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ezFrame AcousticPro1080
Art Feierman - ProjectorCentral.com
Pricing
Elite traditionally sells their screens for less than the older, well established names like Da-Lite and Draper. That is just as
true for this acoustic screen as with their other surfaces. A quick search online shows the 106 inch version of this screen
selling typically for well under $700. By comparison, names like Da-lite will cost you about $1000 or more for their acoustic
solutions in a fixed frame.
In Conclusion:
It certainly looks like Elite has a very good product in this fixed frame screen with their AcousticPro1080 surface with
black mesh material backing. While I am no expert on acoustic screen surfaces (that's the truth), this screen seems to
perform very nicely as a video screen, while allowing high quality sound to pass through it from a center channel
speaker, or even all three front speakers. There are definitely other acoustic screens with a finer texture to the screen
surface, but I really didn't see any issue, from normal seating distances, while viewing at a distance of just beyond nine
feet - a reasonable distance for smaller screens such as this 84 inch or maybe even a much larger 106 inches.
When everything is considered, pricing becomes an important aspect in determining value, and this Elite is very strong
on pricing. While the pricing is still significantly more than non-acoustic screens from elite, most sizes of this screen sell for
about the same price as non-acoustic screens from bigger "old-time" brands, and far less than those companies
charge for their acoustic screens.
Add it all up, and I do believe Elite has an excellent overall value proposition. For that reason, it earns our Hot Product
Award.
Elite Screens AcousticPro1080 Projector Screen: Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities
Elite Screens AcousticPro1080 Projector Screen: Pros
• Very low price compared to most major brands
• Easy to assemble
• Nice appearance with beveled black velvet frame
• Any loss of sound quality passing through the screen seems very minimal
• Good color accuracy
• Two year warranty
Elite Screens AcousticPro1080 Projector Screen: Cons
• Screen texture is more visible than on some more expensive micro-perf acoustic screens (although I did not notice
during normal viewing)
• Some might like a larger frame (the Elite is about 2.5 inches, larger ones from other brands often are in the 3.5 to 4
inch thick range.)
Elite Response: Elite Screens will also carry the AcousticPro1080 in the Elite PrimeVision Fixed Frame Series which
has a 3.5” width frame in all the standard sizes.
• Less choices of screen sizes than some other brands
Elite response: At the time of the review the AcousticPro1080 larger sizes were not officially confirmed to be available,
but will now be available up to 200” diagonal (16:9) and in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio in diagonal sizes 85"-200".
Elite Screens AcousticPro1080 Projector Screen: Typical Capabilities
• Offers screens in most common sizes (they do make custom sizes but we did not investigate)
• Very limited loss of audible gain (volume) and high frequenciesncies
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