Would appreciate if you could provide your honest input on the how the Cinegrey compares with the Carl's Place Flexigrey from your other video and if you might have come any information into projector screens with an Ultra short throw projector? Thank you!
Well the cinegrey3d is an alr screen and the flexigrey is not. You'll get more light rejection with the elite screens. Carls place has a flexi alr that would be a better comparison. To me, it comes down to cost and if you have the ability/skill to diy the screen. If so, you'll save a ton of money going with carls place. Both have excellent screen materials
There's two ways to build a home theater sound system for a house: Using a lot of low power speakers including subwoofers spread in the room, or using a big and powerful but with less speakers that have a lot of headroom to be corrected with equalization. You did it the second one, congratulations man! This is a dream home theater for a lot of people, including me. I know that there's some persons that build a big and powerful system with lots of speakers, but they do this because the room is big, if the room is not big they are it doing wrong, is what we call an overkill.
FINALLY!!! Subs painted black. Looks amazing. Any screen is going to be a big pain in the rear, just no way around it. This does look great.. good job.
@@LifeofBliss That would have driven me crazy. It looks super sharp indeed to have it tied into the front. Of course now that it is not brown, it doesn't show off their sheer size as much. :) MON STARS
So, I'm late to the party, but these are great videos. So thanks. However, as of now, you can buy raw material from ES and DIY. Cinegrey 3D for $180 vs Carl's place ALR Flexigrey for $175. $225 for Cinegrey 5D. So price aside. Which one do you think would be the better solution?
Thanks for the information and outstanding honest review, keeping it real as possible. Sparkles? I’ll stick with the Carl’s gray, as mentioned in your previous video, I have it, and my blacks are outstanding and no sparkles and saving $$$ for my next purchase.
Hey Kyle! Looks like a pretty nice screen. We really enjoy our ES screen! It's amazing how just painting your subs made such a huge difference in how all of your speakers look. Great job! 😀
Awesome Video! I bought the Elite Screen 120H2 in CineGrey with the light kit as a Christmas present to myself. I absolutely love the screen and the light kit. I find that watching movies with the blue light on its lowest setting actually boosts the contrast a bit and makes the blacks darker. I bought mine off of amazon and I was a bit disappointed when I received the older style that had the velcro instead of springs. My one complaint is the older style doesn't have the brackets for the bottom of the screen so the bottom doesn't sit flush on the wall. After seeing your video, I reached out to Elite Screens to see if they would send me some additional brackets for the bottom. So far, all my experiences with Elite Screens Customer Service Reps have been great.
Yea there are definitely a few things that would help hiding the wires. My DIY screen will be going back up, wires are ran through the wall on that one
I have the same screen but I noticed that the light from my projector goes right through it And onto the wall. To me that seems like that Is not how It should be if it had a thicker or black backing that stop the light, the projector would possibly look brighter
Good video thanks. Very professional Question: What was the distance you had between projector lens and screen? I heard it must be mimimum 1.5 the screen width to minimise hotspotting
You hit a home run with his video. I can see the process being very tedious, plus your handy man skills are awesome. ***i noticed you painted your speakers black, nice touch. now for my OCD, can you put a little bit of acoustic padding to raise the center speaker and make it flush with the front subs ;)
Gracias por sus vídeos!! Dificil elegir entre Cinegrey 3D y Carl's ALR, por supuesto por presupuesto es mejor Carl's ALR, mucho más barato que Ciengrey 3D....
Same camera, just learning how to use it better and lighting better 😁 Joe has been hittin me with camera knowledge lately, some of it apparently sank in!
Thanks this was helpful. I have a BIG picture window to the side of my room and screen so I think this will be a must-have. I will be getting the 150 inch for my dedicated HT. The led lights are kind of cool but do you think they are worth $120? I too would have them off while watching so I think I may spend that money elsewhere :)
Subwoofers look great finished. Are you going to do something about the small gap between the top of the subs and top of the center channel? That whole design is so inventive and cool, but that small gap triggers my OCD. It’s so close to perfect
@@LifeofBliss Gap is smaller than thought. Looking forward to the video. I really loved the build videos, and definitely going to tackle my own one of these days.
