What the maker puts in writing
- “110-inch Diagonal, 54.0-inch H x 96.0-inch W Viewing Size, 16:9 HD Format Aspect Ratio with a Black Velvet Finished Frame. Overall Assembled Size: 58.7-inch H x 100.6-inch W x 1.6-inch D”
- “Screen Material: CineGrey 3D, Angular-Reflective Material with Ambient Light Rejecting Technology Features a 90° Viewing Angle with 1.2 Gain. ISF Certified… GREENGUARD and GREENGUARD GOLD UL 2818 Certified… (Not Compatible With Ultra-short/Short Throw or Triple Laser Projectors)”
- “Sturdy 2.36-inch Wide 6-Piece Light-Weight Aluminum Frame, Features a Black Velvet Finish Made to Absorb Projection Overshoot while Enhancing Black Levels and Image Contrast”
- “Full Installation Kit with Adjustable Fix Plates that Achieve an Ultra Flat Projection Surface without Wrinkles or Waves and Sliding Wall Mount Brackets”
- “2-year Manufacturer’s /3-year-ENR-G enhanced warranty… Lifetime Tech Support”
The velvet frame has a job, and it is not decoration
Black Velvet Finish Made to Absorb Projection Overshoot while Enhancing Black Levels and Image Contrast.
Two things happen at the edge of a projected image.
Overshoot. A projector is almost always set slightly larger than the screen, so that no edge of the picture falls short of it. That excess light lands on the border — and on a reflective border it bounces into the room and comes back as a general wash that lifts the black level of everything.
Velvet has a deep pile that traps light arriving at a grazing angle. It absorbs the overshoot rather than returning it.
And perceived edge. The eye judges black relative to what surrounds it, so a genuinely black border makes the picture’s own blacks look deeper and its edge look sharper.
At 2.36 inches wide there is a lot of velvet doing that work.
Against the edge-free Aeon at exactly the same price
Elite sells two 110-inch CineGrey 3D screens on this shelf at $540 each, with opposite frame philosophies — and the listings let you compute the trade:
| Sable (this) | Aeon AR110DHD3 |
|---|
| Viewing area | 54.0 × 96.0 in | 54.7 × 96.7 in |
| Overall size | 58.7 × 100.6 × 1.6 in | 54.7 × 96.7 × 1.3 in |
| Frame | 2.36 in black velvet | edge free |
| Gain / angle | 1.2 / 90° | 1.2 / 90° |
| Rejection ratio | not published | 65% |
So the frame here adds 4.7 inches of height and 4.6 of width over the viewing area — while the Aeon’s overall size and viewing size are identical, because there is no border at all.
On the same wall the Aeon gives a slightly larger picture in a smaller footprint. This gives a velvet border that absorbs overshoot and deepens perceived black.
Neither is wrong. If the wall is tight, or the look of a flat panel matters, the Aeon. If there is room and the room is dark, this.
The projector requirement, twice over
Not Compatible With Ultra-short/Short Throw or Triple Laser Projectors.
The throw restriction is geometric. CineGrey 3D is angular reflective: it accepts light arriving roughly horizontally — from a projector across the room or on the ceiling — and rejects light arriving from above, which is where room lighting comes from. An ultra-short-throw projector sits below the screen and fires steeply upward, from the direction this surface is built to reject. The result is dim and uneven.
Elite’s own Aeon CLR3 at $1,293 is the opposite design, built for exactly that geometry.
The triple-laser restriction is optical, and the listing does not explain it. The generally accepted reason is speckle: a triple-laser projector emits three very narrow spectral lines, and coherent narrow-band light striking a structured surface interferes with itself, producing a fine visible shimmer. Three of the five screens here carry the same warning.
Adjustable fix plates, and why flatness matters here
Adjustable Fix Plates that Achieve an Ultra Flat Projection Surface without Wrinkles or Waves.
On a matt white screen a gentle ripple costs a little sharpness. On an angular reflective surface it costs more: the structure is directional, so a ripple changes the local angle at which light is accepted — producing a stripe visibly brighter or darker than the rest of the picture, which no projector adjustment removes.
The Akia at $331.54 solves it with a “spring tension system”. The Aeon CineGrey 3D says only “all necessary installation and hanging hardware”. The CLR3 says nothing about tensioning at all.
Sliding wall mount brackets are the other half — they let you shift the screen along the wall to center it after the brackets are fixed, rather than measuring perfectly first.
The warranty is the same on all three Elite screens
Word for word: “2-year Manufacturer’s /3-year-ENR-G enhanced warranty for any purchases made by Educational, Non-profit, Religious or Government/Military organization… an ISO9001 manufacturer since 2004 and Lifetime Tech Support.”
The institutional extension is a real detail — a school, a church or a government buyer gets a third year.
The Akia publishes no warranty at all.
And the catalog dimensions match the bullet exactly
Catalog: 2555 × 41 × 1491 mm. Converted: 100.6 × 1.6 × 58.7 inches.
Bullet: 58.7 in H × 100.6 in W × 1.6 in D.
Identical. Which is worth saying, because catalog entries frequently do not survive that check — and here you can plan a wall from either figure.
10,301 g is published — the second-lightest on this shelf, behind Elite Screens’ own 9,498 g model.
What is not published
No ambient light rejection ratio. The bullet says “Ambient Light Rejecting Technology” without a number, where the Akia publishes “up to 65%” and the Aeon CineGrey 3D publishes a “65% rejection ratio” for the same material. Since all three use CineGrey 3D, 65 percent is the reasonable expectation here too — but this listing does not say it.
No flame standard, where the Akia publishes NFPA 701 compliance — which a classroom, church hall or conference room may require.
No wall substrate named, where the Akia specifies wood stud walls. At 10.3 kg and over eight feet wide, that is worth knowing.
Prices quoted in this text were read on October 4, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
