VIVIDSTORM-Projector Screen,Slimline Electric Tab-tensioned Drop Down with White Cinema Screen,White Housing Ceiling and Wall,Compatible with Normal Projector,VMSLW100H

Had a little remote difficulty but the company is very helpful and quick to respond. Numerous people were highly impressed with the screen quality. Excited to upgrade my sound system later and have a screen that will be compatible. The dongle to lower the screen when the projector is turned on does not work, but that was a bonus anyway. Overall, solid purchase for the price!

This is a review of the 120-inch drop-down screen with perforated white cinema screen material.After spending quite a lot of time researching screens and screen material I became convinced that this was the product I needed, but after spending about a week with it, I'm sending it back to exchange it for the non-perforated version of the screen.I recently acquired a very nice Sony true 4K projector that supports HDR. Getting the right screen for something like that can be a somewhat daunting task. The projector needed to be installed in my basement - which is completely underground so I have total control over ambient light. However I do not have wall space to install a fixed screen. My grand plan was to install a drop-down screen which would lower in front of my existing TV and component shelf. Since my center channel speaker is suspended from the ceiling on a shelf I felt I would either need an acoustically transparent screen to use it or to use something like a center channel speaker recessed into the ceiling. (I tried the speaker-in-the-ceiling thing and it was TERRIBLE - don't do it!)While I was deliberating on which drop-down screen to buy I purchased a cheap 120-inch screen for around $50 just to kind of validate the setup and calibrate the projector etc... Now it should be noted that I've never owned a 4K or HDR projector before so when I got everything dialed in I was absolutely blown away by the detail. Watching the UHD Blu-ray of Blade Runner 2049 was almost transcendental - I thought "holy buckets, if this looks this good on this cheap $50 screen, just imagine how amazing it'll be with a higher-quality screen like the Vividstorm."When it comes to tab-tensioned, powered drop-down screens that come in 120" or larger and have acoustically transparent options, you really only have two choices: Vividstorm and Elite Screens. Elite Screens is US-based, costs 3x to 4x as much and has a reputation for poor customer service experiences. Vividstorm is Hong-Kong based, very competitively priced and has a good reputation for customer service. Elite Screens uses a cloth-weave solution for their acoustically transparent screens and Vividstorm uses the same polymer-based screen material with tiny holes punched in it.As part of my research I reached out to Vividstorm and started a conversation with them via email, and I have to say they are some of the nicest most helpful people I've ever exchanged emails with. There's a slight language barrier, but they're sharp, intuitive and they seem to have a genuine commitment to good customer service - something I'm noticing more and more with Hong-Kong based businesses.Also, for about $30 Vividstorm can send you a sample envelope with six or seven 8.5"x11"samples of their various screen materials that you can use to help inform your decision. When my sample pack arrived, I used clips to attach them to my cheap screen so I could get a feel for what they would look like in the space. I was immediately impressed by the difference in gain on the "cinema white" samples compared to my cheap screen's material. The perforate material looked almost as good as the non-perforate material. The problem is that having the other screen behind the sample kind of masked the problems with the perforate material - it prevented the light-bleed and made the holes less black.The particular screen I wanted was not already in stock so it had to be made while I waited, but I received it after about 3.5 weeks.Vividstorm did a fantastic job packaging the screen with two layers of plastic on the outside - one durable and easy to grip, and beneath that a more flexible moisture-proof layer. All of the important bits of the screen were well cushioned and the screen itself arrived in fantastic condition.The instructions are decent quality though they do suffer a little due to language barrier and certain things could be clearer - such as how to adjust how far the screen lowers. (For reference there are two hex bolts on the left side of the mechanism - one of them which is colored yellow and accessed through the gap in where the screen lowers is used for adjusting how far the screen retracts into the housing. The other one has to be accessed by removing a rubber plug from the underside of the screen and that one controls how far the screen lowers when it descends. But the instructions for these two sections are almost identical, including depicting the lower control as a yellow bolt when it is actually black.The screen also comes with several options for control. There are two remotes - one that works by RF, and the other that works by IR - though the IR one requires that you also install the wired control (which attaches via an RJ12) because the wired control also has the IR receiver built into it. There was also a USB dongle which you can plug into your projector which I believe also works via RF - I think the idea is that it lowers the screen when the USB port is activated and raises it when the USB port is deactivated. My projector seems to supply continuous power to its USB port so it didn't work for me, but it would be super convenient if it had.There are two different types of mounting hardware - brackets for attaching it directly to drywall surfaces like a wall or ceiling, and hooks for hanging it from the ceiling. The brackets are about two inches wide. Since I don't have a finished ceiling in my basement I needed to attach the screen to the rafters and the brackets were too wide to attach. I opted to use hooks and use the loops to hang the screen.It was fairly easy to get the projector unpacked, mounted, leveled, and get the open and closing height set.The tension cables did a great job keeping the screen perfectly flat. The white screen material was aligned perfectly. No problems in workmanship whatsoever.What's wrong with the perforated material?Loss of Detail in 4KAfter getting the projector focus and centering dialed in I decided to watch the new Dune film on UHD. It was immediately obvious that the perforations were prominent and beyond just “tuning out” - they're particularly obnoxious on solid or bright colors because they create an effect that almost look like scanlines. Even at about 15 feet back from the screen I can still see them. Basically if you get far enough away that you don't see the black dots created by the perforations, you're also too far away to appreciate the detail of 4k. It makes everything look like newsprint photographs. While not as bright, my cheap little $50 screen had allowed me to appreciate much more detail on my 4K content. I've attached some images that capture what the pattern looks like - though I'm not sure it'll come through after Amazon compresses and processes the images- but hopefully you can see how the dots are super-obvious on the solid color areas and how they actually change the shape of the text by making it look jagged.Light BleedWhile the product detail does mention that you shouldn't put the screen in front of light sources such as lamps or windows, AND it mentions that it's normal for light to pass through the perforations and project on objects behind the screen, something it doesn't explain is that you also can't place anything shiny or white behind the screen because the light cast by the projector will pass through the holes once, reflect off of objects or surfaces behind the screen and then pass back through the holes and at the viewer. I had to resort to putting a towel over my TV screen to keep from getting a massive glare when watching which kind of defeated the convenience of an automatic screen. Now with the benefit of hindsight the reflection was something that could have been predicted, but until I saw it, I had not expected that would be a problem.Now what I will say about the perforate screen is that if your projector is only 1080p the holes are not going to really cover up a lot of detail. The pattern will still be there and might bother you but it won't actually change the shape of objects or give the impression of shades that aren't there. Also, the screen truly is acoustically transparent - my cheap $50 screen is just this stretchy cloth so I figured it was effectively acoustically transparent, but I was wrong - this Vividstorm screen lets the full range and volume of sound pass through, so from an audio perspective it's perfect - I just can't stand what it does to the 4K picture.If you're planning on getting the perforated material, make sure you know what you're getting into. To their credit, Vividstorm did try to explain some of the caveats in the product description. What I would recommend you do to help you decide is to set the projector up where you expect to use this screen turn the projector on as if the screen was there, then sit in your normal viewing position and look for glare or bright reflections. Anything that bounces light back at you is also going to come right back through the screen.In conclusion, this is a fantastically well-made screen, the operation is smooth and it works exactly as designed. However I dinged this a star because don't think this should be marketed as being suitable for 4K content because it actually masks some of the detail if you have a true 4K HDR projector. Vividstorm is a good company and so far it seems their good reputation is well deserved. I will update the review after I have gone through the process of returning this screen to them and exchanging it for a non-perforated screen.Update: the process of returning something this large can be very tedious. Vividstorm did a great job communicating with me and was very helpful and reasonable throughout the whole process. I have zero compunction buying another product from them in the future.If you found this review to be helpful in making your decision, please consider hitting the "Helpful" button as that would help me too.