I have the same screen but I didn't have to put those plastic tabs, they were already install with metal ones. Nevertheless I love my screen. I also recommend the Govee led light strip wifi from amazon, you can work with Alexa and your phone.
Man, that looks so good. Awesome job on the whole project. :) I likewise have a basement entertainment setup, but your 3x 24"'s make my couple 18" vbss units look small. lol If DIYSG ever gets them in stock.. I really wanna grab some 1099's. My sad little c-20 center channel just doesn't cut it.
I have a samsung ultra short throw monitor and I have to ceiling mount it due to little one running around. Since it's going to be mounting on ceiling do you know if I am able to turn a ASR screen upside and get the se results if no ambient light is directly over it?
Depends on your budget. Both materials were pretty similar, deep blacks, color pops, but sparkles with bright images. I'd go with what you are not comfortable with. Diy or manufactured
me too. This stuff is so damn difficult to make a decision on. These companies do themselves no service with trying to help us. I think now that I have discovered Carl's and my neighbor is a finished carpenter, he can help with frame I think I will save the $400+ and go the DIY route so I can have edgeless/floating.
@@LifeofBliss Did Elite send you one for free once they saw you go the DIY route to try and show theirs is better and worth the extra $? I messages them on twitter with some questions and was appalled at how uninformed they were and how uninterested in my sale they were. I literally said "hey is your aeon worth it over the silver ticket silver one?" And they said "It's up to you if you find Silver Ticket has better deal." haha WHAT?!??! embarrassing. Made me not want to buy theirs honestly. I appreciate all the effort you put into the carls comparison video. Flexigrey seems like the best all-around option if your light situation varies.
@@erecher005 they did send me one just for a review, not really to compare. Its a nice package outside of all the damn grommets and springs, but you pay for it. I'd definitely go with carls place if you have the means to diy 👍
I have a front throw projector, but no this screen would not work for an ust projector due to its reflection angle. Those take special screens to get an alr effect with an ust pj. This one is for front projection that reduces ambient light effects on the image
Doesn't bother everyone.. but I agree. Personally it'd bug me. I used some black 3.0 (had some from another project) and used it to blackout my driver screws. Can't see 'em at all anymore. :)
Saw your earlier videos you posted almost a year before this one. How was going from the Carls Place screen to this one? Considering doing the Carls one and wondering if i shouldnt now. Thanks for the videos.
I loved the carls place screen especially for the price. I was sent the elite screen for a review, so cost wasn't an issue. I would go with another carls place screen if I were building another theater. Material is great and you save a ton of money. If you aren't as handy, the elite screen options are awesome too, just gotta pay for the convenience
Quite expensive screen. Do you have a side by side comparison between the screen and your wall behind it? What if you just black taped the edges of the image on the wall?
Walls will never be as good as a screen to be honest. Not as uniform and the paint vs material just isn't going to give as bright or accurate as image. Does it work? Sure. Did it for about 6 months. You'll want a screen though for long term
@@LifeofBliss I agree when there is ambient light, but when you watch a movie at night and turn off the lights, you just cannot tell the difference. In my experiences you do not notice the small imperfections on the wall at all when watching it in a dark room, and to me only movies matter quality wise. So of course it depends on your preferences, but I was just thinking if it was worth paying thousands of dollars for a barely noticable improvement, unless you use it with ambient light most of the time. Your wall looked very similar to the screen, that is why I asked. I just black taped the edges on the wall recently, and it already made it look like a proper screen at night. I have a 97" screen too, and the only difference I noticed was because of its smaller size, and the black edges. But anyway, enjoy it.
