screen.

Curved screens can be made highly reflective without introducing any visible hot spots, if the curvature of the screen, placement of the projector and the seating arrangement are designed correctly. The object of this design is to have the screen reflect the projected light back to the audience, effectively making the entire screen a giant “hot spot”. If the angle of reflection is about the same across the screen, no distracting artefacts will be formed.

In normal screens, the greatest intensity of light will be reflected at an angle equal and opposite to the angle of incidence, favouring ceiling-mounted projector setups, as this maximizes the apparent screen brightness. Glass-bead screens exhibit a phenomenon of Retroreflector; the light is reflected more intensely back to its source than in any other direction. This is intended for setups where the image source is placed in the same direction from the screen as the audience. Users frequently report some hotspotting in such screens, although this type of screen is seen as desirable due to the high image intensity they can produce with a given luminous flux from a projector.

Screen geometry and optics Square-shaped screens used for overhead projectors sometimes double as projection screens for digital projectors in meeting rooms, where space is scarce and multiple screens can seem redundant. These screens have an aspect ratio (image) of 1:1 by definition. Other popular aspect ratios include 4:3 and a widescreen ratio of 16:9, which are often used as dedicated data projection and home cinema use, respectively.

Most image sources are designed to project a perfectly rectangular image on a flat screen. If the audience stays relatively close to the projector, a curved screen may be used instead without visible distortion in the image geometry. Viewers closer or farther away will see a pincushion distortion or barrel distortion, and the curved nature of the screen will become apparent when viewed off-axis.

Image brightness and contrast Apparent contrast ratio in a projected image - the range of brightness - is dependent on the ambient light conditions, luminous flux of the projector and the size of the image being projected. A larger screen size means less luminance (luminous power per unit solid angle per unit area) and thus less contrast in the presence of ambient light. Some light will always be created in the room when an image is projected, increasing the ambient light level and thus contributing to the degradation of picture quality. This effect can be lessened by decorating the room with dark colours. The real-room situation is different from the contrast ratios advertised by projector manufacturers, who record the light levels with projector on full black / full white, giving as high contrast ratios as possible.

Manufacturers of home theater screens have attempted to resolve the issue of ambient light by introducing screen surfaces that direct more of the light back to the light source. The rationale behind this approach relies on having the image source placed near the audience, so that the audience will actually see the increased reflected light level on the screen.

Highly reflective flat screens tend to suffer from hot spots, when part of the screen seems much more bright than the rest. This is a result of the high directionality (mirror-likeness) of such screens. Screens with high gain also have a narrower usable viewing angle, as the amount of reflected light rapidly decreases as the viewer moves away from front of such screen. Because of the said effect, these screens are also less vulnerable to ambient light coming from the sides of the screen, as well.

Grey screens A relatively recent attempt in improving the perceived image quality is the introduction of grey screens, which are more capable of darker tones than their white counterparts. A matte grey screen would have no advantage over a matte white screen in terms of contrast; contemporary grey screens are rather designed to have a gain factor similar to those of matte white screens, but a darker appearance. A darker (grey) screen reflects less light, of course — both light from the projector and ambient light. This decreases the luminance (brightness) of both the projected image and ambient light, so while the light areas of the projected image are dimmer, the dark areas are darker; white is less bright, but intended black is closer to actual black. Many screen manufacturers thus appropriately call their grey screens "high-contrast" models.

In an optimal viewing room, the projection screen is reflective, whereas the surroundings are not. The ambient light level is related to the overall reflectivity of the screen, as well as that of the surroundings. In cases where the area of the screen is large compared to that of the surroundings, the screen’s contribution to the ambient light may dominate and the effect of the non-screen surfaces of the room may even be negligible. Some examples of this are planetariums and virtual-reality cubes featuring front-projection technology. Some planetariums with dome-shaped projection screens have thus opted to paint the dome interior in gray, in order to reduce the degrading effect of inter-reflections when images of the sun are displayed simultaneously with images of dimmer objects.

Grey screens are designed to rely on powerful image sources that are able to produce adequate levels of luminosity so that the white areas of the image still appear as white, taking advantage of the non-linear perception of brightness in the human eye. People may perceive a wide range of luminosities as "white", as long as the visual clues present in the environment suggest such an interpretation. A grey screen may thus succeed almost as well in delivering a bright-looking image, or fail to do so in other circumstances.

Compared to a white screen, a grey screen reflects less light to the room and less light from the room, making it increasingly effective in dealing with the light originating from the projector. Ambient light originating from other sources may reach the eye immediately after having reflected from the screen surface, giving no advantage over a white high-gain screen in terms of contrast ratio. The potential improvement from a grey screen may thus be best realized in a darkened room, where the only light is that of the projector.

Selectively reflective screens Certain screens are designed to selectively reflect the narrow wavelengths of projector light while absorbing other wavelengths in the visible spectrum. One screen made by Sony Seán Byrne. Sony introduces black projector screen for well-lit up areas. June 24, 2004., which appears grey when viewed in normal room light, is designed to reduce the effect of ambient light.Gizmodo. Picture of Sony's Black Backed Projection Screen. June 29, 2004. This works by preferentially absorbing ambient light of colors not used by the projector, while preferentially reflecting the colors of red, green and blue light the projector uses.Gizmodo. Sony's high contrast screen. A contrast-enhancing screen has been introduced by Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and Screen Innovations which is based on thin layers of black louvers rather than wavelength-selective reflection propertiesRay Adkins. Screen Innovations Visage Review.

Non-solid screens FogScreen is a non-solid screen created with water and ultrasound. It is mostly used for special effect reasons in places like exhibitions and concerts, as the image quality is substantially lower than with the traditional projection screens. The projection surface consists of vertical layer of tiny water droplets that are sprayed from above and prevented from spreading by two layers of dry air, allowing the viewer to see a reflection of the image onto the water. The screen can be walked through without accumulating moisture on the skin or on the clothes, albeit with some perturbations to the image.

Fogscreen displays often attract a lot of attention where they are set up, as the reality of seeing a moving picture hanging from thin air — and walking through it — can seem quite incredible. The image quality is not yet quite on par with regular solid projection screens, so at the current level of technology the displays cannot be used for purposes requiring high-definition image quality. Gizmag. News article on Fogscreen DJ Zone. Article on FogScreen As they are a Finnish invention, they will be used on the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

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External links

Projection Screen Purchasing Guide Including Materials, Types, Variables etc.
Projection Screen Advice Including reflection qualities of different screen fabrics.
- Projectorcentral.com - Screen gain, reflectiveness
- Howstuffworks.com - How movie screens work
Projection Screen Variables & How They Affect Viewing
Screen Guide

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Projection screens are installations consisting of blank surface and a support structure used for displaying a projected image for the view of an audience.