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R100H1: ezFrame High Contrast Gray, Fixed Projection Screen Review
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ezFrame High Contrast Gray, Fixed Projector Screen Review: Overview
8/29/2006 - Art Feierman
Overview
I initially reviewed the first "version" of this screen over a year ago when it first reached the market. In my initial findings
(read the review) this screen represented the least expensive commercial high contrast grey screen available, and overall,
a good value. It did, however, also have a major shortcoming, and that was a visible hot spot in line with the projector.
Now, hot spots, to the best of my knowledge, cannot be 100% eliminated, even on the best screens, and high contrast
screens are more sensitive than basic matte screens.
Several months later, Elite asked me to review a new version of the screen, or, rather, the updated version (the original
was the R100H, the newer one the R100H1), which sported a new screen surface material, and black backing on the
screen surface, which they told me significantly eliminated the hot spot tendency and improved performance.
Well, I've finally broken down, and agreed to take a second look, as part of our efforts here to start reviewing more
screens.
Let's get started:
The Elite ezFrame R100H1 (100" diagonal) reviewed, is a High Contast grey surface fixed screen, with a 16:9 ratio.
Suggested List Price is $629. (Dealers sell them a significant discounts.)
There is also an R100WH1, but that one is a matte white surface, which we did not test.
Overall, Elite offers the ezScreen series in 4:3, 16:9, and 2.35:1 configurations.
There are 8 sizes available in 4:3 screens, from 84" diagonal to 200" diagonal.
There are 16 different screens (10 different sizes) of 16:9 screens from 84" to 200" diagonal.
Finally, there are 5 sizes of 2.35:1 screens, from 96" to 138" diagonal
The frame is fairly easy to assemble, although I must confess, I didn't have to assemble it myself, I just watched it being
done. Elite is located about 40 miles from my location, and in Elite's enthusiasm to have it reviewed, they drove down the
screen (boxed) and one of their people assembled it. I'm sure the Elite guy assembling it is far more experienced at it than
you or I, so assembly time, will be longer than for us "normal people". The point is, it took definitely less than 30 minutes
from sealed box in his SUV, to having it completed (and I was talking with him part of the time). I already have another
(Carada) fixed screen mounted on the wall of my testing room. The 100" Elite was placed just in front of the other screen
(slightly leaning against the frame of the other screen). As a result, the time mentioned does not include finding wall studs,
installing the wall brackets, and hanging the screen.
Documentation has plenty of diagrams, but text (no doubt translated from the original Chinese), leaves something to be
desired, there seem to be more "letters" (point J,K) on the manual, than discussion of them. Still, if you figured you could
assemble a screen you shouldn't have any problem doing so. If you are a complete klutz, and are counting on an extraor-
dinarily good manual to save you, look out, or find a friend who has "skills".
The screen surface attaches to the frame at 22 separate points, which creates a tight flat screen surface without any
visible waves, that would distort the projected image.
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