Yea i didn't want to try comparing a diy vs manufactured product. Price difference is way too different and wouldn't be fair to ES lol. But the flexigray doesn't do as well with ambient light. Black levels are similar with the edge going to the ES. Flexigray looks better with bright images, no sparkles, but the ES pops a bit more with color because of the higher gain. Just gotta deal with the sparkle look in certain scenes
Life of Bliss yeah, I purchased the 135” 16/9 Carl’s ALR. It’s hard to compare with sample placards, but the ES ALR looked off too me. I couldn’t tell why, but side by side I liked the CP for some reason.
Thanks for the great video, I was thinking of buying this screen until I saw the despicable price of the LED strip.... How can they possibly justify selling a junk Chinese LED strip for that price? I bought a more capable kit for $15 6 years ago, nowadays you get Alexa / google home compatible kits for $15. As a 'capitalist pig' I love business and profit but this is just shocking. It makes me wonder if the screen is worth 10x less than the asking price like lights are. Sorry, I don't like to rant and really enjoyed the video and the hard work that went into it, thank you :)
Lol the screen is a good one, but you're right about the LEDs. I have a milight setup through the rest of my basement that I would recommend over this one. They are a novelty though, no real use besides the looks. I'd save the money... thanks Tony!
Great video! Question: my room is filled with white walls, so during nighttime my JVC image suffers BADLY. Would this screen give me better contrast at night? Cannot control room lights or paint the walls. Thank you!!!!
It might help a bit, but you're going to have similar results no matter what you do with white walls... maybe look into making some panels with black velvet or spandex to surround your screen since you can't paint the walls
@@Tips4TripsAV your problem will be all the light spilling out and reflecting off the walls, which will happen no matter which screen you have. The ALR screen will help a bit with contrast with their higher gain, but you'll notice a bigger improvement over anything else by darkening the area around and above the screen somehow 👍
Sealed enclosures dig deeper than ported. Plus they don't need as large of enclosure. For a woofer this big, you don't need the extra output at a certain tuning frequency like with smaller woofers
Looks great! How does it compare to the old Carls setup? I refuse to spend high dollar on a screen if I don't have to, and see Elite Screens are still very affordable.
If you have the ability to make a carls place screen, thats what I would do. Just depends on what you want to do, spend more time or more money. Both screens looked great with their corresponding materials. The carls place screen is back in the room now
@@LifeofBliss Awesome, thank you. I'll definitely go building the screen route. I'm in construction so no biggie. This will free up money for more/better power.
Great video info... Can Anyone guide me to make a choice of buying my first screen to my first projector please... I bought the epson Ls 300 is an ultra short throw and it has 3600 lumens. I still don't have it will arrive Jan 24. I've been doing a lot of re-search but there's a lot of different screens that I just don't know which screen would be the most suitable or best picture for this projector. There are a lot of good videos out there but might not be the one I need. If someone with knowledge can feed me back his or hers best experience with screens so I can do a one time buy and at least be happy with the picture projecting, it will be awsome I will appreciate a lot...Thank you in adavance.
Sounds like your projector is using keystone correction to fit on the screen and there's some light bleed from that. If you're able to use a zoom function on your projector vs keystone, or physically move the projector closer to get the image better fit on the screen, that will help
Thanks DD! The ES definitely blocks out ambient light better than the flexigrey. Blacks are deeper, but the bright images looks better on the flexigrey. No sparkles on that one. If I didn't have the ability to black out my basment like I do, I'd go with ALR all day long
@@LifeofBliss I'm going to order the flexi grey from carls place and build my own frame like you did. I just want better blacks. Just not ready to upgrade my projector yet. The only thing is bad about my projector is black levels
Sounds like you are in the same boat as me. I think you'll like the flexigrey. And if you're able to build your own frame, the price savings is pretty significant.
