Well, sort of. I'll try to keep this short and sweet ...
I mounted my 92" diagonal (80x45) Da-Lite Hi-Power screen and Panasonic 300u over the weekend. The screen seems to be made fairly well (for the money) and I really like the CSR.
The Hi-Power certainly gives the image a lot of punch (makes it much easier to have ambient lighting) and makes colors reasonably vibrant. The negative effects on contrast and black level is minimal IMHO. My PJ is ceiling mounted, so I am on the other side of the normal, which certainly helps and is HIGHLY recommended.
However, this screen material does a few things I do not like:
I mounted my 92" diagonal (80x45) Da-Lite Hi-Power screen and Panasonic 300u over the weekend. The screen seems to be made fairly well (for the money) and I really like the CSR.
The Hi-Power certainly gives the image a lot of punch (makes it much easier to have ambient lighting) and makes colors reasonably vibrant. The negative effects on contrast and black level is minimal IMHO. My PJ is ceiling mounted, so I am on the other side of the normal, which certainly helps and is HIGHLY recommended.
However, this screen material does a few things I do not like:
- It tends to make SCANLINE ARTIFACT more evident, as well as ...
- A new artifact of VERTICLE banding I had not seen before.
- Poor DVD transfers' defects are really amplified.
- This is mostly psychological, but moving the slightest amount (like one person over) causes the brightness to fluctuate. It is plenty bright at the extreme angles (just brighter in the center of course), but it reminds me of the RPTV effect, which I HATE.[/list=1]
HOWEVER, it does one MAJOR thing right (besides providing a lot of punch) that makes it worth while. And that is, it hides the inevitable waves and wrinkles that will come with getting a low cost screen. (This is a MODEL-B to boot.)
So, basically, if I had to do it all over again, and was afforded the luxury of wall mounting a permanent screen, I would DEFINITELY NOT choose this material. I would go with a HCCV, and get that contrast really kicking some butt. But since I have to go with a non-tensioned pull-down, Hi-Power is really the ONLY way to go, for me.
Sorry, it was neither short, nor sweet ... but there it is.
-Tim