VIVID STORM SINCE 2004Office Screen, Obsidian Long Focus ALR Motor Tension Screen,Electric Tab-tensioned Drop Down Screen,Compatible with Lumen up to 2500ANSI Short Throw Projector,VBMSLALR84H

This is a review of my Vividstorm Tab-tensioned Screen, Electric Drop Down 120-inch Diag 16:9, Ambient Light Rejecting (VMSLALR120H) long focus. The Vividstorm screen came very well package with foams and ties protecting the housing. All the accessories and a little manual came with it and nothing was missing. I have no dents or scratches in my screen or frame. I originally purchased the screen back in November 2019 during black Friday but during the shipment of the screen it had shifted the bottom portion of the screen and it was wrinkled up. I sent an email to customer service and pictures to them and they responded back on how to fix the issue I was having. The instructions were quite simple on how to fix the issue but I could not get the screen to move at all or make the wrinkes disappear. I requested a replacement through Amazon and it took about 12 days to have a new one back in my house. Once I opened the new package, I found out that one of the clips to hold the screen from moving inside during shipment was out of place. My guess is during transportation the clip came off the track, however there were 3 other clips still in placed holding the screen from moving inside. Upon removing the holding clips, I noticed the bottom end of the screens were shifted one side and wrinkles appeared badly. I will attach these pictures in the review. I decided to inspect the screen myself and found a screw at the bottom of the rail holding the string tensioning. All I did is to remove the screw on each side of the bottom of the screen and pull each side of the screen gently so that spacing is equally distributed along the side of the screen. Once I fixed the screen everything was ok. There were no more wrinkles in the screen. The electric dropdown of the screen is smooth. It is not super loud but you will hear a clunk when the screen is retracted into the housing. Dropping the screen is quiet but not silence either and there is no clunk when fully extended. Two remotes are included. One IR remote and one RF remote that can be used anywhere without pointing to the screen. The screen material reminds me of an umbrella and it is of dark gray color. The Vividstorm screen does not have black borders in its side or top. The screen has a low gain of 0.8. The housing is white and heavy aluminum. It is well made and it does not feel cheap at all. Installation of the screen is very easy and it requires 2 persons. The reason I purchased this screen is to watch daily news and sports during day time. I used to have a 106" diagonal 16:9 Matte White 1.2 gain and watching these types of videos during day time was not enjoyable at all. My previous old screen displayed colors that were washed out to the point that I only watched bluray movies at night only. So, I do not have a dedicated room where I can make it completely black during day time. I have a family room where I have a series 55 inches Sony TV and right above the TV it is located the projector screen. I will attach pictures so you can see the difference in these 2 mediums. Please see TV images where the Sony logo is at bottom of the picture. During day time, I would watch my Sony TV and during night time I would drop the screen from the top and watch movies. My projector is a really old Sony Cineza HS20 at 1080i and this projector at the brightest setting puts out 952 lumens. Since this is an old projector with more than 300 hours, a 20% dropped in lumens occurs after 300 hours. So, my best estimate my Sony projector output is 762 lumens. I have also measured the light at 19.69 lux with a digital lux meter with a distance of around 15 feet. The distance from my projector to screen is 16.6 feet. I have attached many types of images from watching news, 2 cartoons blinds opened and closed, 2 sports blinds opened and closed, and movies images at night with no light in the room. The images during day time is at 12:30 pm in bright sunshine. Even with my old projector I can now watch many types of shows during daytime with blinds opened or closed and I am really surprised with the picture I get. I will imagine with today’s current projectors outputting more lumens that the image will be higher contrast, brigther and better. Yes, the images could be better with a newer generation projectors but knowing I can watch everything with a pretty decent image with my current old projector is awesome. All the pictures have not been edited and have been taken with iphone 8. I will be updating to a new projector in a near future and will post my findings. This is an ALR screen that can do it all anytime.Based on my opinion, I rate the following screen for the categories below.Support – 5.0 stars (combined with Amazon and Vividstorm responsive customer service, 2 yr warranty)Quality – 4.4 stars (aluminum, heavy duty motor, well painted, well packaged, screen material somewhat thin)Performance – 4.6 stars (good images during daytime, good blacks and color during movies at night)**** I could not upload pictures for the review