Hello I want a clean look with the kit you have is there enough space for the power cord for the led kit to mount behind the screen? I have a outlet behind the screen
Not with this particular kit... I'd take a look at the Carls Place screen video I built. That kit would be easier to hide wires. This particular is too bulky and I don't particularly like the IR remote
On the carls place video? The cord runs through the wall to the closet behind the screen. Its powered in there. Theres maybe 1 inch behind the elite screens screen. Not much. 1.5 inches behind the carls place screen
Depends on what your spending on an overhead projector. The quality in a UST with an ALR screen you'd pay 3 times as much for an overhead. I don't have a spot for one so went with UST. I watched your sub and speaker build and stopped Watching. This vid randomly popped up. I'll check out your ust video.
Yea the ust makes it easy to add a projector almost anywhere. They definitely have their place. And budget will have a lot to do with picture quality. No ust setup can rival the nz line from jvc from my experience. Again, budget will determine your experience
I don't really think it will take 3x the budget for a standard projector to best a ust. Epsons new projector is amazing and isn't in the super high end of pricing. Ust projectors aren't cheap either. I look at them as another option for consumers that don't have the ability to add a traditional projector. I would argue your passing a premium for a ust and alr screen to match what a cheaper long throw projector can do
Its very similar to the carls ALR. The flexigray i have doesn't have the sparkles, but doesn't have the pop in color or ambient light rejection like the ES does.
@@LifeofBliss good to know man. Loved these videos. Was the material fairly easy to stretch and staple to the frame? Should I be nervous at all? Is it fairly forgiving? I saw your video on it
Its not hard at all. Just stretch it enough to make it fairly tight and staple out towards the corners. You can even pull up staples and redo an area if need be. Pretty forgiving stuff
Quick version: rejects light much better, deeper blacks, slightly brighter image. Also costs more, and the bright images sparkle where the flexigray does not.
Thanks for the explanation. I bought the FlexiGrey based on your previous video. Overall im pretty happy with it but I think it also sparkles during bright scenes. It might have something to do with how bright the projector is.
This was just for review purposes. The diy screen will be going back up. Its a nice screen, but you'll save money if going the diy route if you're able
The screen is cool but the smell is horrible. I highly doubt it’s good to inhale that crap. I put it in my bedroom like an idiot thinking the smell would go away with the widows open but to no avail. It’s been days now and It’s still strong. Very disappointed to say the least. I’ll will try to update this when the smell goes away or when I get cancer. Not funny I know but in all seriousness I really don’t think this is safe or at least until the smell goes away.
You placed the leds in the right spot the other video the dude placed it on the black outer frame cover😅🤣😂 I dont think he realizes that any led even on a t.v. is for background light not for edges where you can actually see the strip😅🤣😂
@@sam6stringestrada31 check out Milight products on amazon. Thats what I did my bar and diy screen with. Its fairly inexpensive but the control you have is great for the money. Not overpriced like some other companies and its over Bluetooth or wifi so no direct line of sight needed like the IR remote setup elite screens has
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Would appreciate if you could provide your honest input on the how the Cinegrey compares with the Carl's Place Flexigrey from your other video and if you might have come any information into projector screens with an Ultra short throw projector? Thank you!
Well the cinegrey3d is an alr screen and the flexigrey is not. You'll get more light rejection with the elite screens. Carls place has a flexi alr that would be a better comparison. To me, it comes down to cost and if you have the ability/skill to diy the screen. If so, you'll save a ton of money going with carls place. Both have excellent screen materials
There's two ways to build a home theater sound system for a house:
Using a lot of low power speakers including subwoofers spread in the room, or using a big and powerful but with less speakers that have a lot of headroom to be corrected with equalization.
You did it the second one, congratulations man! This is a dream home theater for a lot of people, including me.
I know that there's some persons that build a big and powerful system with lots of speakers, but they do this because the room is big, if the room is not big they are it doing wrong, is what we call an overkill.
