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Michael Cornish
Film Handler

Posts: 26
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Registered: Sep 2011

posted 07-12-2019 10:26 PM

What is the best place to gt a new screen from?

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Dave Macaulay
Film God

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From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 07-14-2019 08:06 AM

Do you have a cinema tech company you work with? They would be the ones to ask.
Ballantyne/Strong/MDI make screens - and they are pretty good screens, used in most of the cinemas around here. There are other suppliers of course. Some may sell direct to end users, some will only sell to distributors.
There are important screen options to get right, primarily surface reflectivity and perforation type.
Your existing screen may have a label telling at least its dimensions and maybe the surface type. This is usually either at screen bottom centre or at one bottom corner.
Replacing a screen is not a do-it-yourself job unless it's a very small screen.

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Leo Enticknap
Film God

Posts: 7474
From: Loma Linda, CA
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 07-14-2019 01:35 PM

Rigging screens is definitely a job for a specialist. Tensioning them such that the surface is even is a seriously skilled process, not to mention the safety issues involved in working 20-30 feet off the ground. We always sub this out to a specialist contractor on jobs for which the screen installation is within our scope.

As Dave said, the vendor you buy projection supplies (and possibly service) from is a good place to start. They will likely be a dealer for at least one or two screen manufacturers.

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Sam D. Chavez
Film God

Posts: 2153
From: Martinez, CA USA
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 07-14-2019 02:54 PM

Draper and Da-Lite make small and roll up screens and fold up frames if that's what you're looking for. It would be helpful to have more info which is why response to your question was a little slow. As has been mentioned one of the questions back to you was what type of perforations if any.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 07-14-2019 03:49 PM

If you want a lace or spring fastened theater screen I reccomend Severtson in Mesa, AZ. Installed countless Severtsons and never ever a problem. We even had an 85X62 Severtson screen at the Zion Canyon Cinemax. The installer actually snagged and ripped one end of that screen and it had to be reordered. His insurance convered the damage. Thats why its important to have an experienced rigger or front end person to do it.

This is that first screen going up. One end of it caught on a hand rail along the side. The screen weigned over a ton.

Mark

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