Screen Innovations^® was founded in Ryan Gustafson’s garage for one purpose, to completely change the projection landscape. We wanted everyone to be able to own the projection experience not matter what your room environment or budget allowed.

Our First Location

Our entire purpose has always been do drive the two-piece projection industry farther than it has ever gone before and in so doing, we knew that we must develop an excellent set of tools to aid end users and dealers alike in the decision making and installation process. In 2006, we introduced the worlds very first Screen Wizard tool, allowing individuals to calculate the exact recommended materials in seconds.

In early 2008, after years of research and development, Ryan Gustafson introduced a never before seen technology to the two-piece projection industry called Black Diamond^®. Little did he know that he would literally be changing the entire landscape of projection for the first time in over 100 years. Black Diamond^® was created because of the inherent challenged associated with projecting in a bright enfironment, i.e. losing all your contrast. In it's initial phase, Black Diamond^® produced in only a .8 gain material and with it's ambient light rejection and black color, customers could now enjoy 900% greater contrast over matte-white and literally "step out of the darkroom."

Seeing the massive response to the initial introduction of Black Diamond^® in 2008, we set out to push the limits of this technology and introduced a 1.4 gain version in 2009. Building on the greatness of .8, Black Diamond^® 1.4 exploded and again changed the industry forever.

With two amazing versions of the best screen that money could buy now availabe on the market, Black Diamond .8 and 1.4, we could have easily rested on our laurels and enjoyed our enormous sucess, but we didn't. We pushed even further and created a third rendition of the game-changing Black Diamond^® technology - 2.7 gain. With our trifecta of available Black Diamond^® screen materials, we've established our name in the industry and are one tough act to follow.

Since it's inception, SI has been the fasted growing projection screen company every single year. In 2010, we officially launched our global presence bringing SI to an astounding 60 countries world-wide.

We developed Zero Edge^® (originally with Black Diamond) to make projection sexy, and did so one week before CEDIA. We added LED lights on the back of the screen before shipping to the show and it was recieved with mixed emotions. Some loved it and a few said it would never work. Within two years Zero Edge is now the industry standard and many companies such as Stewart Filmscreen, Vutec, Dalite, Draper, Elite Screen, and many others have attempted to copy the SI Zero Edge^® design and LED backlighting.

After radically changing the landscape of the two-piece fixed projection screen industry, we set our sights on motorized. We knew that in order to make some serious waves and solve major two-piece projection challenges, something drastic had to be created. Five years of research and development produced the worlds first (and only) "rollable television", Black Diamond^® Motorized. BDM levitates on aircraft cables allowing customer to fly their projection screen in front of windows in really bright rooms without obstructing views.

Black Diamond^® Tiles was created to offer commercial installers a video display that will look great, allow for easy installation, and finally cost astronomically less than typical commercial displays (i.e. LED walls). Built on the award winning Black Diamond^® technology, BDT is completely scalable and customizable delivering a display that is limited only by your imagination.

Setting our sights on the rear-projection industry, we developed FlexGlass^®, the best edge-blending and short-throw capable rear-projection screen ever invented. FlexGlass^® was immediately adopted by Scalable and Mersive as the bar-none "best rear-projection screen technology ever to hit the market." Not only is it available in incredible large sizes (7.5' X 99') but it's rollable enabling a curved display like nothing ever seen before.

True to form, we took yet another step forward progressing farther than any screen company has before by introducing a brand new screen to the industry - Black Diamond^® Film. BDF is literally applied as a window tint to any window allowing the rear-projection of any content while retaining Black Diamond's^® incredible ambient light rejection qualities. Great for retail spaces or window advertisements, BDF brings a whole new meaning to two-piece projection.

Slate^® was developed and introduced to the market as the "closest thing to Black Diamond^®" but on a budget. Born out of our overall company mission, for everyone to be able to own the projection experience regardless of their room environment or budget, Slate^® has completely taken the market by storm bringing ambient light rejection to the masses in sizes up to 250-inches.

Busting at the seams due to our major growth, we made the decision to expand (by three times the size) our warehouse, manufacturing, and office floors to allow for greater accessibility and production. We did this because our customers are our ultimate priority and expansion brought faster lead times and greater capabilites for future development. We also added a state of the art training facility which will be used by companies throughout the industry.

We created Zero Edge^® FLEX for all of our customers who love the rigid Zero Edge^® style, but wanted a bigger image or were stricken with accessibility concerns. Zero Edge^® FLEX, due to it's flexible material, can be rolled and packaged in a much smaller box so logistics nightmares are all but a thing of the past.