Thanks man! We don't like that overkill word around here... more than capable sounds better 😉🤘
Like your honesty Kile! Enjoy your awesome space! Many blessings!
FINALLY!!! Subs painted black. Looks amazing. Any screen is going to be a big pain in the rear, just no way around it. This does look great.. good job.
Thanks! That seems to be the popular comment... Finally! Lol
@@LifeofBliss That would have driven me crazy. It looks super sharp indeed to have it tied into the front. Of course now that it is not brown, it doesn't show off their sheer size as much. :) MON STARS
So, I'm late to the party, but these are great videos. So thanks. However, as of now, you can buy raw material from ES and DIY. Cinegrey 3D for $180 vs Carl's place ALR Flexigrey for $175. $225 for Cinegrey 5D. So price aside. Which one do you think would be the better solution?
I remember installing the two EluneVision screens. You are right...super tedious with all of the springs.
Not the most fun hour of my life lol
Thanks for the information and outstanding honest review, keeping it real as possible. Sparkles? I’ll stick with the Carl’s gray, as mentioned in your previous video, I have it, and my blacks are outstanding and no sparkles and saving $$$ for my next purchase.
Hey Kyle! Looks like a pretty nice screen. We really enjoy our ES screen! It's amazing how just painting your subs made such a huge difference in how all of your speakers look. Great job! 😀
Thanks! Yes painting them (finally) made it look completely different. Hard to turn the lights off now to watch a movie 😉 lol
Awesome Video! I bought the Elite Screen 120H2 in CineGrey with the light kit as a Christmas present to myself. I absolutely love the screen and the light kit. I find that watching movies with the blue light on its lowest setting actually boosts the contrast a bit and makes the blacks darker. I bought mine off of amazon and I was a bit disappointed when I received the older style that had the velcro instead of springs. My one complaint is the older style doesn't have the brackets for the bottom of the screen so the bottom doesn't sit flush on the wall. After seeing your video, I reached out to Elite Screens to see if they would send me some additional brackets for the bottom. So far, all my experiences with Elite Screens Customer Service Reps have been great.
Looks Great. Get a cable wire hider kit from lowes then paint same color as wall. The wire would then disappear.
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Yea there are definitely a few things that would help hiding the wires. My DIY screen will be going back up, wires are ran through the wall on that one
This was a GREAT video showing the screen in a real world environment
Thank you sir
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Those speaker look amazing..
Love that front soundstage. Such a beautiful sight 😍
Thanks Tristan! Finally got it looking proper
I have the same screen but I noticed that the light from my projector goes right through it And onto the wall. To me that seems like that Is not how It should be if it had a thicker or black backing that stop the light, the projector would possibly look brighter
Hello . I follow you from Italy. You are great, you have an amazing home theater.
Subs are painted!
Yes!!! I'll have a video out sometime soon.
Good video thanks.
Very professional
Question: What was the distance you had between projector lens and screen? I heard it must be mimimum 1.5 the screen width to minimise hotspotting
It was about 12 ft away. I haven't heard that spec before, I think it really depends on the screen
You hit a home run with his video. I can see the process being very tedious, plus your handy man skills are awesome. ***i noticed you painted your speakers black, nice touch. now for my OCD, can you put a little bit of acoustic padding to raise the center speaker and make it flush with the front subs ;)
Thanks man! I'll be looking into raising that center channel that last 3/8 inch 😉 so close!
Hows hotspotting ? And viewing angle?
How is it different from 5d in real life tia
Gracias por sus vídeos!!
Dificil elegir entre Cinegrey 3D y Carl's ALR, por supuesto por presupuesto es mejor Carl's ALR, mucho más barato que Ciengrey 3D....
Oh my god!! I want that stage setup 😭👌👌
Is it me, or did somebody get a new camera? The quality of this video was awesome.
Same camera, just learning how to use it better and lighting better 😁 Joe has been hittin me with camera knowledge lately, some of it apparently sank in!