I purchased this screen for the price and availability. Every screen we thought would work was either sold out or would not be available for a long while. We had a fixed frame screen suspended from our ceiling, but we didn't have the luxury of storing it away unless we took it down completely. We also had a TV on the wall behind it, and we were looking for that right projector screen that would work conveniently. Well, when this one came in it was packaged very well. We hung it on the existing hooks and plugged in the USB transmitter to the back of our projector. When the projector turned on, the screen came down. When we shut the projector off, the screen retracted up! That simple. You can also stop the screen in any position you'd like. We recently watched the new "Justice League" movie that was shot in the 4:3 format. It filled the whole screen and was phenomenal to watch! The housing is very well made and solid. The motor is not loud, but it also isn't super quiet either...no biggie. The screen comes down at a good pace - not too fast or too slow . The tension rod seems to me very "light" looking...like it has no meat to it...I've included pictures of the tension rod showing slight rippling, but it doesn't hinder the picture quality as the middle of the screen is very flat with no waves. You hardly notice the ripple on the side as the picture is gorgeous. The screen is gray/silver tone for diffusing the ambient light...works great for us as we watch at any time of the day with clear picture and color. I gave this a four star only for the ripple on the side, which doesn't hinder picture quality in the least. It works for us and for the price and quality, we cannot complain...more pros than cons!

Edit 2: Company contacted me and offered me a paltry amount to revise up my score and review. They said they have improved the product. I told them to pound sand, but if they wanted to trade out the screen for the supposed improved one, I'd be happy to review it and change my review and rating appropriately. Never heard from them again. Go figure.Edit: Down to one star due to inept customer service. First they say it's natural for the screen curl, and I need to shrink my image a good half an inch (which is really an inch since there are two sides) since the curl is about 4mm, though it's more like half an inch which ends up being an inch since there are two sides. So the 100" screen is really 99". If they used masking like every other screen out there the tensioning would be through the masking, and it would be a non issue.Add to that, they ignored my issue with the lack of masking that's shown in the pictures as well as the lines on the screen that are clearly visible during brighter scenes. And all they had to say was thanks for the feedback. Wow....such poor customer service. Will be sending the screen back. Hopefully someone doesn't buy my open box. Sorry I ever bought it.I'll start by saying the gray ALR screen material give a gorgeous image on my Epson Pro g7500u. Have the lights on as well as the TV to the side and I don't detect any washout.It was also easy to mount and the housing looks nice.That's where the positives end. The product images indicate the screen has black masking with a fair amount of drop at the top. That just isn't the case. It's essentially a 4:3 screen with zero masking except at the bottom. To add to that, the sides of my screen curl in. So if I want a flat image, I have to make my image smaller to where the sides are flat. Not too happy about that either. There are also a few lines on the screen itself going side to side. Visible closer up in some brighter scenes but not at normal distances.Debating returning.

El producto cumple, es de muy buena calidad, los motores funcionan perfectamente. He visto pantallas ALR que claramente se ve cómo rechazan la luz de ciertos ángulos. En este caso no es así, desde cualquier ángulo capta luz, solo la superficie es gris. Esto mejora el contraste, pero en un ambiente con mucha luz, la imagen es muy mala, lo compare con una pantalla blanca y la ganancia es mínima.

I ordered this 120 inch Vividstorm projector screen when it was on sale to upgrade from a stand up office projection screen (white). I was looking for a unit to be installed in a multi-purpose room with lots of light during the daytime for gaming and 3D movies. We wanted a quick and easy way to play some Mario Kart on a gigantic screen or watch Netflix or movies and the unit looks nice on the wall when it is rolled up. I am using an older Panasonic 4W430 projector but it still has a lot of life left and I wanted a screen that could grow with the setup if I upgrade in the future.I took photos at different light levels (from all lights on vs all lights off) one evening with the PS3 on the Daytona launch screen. I am very happy with the onscreen image and the grey really does help blacks pop during movies and there is no noticeable loss to the whites. The image is even better in person. The ambient light rejection seems to work well. I tried it once with all the lights and windows open and I could still reasonably play a game though it is much better with less light (like all projectors).I was choosing between this screen, the Elitescreen Cinetension, and the Elunevision 4k reference - ultimately price, size, install options, and availability led me to order the Vividstorm. The installation was very easy with the help of one other person and the various methods to control the drop is intuitive (two remote options, wall control, auto usb). We really have only been using the wall controller. Everything was packaged extremely well and arrived quickly.The motor isn't loud or bothersome and we left the screen down for 48 hours to straighten the screen and let if off gas a bit. I am not sure how much the tension is being put on the screen but it is working for me. The family is loving the screen so far!