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Originally posted by leckian
It is very hard to believe with today's modern high contrast projectors that grey screens are still being recommended. It just goes to show that old ideas and ways at looking things die hard. Ii is indisputable that grey screens muddy whites and destroy color purity all in the name of slightly lower black levels. With CR of over a 1000 to 1 common in today's projectors a grey screen is a bad choice. One of the things that promoters of grey screens like to point out as a benefit is that grey screens help mask screendoor-well if grey screens can mask screen door just think of all the other details in the picture that are going to be masked-and they will be. |
Interesting - in the last Parker shootout everyone commented that the Greyhawk made the screendoor MORE visible! I've NEVER stated that grey screens mask screen door. In fact, one of the reasons I went from a HCCV to a Firehawk is because it brought out textures and detail in the dark areas of the picture with the 7200, which I thought overpowered the HCCV (which is very very light grey). When I put the BenQ up on it, though, the Firehawk darkened the image so much that I much preferred the HCCV or white screen material with it.
We are talking about the 5700 here, which is an INTENSELY bright projector. If we were discussing a BenQ, Sharp, SIM, or Marantz, I would suggest a white screen. There is no one screen that is the perfect match for all projectors. My recommendation is based (as I said before) on the subjective impressions of the 5700 that were obtained with four different shootouts.
Please check out a 5700 on a white and grey screen before just telling me I'm "wrong." If I'm wrong, then so is Bob Williams, who designed the thing! He recommends the exact same Dalite screens that I mentioned above.
As krasmusik pointed out, a proper grey screen will NOT alter hue or saturation.
I can agree totally with your statement that anyone trying to figure out which screen to use should order the samples and make up their own mind. That is always the BEST advice I can give.
JOHN