@@LifeofBliss Well whatever it is, its working. If you ever want to share this coveted Joe knowledge I am all ears.
Grabbing a white balance card has done wonders for me... amzn.to/34NUCZZ
Thanks this was helpful. I have a BIG picture window to the side of my room and screen so I think this will be a must-have. I will be getting the 150 inch for my dedicated HT. The led lights are kind of cool but do you think they are worth $120? I too would have them off while watching so I think I may spend that money elsewhere :)
I would use that money elsewhere unless you really want the lights 😉
Subwoofers look great finished. Are you going to do something about the small gap between the top of the subs and top of the center channel? That whole design is so inventive and cool, but that small gap triggers my OCD. It’s so close to perfect
Thanks Daniel, I'll have a video on the finish in the near future. And I'll be adding something to close that 3/8 inch gap 😉
@@LifeofBliss Gap is smaller than thought. Looking forward to the video. I really loved the build videos, and definitely going to tackle my own one of these days.
Your setup is killin em Brethren
Thank you brocahontas
I have the same screen but I didn't have to put those plastic tabs, they were already install with metal ones. Nevertheless I love my screen. I also recommend the Govee led light strip wifi from amazon, you can work with Alexa and your phone.
Lucky! Those were a pain... yea there are tons of led options out there. ES just sent theirs to add to the screen for the video
How will this scren with with UST (Epson 550)
Man, that looks so good. Awesome job on the whole project. :)
I likewise have a basement entertainment setup, but your 3x 24"'s make my couple 18" vbss units look small. lol
If DIYSG ever gets them in stock.. I really wanna grab some 1099's. My sad little c-20 center channel just doesn't cut it.
Those 1099s rock, I've heard a few setups with those in there. Appreciate it John!
I like your profile pic that anime always got a soft spot in my heart
It seems grey screens add a ton of blueish tinge to the picture. As a white screen is much warmer. I wonder what the in between would be
What kind of anchors would you recommend to use when hanging the screen?
Hit studs with screws if possible. If not, I usually use sheetrock ankers rated for at least 35-40 pounds
I have a samsung ultra short throw monitor and I have to ceiling mount it due to little one running around. Since it's going to be mounting on ceiling do you know if I am able to turn a ASR screen upside and get the se results if no ambient light is directly over it?
Would these mounting brackets allow for safe mounting on a 40ish degree angled wall?
The screen brackets? I don't see what not
How many ft of LED's do I need for this Aeon 120" if I go with something other than there own LED kits?
Grab 2 of the 16 ft kits, thatll be enough. You'll have just a little left over
Are the black details getting lost/crushed at all? Excellent video. Thank you!
The blacks are pretty dark, some detail is lost. Similar to the alr screen material from carls place i looked at
Great work!!
Any opinions on how it compares to Carl’s ALR material? I’m cross shopping these along with Silver Ticket.
Depends on your budget. Both materials were pretty similar, deep blacks, color pops, but sparkles with bright images. I'd go with what you are not comfortable with. Diy or manufactured
me too. This stuff is so damn difficult to make a decision on. These companies do themselves no service with trying to help us. I think now that I have discovered Carl's and my neighbor is a finished carpenter, he can help with frame I think I will save the $400+ and go the DIY route so I can have edgeless/floating.
@@LifeofBliss Did Elite send you one for free once they saw you go the DIY route to try and show theirs is better and worth the extra $? I messages them on twitter with some questions and was appalled at how uninformed they were and how uninterested in my sale they were. I literally said "hey is your aeon worth it over the silver ticket silver one?" And they said "It's up to you if you find Silver Ticket has better deal." haha WHAT?!??! embarrassing. Made me not want to buy theirs honestly. I appreciate all the effort you put into the carls comparison video. Flexigrey seems like the best all-around option if your light situation varies.
