Ezframe (Mini) - Elite Screens TE100HC2 Product Manual

Mini-Review: ezFrame
a low cost high contrast gray (CineGrey) Fixed Frame Projector Screen
Mini-Review: Elite Screens introduces ezFrame; a low cost high contrast gray (CineGrey), fixed frame
projector screen
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Elite ezFrame CineGrey(tm) Screen Material Overview
Elite Screens entered the US market about a year ago, with two low cost lines of motorized screens, complete with remote
controls, a line of pull down manual screens, and even those old fashioned tripod "portable" screens. Since then, they
have introduced "Instant" setup type screens, and now, finally, have just started shipping, fixed wall mount screens.
Elite's screens - made in China, are dramatically less expensive than the big name US brands, including Stewart
Filmscreen, Da-Lite and Draper, but have also had some limitations for the home theater market. Most notably, they only
offered matte white surfaces - no gray, or high contrast surfaces.
No longer! With the introduction of their first fixed wall screens, the ezFrame series, they have entered the world of high
makes it extremely difficult to photograph - hard to see the angles).
The actual frame behind the black covering is aluminum and is easy to assemble. You can "adjust" the tension, to make
sure the surface is flat and tight.
Elite provides a gain rating of 0.9 For testing purposes I set up this tiny screen right in front of the lower left corner of my
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Stewart Firehawk - a high contrast projector screen with a light gray surface.
This allowed me to see how it compared to the Firehawk
works great in my theater!).
Here's what I found:
It seemed closer to my Firehawk
the same as Stewart Filmscreen's Grayhawk
In the images below you can see most of the frame of the ezFrame screen. The image in the lower right is off of the
ezFrame. The rest of the picture - above and to the right, is on my Stewart Firehawk
By comparison, the Firehawk
from the side, a little better than the ezFrame by Elite. (All's fair - an
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equivilent Firehawk fixed wall projector screen is over double the
price.
Color was virtually identical, but yellows did appear just a touch
stronger than on the Firehawk
issue. Overall color was very good.
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contrast projector screens that are preferred for many home theater installa-
tions.
For purposes of testing, Elite sent me a "mini" screen - about 40" diagonal.
Apparently they build these to send to dealers who can show customers what
the screen and finish will look like (I doubt anyone would actually use one of
these - way too small).
At first glance, the surface is a traditional gray high contrast type material.
The frame itself is very nice. It is a wide (3") beveled black frame with a soft
"velour" type finish, to absorb the maximum amount of light (which also
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in gain (the Firehawk - is rated 1.3), than the 0.9 gain that Elite specifies. (0.9 gain is
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.) The image was slightly darker than the Firehawk behind it.
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screen tends to reject ambient light
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. This was very close and not an
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, a notably expensive screen with a great reputation. (Sure
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