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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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dturco
Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 3779 Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
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Link Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Never heard of them but, the frame looks like it's worth the purchase even if the screen material is sh*t. Thanks for posting this it gives me something to consider.
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WanMan
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Link Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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What does it cost to ship to you? My screen cost me $200 in FedEx LTL shipping because the box was 11' long.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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The fixed 120" 16:9 screen is $248/free shipping.
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WanMan
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:48 am Post subject: |
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Hmm, I say set your expectations accordingly.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:57 am Post subject: |
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So cheap it's scarry huh!
I went to Favi's Web site and downloaded the install guide. From the pictures the frame looked to be well made. Amazon gives the gain at 6 but the Favi web site says its a white matt surface with a gain of 2.4. I suspect Amazon is wrong. Also a Michigan company is selling the same screen on eBay for $207.21/free shipping but advertise the gain to be 1.3. All are the same model number: FF-HD-120. Unless I hear something bad, I may order one.
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mechman
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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If the gain is 6 or even 2.4, I'd eat my shorts. 1.3 is believable. If it were 2.4 it would need to have glass beads or the like impregnated into the material. And I don't think they can do that for that price.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Got a reply from Retail Ace concerning the gain:
"Thank you for contacting us. I'll try and clear up the confusion for you. The gain for our fixed frame screens is 2.4
The gain of 6 is for glass beaded screens, and the gain of 1.3 is for the matte white electric and pull down screens we sell.
I do apologize for the confusion."
Retail Ace and Favi share the same business address so I think they are the same.
2.4 sounds pretty good to me!
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mechman
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmmm... I wonder what they are using to get the gain up to 2.4? It may be like a lot of other vendors where they just make the number up. Da-Lite's numbers are trustworthy, as are Carada and Elite's. I have yet to check anything with my Stewart samples.
Wonder if they'd send me samples? I'll contact them.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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The eBay price of $207.21 must have been in error. They changed the price to $247.00.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Got the screen setup and I’m overall pleased with it. The frame is made out of extruded aluminum and is quite stout, measuring 3.25" x 1.25" cross section and covered with black felt on the visible side. The screen material has a matte white appearance but is high gain. I have no way to confirm the gain but the G90 is able to drive the 120" screen with lower brightness and contrast setting than the 1.0 gain, 100" (4:3) Da-Lite it replaced. I cannot detect hot spotting or color shifting watching video; however during the warm up screen hot spotting is quite evident and I suspect hot spotting may be noticeable during all white scenes. The screen material is very thin; probably to minimize frame tension. The 42 piece screen tensioners keep the screen flat but are a bit of a PIA to install. I think the design is good but the workmanship is a bit lacking. The frame’s aluminum was dirty. The mitered joints, while accurately cut, were not de-burred. Also the frame’s pre-drilled corners holes looked like they tried to correct the placement but did a poor job. I guess that’s what you get when 11 year old Chinese children work in manufacturing. Anyway the final product is very attractive and does not appear to be “cheap”. I’ve attached a few pictures. At some point I'll calibrate the projector to the screen and will add a few screen shots.
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dturco
Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 3779 Location: Eastern Shore Maryland
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Link Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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For $250? Man that's alright. I do see the hotspotting in you photo. It doesn't look any worse than my Wilsonart screen.
Keep us updated.
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betel
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 448 Location: Maryville, Tennessee (Just South of Knoxville)
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Calibrated the projector to the screen as best I could. HCFR file attached. The graphs don't look too good. On the RGB level graph the lines should be at the same % at the cal points of 30 & 80 but they're way off. Also it looks like the blue is not defocused. Oh and I forgot to turn off gamma boost. Yes it's been awhile since I calibrated a projector. I need to do this again.
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