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Todeco Manual pull-down screen, 84 inch review

A small pull-down screen at the accessible end — the size suits a first projector and a modest room better than the 100-inch default does.

The bottom line A sensible first screen at a sensible size, with an aspect ratio the listing leaves you to find.

Why a smaller screen is often the better first screen

Brightness. Doubling image width roughly quadruples its area, and light per unit area is what you see. An entry projector on an 84-inch screen looks noticeably better than the same machine stretched to 100 or 120 — and the smaller screen is easier to place on an ordinary wall.

The specification to establish before ordering

Aspect ratio. The listing gives a diagonal and not a format, and at 84 inches the difference between 16:9 and 4:3 is several centimetres of both width and height. It also decides whether films fill the surface or letterbox.

What is not published

Gain, backing, slow retract. Expected at this price and worth knowing: the fabric will behave like plain white, which in a dark room is the right default.

The week of settling

As with every roller screen, leave it extended for a week before judging its flatness. What remains after that is what you have.

Where it fits in a first system

Cheap enough not to compete with the projector for budget, and large enough to be a real improvement over a wall — which is the correct order for a first setup.

Availability

On sale from 70 € to 80 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Listed but with no offer on the British Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • 84 inches is a realistic size for a first projector — bright, and easy to fit on an ordinary wall
  • The simplest mechanism in this family
  • Priced so the screen does not compete with the projector for budget

Compromises

  • The aspect ratio is not stated in the listing, which is the first thing to establish
  • No gain figure published
  • No slow retract stated

Specifications

Size84 inch — stated
MechanismManual pull-down — stated
GainNot published in this listing
FormatNot stated in this listing
Slow retractNot stated
Amazon referenceB0C5CVWGN8 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN3700778731447

Questions people actually ask

Is 84 inches too small?

For a first system it is often exactly right. Light spread over a smaller area is brighter everywhere, so a modest projector looks considerably better at 84 inches than at 100. Size is a trade against brightness, not a free upgrade.

What aspect ratio is it?

The listing does not say, and the difference between 16:9 and 4:3 at the same diagonal is substantial. Establish it before ordering — a 4:3 screen will letterbox films and a 16:9 one will not.