Customer Reviews

Elite Screens R100WH1 ezFrame Fixed Projection Screen (100" 16:9 AR)(CineWhite)

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I bought this screen for our home theater after reading many reviews of the major brands (Stewart, Dalite, etc.). Someone on a message board recommended this brand (which I'd never heard of before). The price was so much lower (about 1/3 the price) that I figured it was worth a shot. I'm very happy I decided to buy this. My wife and I put it together and had it hanging on the wall in about an hour and a half, working at a leisurely pace. The screen surface (always under tension) is perfectly taut and the black velvet surround looks great. The first couple days it smelled like a giant beach ball in the theater, but that's to be expected and it soon went away. I'm very happy with this purchase and I've recommended to other people already.

I set up this 100" screen to use with the Panasonic PT-AE3000U projector. It is straight-forward to assemble and mount. The screen tension system works well. The aluminum frame is covered in black velvet and fits flush to the wall for a clean install. The screen material is high quality. I'm very pleased with the look of the screen in our HT room, and it's a great value for the price. Also, the packaging is very efficient for shipping.

I received this item and started putting it together right away. It was very easy to assemble and it only took me about 20 minutes to get it the way I wanted it. I then hung it, which took about 10 minutes. It also reproduces a very nice image from my projector.

For the price, this screen can not be beaten. It went together quite easily between my wife and I (just over an hour). The felt surround cancels out light like a champ and the screen is super well made and put together. Not flimsy at all. I wish this screen had been around when we bought our electric roll down screen from Elite back in the day. This screen quality is very good and you can only pick up any graininess when there is extreme whites being thrown on the screen. You can't beat this. We payed $414 at the time.

It would seem that I'm sort of in the minority here, but I had a somewhat harder time putting this together than the other reviews here make it sound like you should. It took me a couple of hours with one other person, but in the end, we did get it together and coupled with my Panasonic AE-4000U it looks INCREDIBLE! It's also very impressive looking even when nothing is being projected onto it, so it has that going for it too. Definitely recommended, just follow the instructions in the manual **to the letter** or you'll have a harder time during assembly than you ought to.

I have just finished setting up my first home projection system, and I was initially very uncertain about what to use for a projection surface. I had seen all of the overpriced screen options on the market and was just considering painting a white patch directly onto my living room wall to project onto. I ran across a great discounted price for this screen here on Amazon and I decided that it would be would be worth a try. Boy was I right! This screen is wonderful. It has a really solid and well-built aluminum frame, and the screen stretches nicely without any wrinkles or imperfections. Everything was packaged really well also. I'm very happy with the visual performance of the screen, and it looks very nice on the wall. The black velour covering on the frame works really well for framing the image, and has a very quality look and feel.

My only complaint would be that the manual was somewhat lacking, and had several loose pages inserted with some redundant/conflicting instructions. However, once you get an idea of how the pieces of the frame are meant to come together, it really isn't much of a problem.

I assembled the frame by myself in a short time, but it really does take a second person to help stretch the screen and clip it in place. Putting the ton of clips around the edge of the screen is not really difficult, but is just very tedious, and I definitely had some sore fingers when I was done.

Just bought this screen and set it up with an Epson Home Cinema 8500 UB. The picture quality is exceptional. In my opinion, the Epson with this Elite screen is actually better than going to the theater. The colors just jump off this screen and are crystal clear.

My friend has an Epson 8100 and the Elite Screens Manual Pull Down Projection Screen ( http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Screens-Manual-Projection-Screen/dp/B00061O4DW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1265148876&sr=8-3) and the picture quality was not nearly as good as this screen. I think it's totally worth the extra money to get this screen.

In terms of setting up the screen, it takes longer than the company claims. I set up the screen by myself and it took me 2.5 hours. It was however my first time setting up a projection screen - so take that with a grain of salt.

One issue that I cared about was the ability to transport the screen in the future. The company doesn't make any direct claims on if deconstruction of the screen is "easy". I can tell you that taking the screen apart will take just as long as setting it up and it isn't easy.

Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase. If you are considering buying a projector, this screen is the best overall value currently available on the market.

If you have a theater room, I highly recommend going with a fixed frame screen like this. I paired this screen with my Mitsubishi HC4000 in a theater room with good light control. The picture is fantastic!

Cine white vs. cine grey is going to depend on your projector and the room. My projector is DLP which generally gives you good contrast, so I went with cine white to get a little more brightness with the projector set at low lamp intensity levels.

There's not much I can add to my review other than to agree with most of the comments in the other reviews I have read: assembly is easier with two people; the instructions could be better; it took us about an hour to assemble; the tension material makes a perfectly smooth surface for projection; it was extremely well packaged with the screen itself being protected in a very thick piece of PVC pipe.

I am completely new to home theater but decided to specify and install all my own equipment anyway. I wouldn't consider myself a super-videophile and after a fair bit of research I settled on this screen.

It arrived quickly and in good condition. The instructions were pretty clear. There were one or two things that perhaps could have been described better but nothing I couldn't figure out.

I put together the frame myself in no time and with little trouble. It did take a second try on the final connection to get the corners just right but this was no big deal.

I had my wife help attach the screen itself. To get it easily stretched and fixed in place this is probably best done with two people.

Attaching the mounts to the wall and hanging it posed little trouble. All in all it took maybe an hour.

Again, I'm not a videophile but I have no complaints whatsoever with the picture quality using an Optoma HD20 projector. DVD's are a little grainy but I don't think that has anything to do with this screen as Blu-rays look absolutely awesome.

Easy to put together and install and with good picture qaulity at this price! I would buy this again without thinking twice.

I bought this screen along with an Optoma hd20 projector about a week ago. As another poster has stated, I don't know why you would pay $1500-2000 on a screen (maybe i'm naive)but this screen surpassed almost all my expectations! Had no problems with set up, it was a breeze. I don't know exactly what I was expecting but this screen is constructed of high quality material. The frame is made of aluminum surrounded by black velvet. Looks very elegant! I am extremely pleased! Every night is movie night!