Projection Screen Reviews
Projector Reviews – Screen Innovations Black Diamond II 1.4 Projection Screen Review – Summary
I’m sold on the Black Diamond 1.4. That said, I’m equally curious about the .8 version. I’d like to see what the .8′s blacks can look like. Still, figuring that this is more of a family room projector, than one for a dedicated theater, the extra brightness of the 1.4 is sure to be appreciated. Read More
Screen Innovations Black Diamond Screen Review Home Theater & High Fidelity
Although flat panel HDTVs come in pretty big sizes these days, even the largest one cannot compete with what we can get with a projector screen. If you want a 10 foot wide screen, no problem.
Well, maybe I shouldn’t have said, “no problem”.
Some consumers have dedicated home theaters that control all ambient light such that when all the room lights are off and the projector is off too, you can’t see your hand in front of your face because there is zero ambient light.
For the majority of us however, we use a family room or den for watching movies using a projector that we place on a coffee table, or perhaps mounted on the ceiling, with the screen mounted on the opposite wall, or pull-down from the ceiling. And, that room has doors and windows. The result? Ambient light that peeks its way around the edges of the blackout curtains… read more
Screen Innovations Black Diamond Screen Review John Archer
If there’s one enduring problem with using a projector in a normal living room environment, it’s not being able to get the room dark enough. It just isn’t usually practical to have a main room of the house submerged into the total blackness that a satisfying home cinema viewing experience really demands.
This is especially true if you’re using a fairly cheap and cheerful screen or even – shudder – a matt white wall to play your projected images on. For such surfaces just don’t have the reflective properties to compete with even small amounts of ambient light, leaving the images that appear on their surfaces looking dull and lifeless… read more
Sound & Vision Review By: Brent Butterworth
I think that the more people realize screens like the Black Diamond II projection screen exist, the more often they’ll consider video projection for their media rooms — because while everyone loves a big screen, no one loves stumbling around in the dark. read more
Home Entertainment Screen Innovations Black Diamond II Review October 7, 2009 By David Birch-Jones
Leave the lights on
If you’re considering a front projection system for your home theater but don’t have a dedicated light-controlled environment to put it in, you may want to check out one of the new high-contrast screens like Screen Innovations Black Diamond II.
Using a special screen design, these screens minimize ambiant light while still giving you a bright and punchy projected image.
SI’s Black Diamond Screens – This changes everything
Bob Gatton’s Tech Talk WWW.HGTVPRO.COM
Traditional home theaters can be a lot of fun. Turn on the system, turn off the lights and start the movie.
Being in a dark room, in my opinion, is part of the movie experience. But I don’t like watching sports and other programming in a bat cave.
Now you don’t have to. SI recently launched their Black Diamond screens. With these screens you can use a front projector and still have some lights on. With a normal screen, if you turn up the lights, the picture is washed out and unwatchable.
SI’s Black Diamond screens, combined with projectors that are both rapidly improving and decreasing in price, is a game changer. You can have a huge, high quality picture in a cave… or in a room with lights, as shown below.
This was, in my opinion, the most impressive product at the CEDIA Expo last week. I’m planning to get my hands on an SI Black Diamond screen and give it a test drive. After I do, I’ll report back with more details.
Pixels Next-Generation High-Contrast Projection Screens – Do They Really Work?
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Next-Generation High-Contrast Projection Screens – Do They Really Work?
One of the highlights of the annual CEDIA trade show, which caters to the custom installation home theater industry, is their exhibition and competition for the most deluxe and ornate home theater installations. Show attendees get to look at marvelously designed dedicated home theater rooms, some of which have price tags that run into the high six figures, with a select few costing even more.
Home Theater Review Black Diamond Projection Screen
By Andrew Robinson June 2009 http://hometheaterreview.com/
No, your eyes haven’t deceived you (though after seeing the SI Black Diamond Screen in person, you may think they have). This is a review of a projection screen. Not a projector/screen combo, but just a screen. Why? Since becoming a front-projection video enthusiast some years ago, I have never encountered a product that has done more to bridge the gap between traditional flat-panel displays and front projection than the SI Black Diamond II Screen reviewed here. It is such an innovative and revolutionary product that, upon installing it in my own home, I had to give it the attention it deserves. What makes the SI Black Diamond II Screen so good, you ask? Read on and I’ll tell you.
ProjectorCentral Black Diamond II Screen Review
Bill Livolsi, June 26, 2009
“Screen Innovations has outdone themselves with this 1.4-gain model of the Black Diamond II”
In February, we looked at Screen Innovations’ Black Diamond II 0.8-gain ambient light screen shortly before it was released. Now, we’re back in the lab with their 1.4-gain version of the same screen. This ambient light rejection (or “black”) screen solves the brightness problem of the last model. It also expands the viewing angle, which frees up some of the restrictions and makes the screen easier to use. At $2699, it is priced like a high-end boutique product, but it delivers performance in line with its cost.
Home Theater – Anthem LTX-500 LCoS Projector and SI Black Diamond II Screen Review
Chris Everle, June 27, 2009 http://hometheaterreview.com/
Flagship Home Theater, Part 1
Anthem LTX-500 LCoS Projector and SI Black Diamond II Screen Review
Introduction
Flagship Home Theater. The very words evoke the highest quality in audio and video reproduction. Anthem, a well-established maker of high end audio products has just released their first display, the THX-certified LTX-500 LCoS Projector. Like their audio gear, Anthem is marketing this unit as a reference quality piece. In their own words, “A full HD 1920×1080 “˜Reference’ point of view”… brings the scale and excitement of the Cinema experience home.” Have they achieved their goal? Boy did I ever have fun finding out!
