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Topic: Alternative materials for movie screen
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Frank Angel
Film God
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Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 02-13-2006 04:46 PM
quote: Tony Bandiera Jr Our screen at UCI is 14' x 30' electric roll-up and cost around $60,000 !!! A replacement sheet is almost $45,000
Tony, someone is ripping UCI off big-time. Yes, motorized screens are very expensive, but it's the mechanism that is expensive, not the screen material. The screen material shouldn't cost any more than what it would if you were going to hang it on a standard frame. Installation might be a bit more costly because of the way the screen needs to be attached to the drum, but the material itself is no different and shouldn't cost any more than what that size would cost for a standard frame installation. Depending on the surface type, a sheet your size shouldn't cost you more than $2000. Call Hurley and give them the size and get a ballpark figure. Then call the installer and tell them you HAVE the screen material, you just need them to attach it to the drum. The screen should be able to be attached to the drum without taking the unit down. But even if for some reason they tell you they need to remove the mechanism in order to attach the new screen material, it can't be more work-intensive than stringing a screen to a frame. If they still want to charge you $45,000, find another installer.
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