Elite Screens ER114WX1 Sable Fixed Frame Projection Screen 114 Inch 16:10 AR,Elite Screens are certified for safe use indoors by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, which certifies products with low chemical emissions. Children & School certification means that Elite Screens are ideal for use in schools, as well as other education, military, and religious environments.
Equipped with Elite's 1.1 gain CineWhite tensioned screen material gives wide viewing angles, so no one needs to miss out on the action.
Surrounded by a 2.36" black velvet surfaced aluminum frame. While its stylish design enhances the overall appearance and feel of your home theater, it also functionally serves to absorb light overspray given off by some projectors.
Mount it right on your first try. Sliding wall mounts allow you to install it first and center it later.
2-year parts and labor premium warranty
3-year parts and labor premium warranty for all Government, Education, Military, and House of Worship purchases
The Elite Sable Fixed Frame Projection Screen is a simple, affordable and efficient screen for home or educational use. The 109-inch and 114-inch models come in the versatile 16:10 aspect ratio, which is perfect for PowerPoint, churches, and movies. The screen installs in a matter of minutes and features a bright CineWhite projection surface with a gain rating of 1.1. The screen contains a solid black backing which eliminates any "spill" light from contaminating the picture. In addition, the surface is black velvet which not only increases the stylishness of the screen but will absorb any extra light thrown off by the projector.
Elite Screens Sable Fixed Frame Projection Screen 114 Inch customer reviews :
This review is for the ER135WH1 model.
After watching the video and reading the instructions, it took about 45 minutes to assemble. Mounting is fairly easy as well.
I took the advice of someone else and laid down sheets first to avoid collecting dog hair and whatever else was on my carpet onto the frame. The frame comes in multiple pieces and mounts together very easily - it feels very solid and precise.
The screen itself feels like vinyl (think waterbed or kid's inflatable jumpy) and rolls over the frame as a single sheet. All four edges of the screen material have a channel that you slide plastic rods into. These rods and the screen are then pressed into grooves on the frame and clips are place into the edge of the frame to keep the rod from popping out of the groove. This process is a little nerve-racking at first since you have to pull pretty hard to stretch the screen into the grooves. After a few clips, you'll realize it is not that hard. I did what the video shows, which is to start with just a single clip on each side, then go back and add another round of clips at the approximate midpoints of the clips you already have. I just repeated this process until all the clips were used. In the end, you'll have a clip probably every 8-12 inches all the way around.
For mounting, you just screw in 2 or 3 (the 135" uses 3) brackets on the wall. The screen frame has a lip on it, so it literally takes two people a few seconds to lift the screen over the brackets, press against the wall, and lower until the screen frame is resting on the brackets. The docs say you can then slide left/right as needed, but my wall was ever-so-slightly warped, so it wasn't going to to budge once seated on the brackets. Nonetheless, it's easy to just lift up, slide left/right, then drop back down.
The only tricky part of the whole thing was the bottom mounting bracket. It comes with a bottom bracket that looks just like the top bracket, but good luck trying to mount that and then pull the bottom edge of the screen frame down enough for the frame to go over the bracket and then pop back up enough for the bracket to lock in the frame. The frame is SOLID. It doesn't bend, stretch, or change shape. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but the instructions didn't give any clues. The bracket takes two screws. I ended up mounting it with just one screw so that the side with no screw would want to swing down naturally due to gravity. I mounted the frame on the top brackets, and then pushed the swinging part of the bottom bracket up. I was able to push the frame bottom against the wall and the bracket swung back down behind the screen and locked into the frame lip. Worked great. You could get away with no bottom bracket as well.
Oh, and the screen looks absolutely beautiful. I paired it with an Acer H6510BD projector and couldn't be happier. Just amazing all around.
By S. Miller
My wife and I have been using projectors for the past 15 years over multiple projectors and screens. Some great, some not so much. After switching from a standard definition projector to a 1080p projector 10 years ago... We also switched screens in the process. Going from a Da-lite 120" to an ElitePowerGain 120". The difference in quality was quick to be noticed. The brightness doubling, due to the PowerGain material.
Our room is less than optimal for viewing, using any projector... due to excessive ambient light. The PowerGain screen evened the switch from our controlled, dark theater room to a light filled, living room. Allowing us to enjoy the same great quality picture from our Optoma HD33, no matter what room we viewed it in.
If ambient light is an issue in your room, even a little bit, I recommend the PowerGain screen from Elite. It took our unviewable experience and turned it into theater-like enjoyment. 2D is sharp and bright, while 3D jumps off the screen with exceptional brilliance and depth.
Save yourself the money, buying name brand screens and buy a new projector or sound system to deepen your home theater experience. You will not notice a difference between a $2000 screen and this one. Other than the hole in your pocket that was burned by corporate branding and over hyping by people with more money than sense.
By the BadBoy
This screen is awesome. I have sony VPL-HW30ES projector. I first projected it on the wall, and then onto the screen after its setup. The difference is huge in terms of colors, contrast, and brightness. It looks great on the wall. The price is unbeatable for its quality.
Update: I exchanged this screen for the bigger size one (135 inches). It looks awesome. The contractor who installed my screen also said it is really no difference compared to other far more expensive ones like Black Diamond. One thing I learned in setting up the home theater is screen size vs viewing distance. Using THX recommended distance is really the best if one wants to have more immersive viewing experience.
By Bill
I've had a couple of projectors over the years, but never one that was really meant for home theater use. A few years ago, I switched to a large (55") LCD TV, because my native 1024x768 projector wasn't cutting it when it came to video games (contrast wasn't so good and the overall image quality was degraded due to not having a native HD resolution). After a couple of years of using that TV, I decided to switch back to a projector, since the TV just didn't provide the same movie-watching experience that you get with a ludicrously large screen. There's also something about projection that just looks better when watching movies and provides that authentic movie theater feel.
Anyway, after ponying up and getting a more grown-up, native 1080p home theater projector, I was still just throwing the image against a matte white textured wall. While this actually works surprisingly well, this time I wanted to complete the package by finally installing an actual projection screen.
This isn't even a particularly high-end screen, but I am blown away by the result! The picture is sharper, colors are brighter and more vibrant, and contrast is improved. Plus, the frame looks really slick and gives the room a more grown-up feel. I really couldn't be happier with it. I should have done this a long time ago.
I wish I could say the same about the installation process, which was quite painful. It took roughly 3 hours for my wife and I to complete the installation from start to finish. The first snag we encountered was that the pre-drilled holes for attaching the frame segments to the joints did not quite line up. They were about a millimeter off. It took a lot of force to get them lined up enough to thread the screws in. I could tell that a couple of the screws were not threading properly, but it was either that or send the whole thing back. I guess it doesn't matter much, because I don't intend to ever take this thing apart again, but this was still a disconcerting first impression of the build quality.
Also, the screen has to be stretched to an alarming degree in order to fit the frame. The plastic clips that are used to hold the screen in place are very difficult to snap in. The instructions tell you to remove and re-clip certain areas a couple of times during the process of properly aligning the screen. And here I thought they were hard to snap in. They are near impossible to get back off again! By the time we were done, my hands were very worn out, to say the least. I'm surprised I don't have blisters on my thumbs.
Even with the difficulty of getting it installed, I am still very happy with the result and do not regret the purchase.
By Frantzien
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