@@erecher005 they did send me one just for a review, not really to compare. Its a nice package outside of all the damn grommets and springs, but you pay for it. I'd definitely go with carls place if you have the means to diy 👍
@@LifeofBliss thank you
The installation looks odious. I think silver ticket has a much better installation process, and they have an ALR option as well, and cheaper.
I think the screen you received was for a ultra short throw projector not a back projector
I have a front throw projector, but no this screen would not work for an ust projector due to its reflection angle. Those take special screens to get an alr effect with an ust pj. This one is for front projection that reduces ambient light effects on the image
Would this screen work well with a short-throw projector?
Hey Kyle subs look awesome great job! Have you thought about blacking out the screws on the drivers for that full stealth look?
Eh not really. I don't mind the color contrast. It's not noticeable with the lights off watching anything
Doesn't bother everyone.. but I agree. Personally it'd bug me.
I used some black 3.0 (had some from another project) and used it to blackout my driver screws.
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Saw your earlier videos you posted almost a year before this one. How was going from the Carls Place screen to this one? Considering doing the Carls one and wondering if i shouldnt now. Thanks for the videos.
I loved the carls place screen especially for the price. I was sent the elite screen for a review, so cost wasn't an issue. I would go with another carls place screen if I were building another theater. Material is great and you save a ton of money. If you aren't as handy, the elite screen options are awesome too, just gotta pay for the convenience
Quite expensive screen. Do you have a side by side comparison between the screen and your wall behind it? What if you just black taped the edges of the image on the wall?
Walls will never be as good as a screen to be honest. Not as uniform and the paint vs material just isn't going to give as bright or accurate as image. Does it work? Sure. Did it for about 6 months. You'll want a screen though for long term
@@LifeofBliss I agree when there is ambient light, but when you watch a movie at night and turn off the lights, you just cannot tell the difference. In my experiences you do not notice the small imperfections on the wall at all when watching it in a dark room, and to me only movies matter quality wise. So of course it depends on your preferences, but I was just thinking if it was worth paying thousands of dollars for a barely noticable improvement, unless you use it with ambient light most of the time. Your wall looked very similar to the screen, that is why I asked. I just black taped the edges on the wall recently, and it already made it look like a proper screen at night. I have a 97" screen too, and the only difference I noticed was because of its smaller size, and the black edges. But anyway, enjoy it.
I figured you wouldn’t mention it, but I was hoping you might have a lite comparison of the Carl’s place to this screen.
Yea i didn't want to try comparing a diy vs manufactured product. Price difference is way too different and wouldn't be fair to ES lol. But the flexigray doesn't do as well with ambient light. Black levels are similar with the edge going to the ES. Flexigray looks better with bright images, no sparkles, but the ES pops a bit more with color because of the higher gain. Just gotta deal with the sparkle look in certain scenes
Life of Bliss yeah, I purchased the 135” 16/9 Carl’s ALR. It’s hard to compare with sample placards, but the ES ALR looked off too me. I couldn’t tell why, but side by side I liked the CP for some reason.
Screen looks great!
Thanks man! I gotta see those XPRs rockin! Those are massive dude
Thanks for the great video, I was thinking of buying this screen until I saw the despicable price of the LED strip.... How can they possibly justify selling a junk Chinese LED strip for that price?
I bought a more capable kit for $15 6 years ago, nowadays you get Alexa / google home compatible kits for $15. As a 'capitalist pig' I love business and profit but this is just shocking. It makes me wonder if the screen is worth 10x less than the asking price like lights are.
Sorry, I don't like to rant and really enjoyed the video and the hard work that went into it, thank you :)
Lol the screen is a good one, but you're right about the LEDs. I have a milight setup through the rest of my basement that I would recommend over this one. They are a novelty though, no real use besides the looks. I'd save the money... thanks Tony!
Great video! Question: my room is filled with white walls, so during nighttime my JVC image suffers BADLY. Would this screen give me better contrast at night? Cannot control room lights or paint the walls. Thank you!!!!