Great screen, works well! I received the wrong instructions, but I emailed Vividstorm and they got back to me quickly with a digital version of the correct manual. Installation was straightforward and everything works perfectly.

I'm extremely disappointed with the quality. The corners of the screen are wrinkled and the material is not stretched tightly, resulting in a wavy appearance. Additionally, the sides of the screen do not hang straight, which affects the overall viewing experience. It appears that the screen material is not properly aligned or tensioned, and the frame or mounting system might be flawed. I expected much better quality for the price and cannot recommend this product.

Ok, I went through a BUNCH of regular project screens and I couldn't find a single one that didn't have bends, waves etc. - both manual pull-down and electric.This is the only projector screen that I found at this price-point that is tensioned, and that makes for a completely different (more enjoyable!) experience. No more frustrations trying to use hair dryers, taping etc. to straighten out. There are other tensioned screens available but those are a lot more expensive. Trust me, you want a tensioned screen!Additionally, I had an issue with my screen and the team at Vividstorm fully took care of me. Their customer service is prompt (via email) and excellent. At this price point, this is the best product available.

First of all, the screen is fine. It deploys evenly and works well. However, initially there was a frustrating issue with the delivery. It was shipped from China without the necessary protective screen roller stops. My guess is that Covid somehow scrambled the factory inspection protocols... In any case, the screen was damaged in transit and needed to be replaced. Vividstorm Customer Service was excellent, particularly "Agnes" (who gave me permission to use her name). Patience is required due to the time change. However, they immediately shipped out a replacement screen and now all is well. Be aware that the screen IR remote control codes are proprietary and will not copy to all Universal remote controls. The company is working to resolve this issue and the factory remote controls work just fine. I would recommend Vividstorm. Their screen is bright, even and quiet and their customer service is top notch.