I'm curious how much this would improve the picture of my crt. The biggest problem I have with my 1030 is that it is normally very dim, even in a very dark room. Day scenes look more like they're at dusk, and night scenes are even harder to follow. Turning the contrast all the way up solves this problem of course, but I don't want to drive the tubes much higher than 75%. Right now I have a DIY matte white screen, but I was thinking about getting some 1.3 gain material. Would the extra gain make enough difference, in your opinion, to make up for the slight color shift as a consquence? I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to budget ht, but strong artifacts can become obnoxious to me.