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Author Topic: Do You Prefer Some Type of High Gain Screen With Digital Projection? Richard Orsak Film Handler Posts: 45 From: Hallettsville, TX USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 12-11-2012 02:23 AM                     If a person has plenty of light with his projector, is there an advantage of going with say a 1.4 Gain Screen? This seems to be a common recommendation to me... Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Antti Nayha Master Film Handler Posts: 268 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: Oct 2008 posted 12-11-2012 05:18 AM                     No. A matt screen will always give you the best light uniformity and viewing angles.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 12-11-2012 06:36 AM                     Quote Antti. High gain screens are EVIL for me. Even when you don't have enough light. You should install a high gain screen in the perfect auditorium with the perfect screen frame to have some advantages. What usually happens is they install a high gain screen in a short throw room on a big flat frame, take a measurement on that tiny hotspot in the middle of the screen and boast huge numbers (and adjust the lamp to the tiny little spot!)  |  IP: Logged Jock Blakley Expert Film Handler Posts: 218 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Oct 2011 posted 12-11-2012 07:30 AM                     Agreed - go with matte wherever you can. Even if you haven't got enough light; get a brighter lamp.  |  IP: Logged Antti Nayha Master Film Handler Posts: 268 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: Oct 2008 posted 12-11-2012 08:07 AM                     Or get a second projector if you want bright 3D. That said, something like a 1.4 gain screen can be an acceptable compromise, depending on room geometry.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-11-2012 08:57 AM                     The auditorium at Mercyhurst is long and narrow. About 100 feet long and 60 feet wide. (Somebody told me that the room is designed to the golden ratio.) The screen is a 1.5 gain. In that auditorium, it works well. Bright picture without too much hot spotting. Because the room is narrow, it is impossible to sit too far off axis. In this case it works but, in another room, I would get a matte screen.  |  IP: Logged Richard Orsak Film Handler Posts: 45 From: Hallettsville, TX USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 12-12-2012 11:25 PM                     Ok...I see better what everyone is thinking, I plan on having plenty of light on the projector side, so it appears "Matte" is still a solid choice...thanks! Richard  |  IP: Logged

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