New ranges of Monoprice screens seem to be coming soon - Page 12

For the multi-format screen, the tension is not adjustable. It is tensioned with springs which are either attached or not.

Just wanted to say thanks for the help that the fourm gives ...
This is my second go round with new av stuff and i could not be more happier...
...enjoy!

Gary

http://www.ascendacoustics.com/pages...SRM1/srm1.html
http://emotiva.com/xpa3.shtm
http://www.visualapex.com/BenQ/Proje...FQleTAodJkbBzw
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...q=1&format=2:D

Very impressive box. Unfortunately, today was trash day and now I have cardboard everywhere, but nevertheless, the screen is hung! It looks wonderful and I'm extremely happy with it so far.

I also got my new Denon today, so tomorrow the receiver goes in, as do 5.1 of my 7.1. The other two (side surrounds) are going to take some finagling with some fish tape since they are a pain the ass.

I'm praying that the final part of my mount comes in tomorrow as well so I can hang my projector. Then I can push my couch in the game room in there and wait for my chairs to make it in later this month, early next month.


It's finally starting to look like a media room rather than just a cave!

Just ordered the 106 multi HD white Got the email that they were back in stock and pulled the trigger. Was going to go with 110 Carada but the masking feature won out. Going to be paired with an Epson 8700ub, anyways gives me incentive to finish painting so I can ge this mounted when it shows up.

I'm getting the 133" Motorized White screen. Should I pay almost double more the amount to get the tab-tension one? Do yall think it's worth it?

I'll likely be ordering the 133" motorized white in the next few days as well (my epson 5010 arrives tomorrow, and I want to shoot it at the wall to see what 133" will look like first).

There's no way I would order it *without* the tab-tension. I'd rather shoot on a wall than on a non-tensioned screen.

IMHO.

-Kevin

REALLY? That bad huh? Guess because it starts to have hotspots or wrinkles/wave in the long run?
My brother has a 90in 10yr old elite manual screen and it still works fine. No wrinkles are waves.

I am told that tension isn't strictly required up to size of 106 inches, but makes all the difference in the world above that size. So a 90-inch screen is not comparable to a 133-inch.

Just pulled the trigger on this baby:

Tab-Tensioned Motorized Projection Screen (Somfy Motor) w/ IR Remote - HD White Fabric (133 inch, 16:9)

Shooting the 5010 at unfinished (tape and spackle) dry-wall made me wonder why I need a screen at all...it looked that good. Hopefully this is be an obvious improvement. ;-)

-Kevin

Wish I could have considered a Monoprice, due to tight specs I really need more size info...so I ended up with a Da-Lite Cosmo Tab Tensioned with Da-Mattte screen material. Quite a bit more than Monoprice, but at least I know it will fit.

Do you guys think Mono make same material on all of their screens, regardless to the prices?

I think it is safe to say Monoprice does not do their own manufacturing of these screens, so most likely it depends whether they are sourcing all of them from the same Asian factory or from different factories. I would suspect that is more determinate than the price.

I hear ya. I'm fortunate to not really have any space constraints (within reason) with this screen.

I'll certainly post up all relevant measurements once mine is installed.

-Kevin

i think they are made by GRANDVIEW SCREENS

As I posted before, I am skeptical that they are made by Gandview or that Monoprice buys them from Grandview for these prices. I think it much more likely they are purchased from the same sources(s) in China that Grandview buys some (or all) of their screens from.

So, is it safe to say that no matter which screen one bought from mono, the QP is same? The different cost is for the size/frame/function .....

IMO - Without more information from Monoprice, I would not assume anything.

Yep - I spent HOURS trying to get more info out of them, and basically I got nothing. They couldn't tell me ANYTHING other than what is on their site.

Well, this could take a little while...It isn't scheduled to be delivered until 1/4/2012...

Shipper called and will be delivering tomorrow afternoon. I hope to test-hang the screen this weekend.

For those who have the motorized versions of the screens, what side of the screen is the power cord on? I'm in the process of finishing up electrical in my theater and want to make sure I get the outlet on the right side.

I'm looking at the 106" model.

Thanks!

I read somewhere that it's on the left side of the screen. I'll be able to confirm tonight when I open my box...I haven't run the power yet because of this.

I have the 106" screen and it is indeed on the left hand side. My power outlet is on the the right

Do you have any creative ideas for hiding the cable? Even if I put my outlet on the left side of the screen, I still can't think of a good way to hide all of the extra coiled-up cable...

I'm surprised that the specifications for the 120" Multi-format screen do not list the weight, but include the information "Power specifications: 100v - 220v, 50/60Hz, 80/90W."

Have any of you with Monoprice Multi-Format screens plugged them in yet? :-)

Only 39 more days (estimate) before I can order one in white.

When you plug it in, the wrinkles go away. ;-)

I received my:

"Tab-Tensioned Motorized Projection Screen (Somfy Motor) w/ IR Remote - HD White Fabric (133 inch, 16:9)"

First the details.
1) The box is absolutely huge. And it was very nicely packaged. Double boxed, no damage to the internal box. The shipping weight was 96 pounds.
2) Out of the box, it is still quite imposing.
3) The mounting brackets are absolutely dead simple, and wonderful. We thought hanging the screen (since it was so heavy) was going to be difficult, but the mounting brackets seem to just grab the thing and hold on to it. Very nice.
4) Motor seems quiet enough, and it is certainly smooth.
5) The screen smells like a swimming pool toy (more on this in a bit)

Some quick dimensions.

The top case is 135.5" long.
The bottom bar is 128" long.
The sides have 3 and 1/8" of masking (at the narrowest)
The bottom has 2 and 1/2" of masking plus the width of the bottom bar (1 and 1/2")

Power cord and IR receiver are on the left.

My impressions:
Not great. The reason this screen smells like a swimming pool toy is that it is made of vinyl, just like a swimming pool toy. And it isn't very thick vinyl either. I guess I could have and should have done some more research, but monoprice describes this as a "FABRIC" screen in the specifications as well as the item description. This also means the the masking area is simple black vinyl and not a fabric.

It also doesn't look much better than it did when projecting on a bare wall. I suppose that's because the gain of the screen (1.0) is probably very close to the gain of the wall. In retrospect, if we didn't want a screen that disappeared, I think I could have put some black borders up on the wall and had very very similar quality.

There are some waves in the "fabric" at both lower corners, but I haven't tried tightening the strings yet. (The tensioning system is also of lower quality than I have witnessed on name brand screens).

I've used monoprice for just about everything that they sell. In other words, if I need something, and monoprice sells it, that's where I buy it. Overall, I am always 100% satisfied. I would say, in this case, that I got what I paid for, and not what seems like an absolute steal. If I were doing it again, or could easily return this screen, I would probably choose to pay twice as much for a better quality screen material, but that's just MHO.

-Kevin

I had a power outlet installed on the ceiling. So the power cable runs behind the screen.

Thanks. I'm about to install a power outlet in the ceiling...I suppose I could put it the exact distance away from the screen so that the cable runs behind the screen, but I was planning to put the outlet right to the left of the screen...Then I'd have a few feet of cable coiled up somewhere...yuck.

At least put it behind the screen?