Elite Screens Aeon Series 120-Inch 16:9 Edge Free 8K / 4K Ultra HD Fixed Frame Projector Screen, CineGrey Matte Grey for Standard/Short/Ultra Short Throw Projectors, Home Theater & Office Use-AR120H2

After many reviews and hours of research I finally pulled the trigger on the Cinegrey 5D screen. I watched clips of other screens and am lucky enough to be close enough to Elite and the more expensive competitor, SI, to view this screen and the Black Diamond in person. There is clearly not $1700 dollars difference to justify the more expensive SI BD screen (IMO).Installation: I was prepared for an exercise in futility after reading some of the other reviews here with regards to putting this together. I cleared an open space, laid down two bed sheets over the hardwood and followed the instructions to put it together. Bolting the frame together was a snap. The instructions were clear and being able to lay it all out made is a snap. The felt overlay has a few little shoddy spots (Black Sharpie fixed that) and doesn't perfectly align in one joint, but it's nothing anyone but me will notice. A cordless power drill had this thing together in about 10 minutes.The screen, once laid out on the frame was fairly self explanatory. The nice little red arrows on the frame showing where the snaps lock in was a nice addition. The plastic tubes go in like a tent (Make sure to have the shorter ones on the horizontal and the two long ones on the vertical) and then I placed them in the grooved frame and went around the frame pulling it tight and pushing the screen into place and locking it in place with the snaps. I took my time here and stopped a for a beer, but in all it took no more than 15 minutes to get the screen in place. I was a little worried, because once I completed it there were some waves in the bottom of the screen. Not to fear, once the brace was locked into place it pulled everything very tight. I now had a perfectly smooth ready to hang screen. Piece of cake.Viewing Experience: This section will have an update once my Benq W1070 arrives this week. I used my conference projector as an initial test case. It's an Epson. EX5220, super simple conference room projector and not intended for home theater. I fired it up with the HDMI output from my cable box with no lights and my initial impression was wow. I couldn't believe the picture from this no frills business projector. This thing usually looks washed out with no color pop at all. Then I turned all the lights on in the living room. There are no less than 6 LED lights on and the picture was unfazed. Once again, I was shocked at the picture. Little to no washout at all. Then came the next day. At 2 in the afternoon it's the brightest my living room gets. While there is no direct light, it's still full on daytime. The picture was once again fully watchable with very little washout at all. My wife couldn't tell the difference between the night with all the lights on and the day with the blinds open. I'll give a full review with video once the Benq is installed.I would recommend this screen for anyone with ambient light issues. You're never going to get the same picture as a fully blacked out room, but IMO this is about as close as you are going to get with the lights on. Also, don't expect miracles if you have sunlight shining directly on your screen. Heck, even LCD and Plasmas have issues displaying properly with that problem. Get it, you won't be disappointed.

Super easy to assemble and install. The only challenging part was installing the center vertical support--its a little tough to get the holes lined up. Notably flatter and brighter than my old Amazon Basics pull down (which was already a huge step up from a painted wall). I opted to use the included thin bezel, I'm not a fan of the fully borderless look but with the bezel its perfect.

Love the curved screen. 4K Picture on the screen is awesome. I would definitely give the screen 5 STARS. But......Assembly was little difficult as the screen material needs to be really stretched and clamped. Probably it may be easier to do it with help. Mounting instructions / measurements to place the hinges to hang the screen is completely off in the provided manual. I had to remove the bottom hinges multiple times and manually place it to get a tight fit. Once the screen was mounted, it looked great aesthetically and the picture quality is fantastic.

This Elite Screen lives up to what it says. It takes mediocre light controlled rooms and gives you a decent picture. This screen will not give you a LED TV level of brightness with all your windows open, but it will let you have some light, even mid-day sunlight, coming through while watching TV without getting that horrible washed out image you see in well lit sports bars that use projectors. The field of view is worse than other screens because the screen technology is designed to minimize ambient light reflection. In certain situations you will see hot spots, but it can be minimized with projector placement and keeping lumens low.This was a good purchase for us. We can use our projector on eco mode all the time in the living room while still getting some sunlight through the windows and have a decent picture. My biggest disappointment was the number of wrinkles in the screen material. I was able to reduce them by 99% with a hair dryer though, perhaps with more work I could get them all removed.If you have a light controlled room select another style of screen because you will get better field of view with less hot spots.

Excellent!! Served the purpose

I just setup the 100" version of this screen.1 screw and 1 spring was missing. The rivets along the edge of the screen (the spots where the hooks grab) were not very carefully placed, and a couple of them were comically close together. These basic QA oversights are disheartening when spending nearly a thousand dollars on a screen... Fortunately, this didn't stop me from using the product.The ambient light rejection is okay, but not great; it offers a small improvement.The screen is brighter and has stronger contrast than my previous 100" 1.0 gain matte white screen from Elite Screens. This is a better image for sure, but the brightness is not uniform... The hot spot from the center of the projector's reflection is noticeable and sometimes distracting with certain images. I can still see the darks in the images better, but the hot spot is really disappointing for a product that is nearly $1000. This thing should probably be no more than $300.

The R150DHD5 is installed in my Family Room, with a lot of windows. It is in an alcove that is approx. 24" deep. I can now use this screen during the day. At night the picture is sharp and vivid. It looks "picture perfect". This is my second CineGrey screen. The other CineGrey is installed in my bedroom and is a AR120DHD3 and is also perfect