The flattest surface money buys
A tensioned fabric on a rigid frame is the only projector surface with no waves in it, and flatness is worth more to an image than most of what is printed on a projector box. Three published figures separate them. Gain says how much light is returned toward the viewer: 1.0 is neutral, above that brightens the centre and narrows the useful viewing angle. The material decides the rest — a white PVC weave, a grey fabric that deepens black at the cost of peak white, or an acoustically transparent weave that lets speakers sit behind it. And the black backing, which every serious maker states, is what stops light passing through and coming back. We compare stated gain, diagonal and aspect ratio, material and whether the backing is opaque, frame width and any velvet edge, and viewing angle.
90 inch · 200 × 113 cm image · 16:9 · fixed frame
The entry point to fixed-frame projection: a tensioned surface on a rigid frame, which is the only screen construction with no waves in it.
Best for: A room where one wall can be given over to the image, and where flatness matters more than the wall coming back.
≈ 150 €
Fixed frame · 212 cm TOTAL width · white fabric
A fixed frame whose listing states total width rather than image width — the measurement that actually has to fit between two windows.
Best for: A wall with a hard constraint — between two windows, under a beam — where the total dimension is what matters.
≈ 160 €
100 inch · 1.3 gain · high contrast · 4K/8K/3D · compatible with short, ultra short and long throw
The only screen in this catalogue that publishes a gain figure alongside a high-contrast claim — 1.3 — and states which projector geometries it suits.
Best for: A short-throw or ultra short throw projector on a rigid surface, in a room with some ambient light.
≈ £219 / 259 €
