I am new to this forum and am quite impressed with the vast knowledge base out there. I myself have been designing screens for the motion picture industry for almost twenty years. If you have been to an Imax theatre, a specialty venue theatre, or any world expo, you have seen some of my work.
One item I just have to comment on is all this so called new gray screen technology. Gray screens have been around for over 25 years. Imax has been using this type of surface in it's dome theatres to enhance contrast since I can remember. When the first ever Hughes-JVC came out, we played with gray screens to improve contrast back then. The only problem was the same as it is today. True color rendition as it was meant to be seen is not possible on a gray screen.
Cheating black levels is not a new technology. I do however applaud Stewart for being the first to "market" this technology for use with digital projectors in the home.
Just another note worth mentioning. When the studios mix and play with color balance to come up with their final master print, it is done on a matt white screen. In the future, when the digital projectors can attain the light and contrast (an honest 1000:1 or more) levels equivelent or closer to film........matt white will simply the best option.
One item I just have to comment on is all this so called new gray screen technology. Gray screens have been around for over 25 years. Imax has been using this type of surface in it's dome theatres to enhance contrast since I can remember. When the first ever Hughes-JVC came out, we played with gray screens to improve contrast back then. The only problem was the same as it is today. True color rendition as it was meant to be seen is not possible on a gray screen.
Cheating black levels is not a new technology. I do however applaud Stewart for being the first to "market" this technology for use with digital projectors in the home.
Just another note worth mentioning. When the studios mix and play with color balance to come up with their final master print, it is done on a matt white screen. In the future, when the digital projectors can attain the light and contrast (an honest 1000:1 or more) levels equivelent or closer to film........matt white will simply the best option.