It might help a bit, but you're going to have similar results no matter what you do with white walls... maybe look into making some panels with black velvet or spandex to surround your screen since you can't paint the walls
@@LifeofBliss thank you! Oh bummer I thought this type of ALR screen would improve over my standard screen performance 😖
@@Tips4TripsAV your problem will be all the light spilling out and reflecting off the walls, which will happen no matter which screen you have. The ALR screen will help a bit with contrast with their higher gain, but you'll notice a bigger improvement over anything else by darkening the area around and above the screen somehow 👍
I painted my wall white.
Is there a reason to buy an ALR screen if I watch movies in my Batcave where it's completely dark?
Not really. You'll have more of a sparkle effect with an ALR screen than either a white or grey screen with the right gain you are looking for.
looks great...
Why the subwoofer on the front doesn't have a hole?
Sealed enclosures dig deeper than ported. Plus they don't need as large of enclosure. For a woofer this big, you don't need the extra output at a certain tuning frequency like with smaller woofers
Looks great! How does it compare to the old Carls setup? I refuse to spend high dollar on a screen if I don't have to, and see Elite Screens are still very affordable.
If you have the ability to make a carls place screen, thats what I would do. Just depends on what you want to do, spend more time or more money. Both screens looked great with their corresponding materials. The carls place screen is back in the room now
@@LifeofBliss Awesome, thank you. I'll definitely go building the screen route. I'm in construction so no biggie. This will free up money for more/better power.
Great video info... Can Anyone guide me to make a choice of buying my first screen to my first projector please... I bought the epson Ls 300 is an ultra short throw and it has 3600 lumens. I still don't have it will arrive Jan 24. I've been doing a lot of re-search but there's a lot of different screens that I just don't know which screen would be the most suitable or best picture for this projector. There are a lot of good videos out there but might not be the one I need. If someone with knowledge can feed me back his or hers best experience with screens so I can do a one time buy and at least be happy with the picture projecting, it will be awsome I will appreciate a lot...Thank you in adavance.
My elite screen is spreading some light out of the edges any ideas bro
Sounds like your projector is using keystone correction to fit on the screen and there's some light bleed from that. If you're able to use a zoom function on your projector vs keystone, or physically move the projector closer to get the image better fit on the screen, that will help
@@LifeofBliss thanks for the suggestion I will try that.
What color paint did you use it matches up perfectly with your screen?
Software gray from Sherwin Williams. Didn't match perfectly, but its very similar
so is alr the best vs clr2 or clr3?
Whats up man? Great video! How does this compare to the flexi grey from carls place that you had?
Thanks DD! The ES definitely blocks out ambient light better than the flexigrey. Blacks are deeper, but the bright images looks better on the flexigrey. No sparkles on that one. If I didn't have the ability to black out my basment like I do, I'd go with ALR all day long
@@LifeofBliss I'm going to order the flexi grey from carls place and build my own frame like you did. I just want better blacks. Just not ready to upgrade my projector yet. The only thing is bad about my projector is black levels
Sounds like you are in the same boat as me. I think you'll like the flexigrey. And if you're able to build your own frame, the price savings is pretty significant.
Hello I want a clean look with the kit you have is there enough space for the power cord for the led kit to mount behind the screen? I have a outlet behind the screen
Not with this particular kit... I'd take a look at the Carls Place screen video I built. That kit would be easier to hide wires. This particular is too bulky and I don't particularly like the IR remote
I don’t see the power cord hanging from your screen in the video how is it powered? And how much space is between the screen and wall
On the carls place video? The cord runs through the wall to the closet behind the screen. Its powered in there. Theres maybe 1 inch behind the elite screens screen. Not much. 1.5 inches behind the carls place screen
Hang on a second. I thought that their AEON series were meant for Short/Ultra short throws only. Is that not the case?
Nope, Aeon is just the frame design and border design. You can get the Aeon in most of the screen products they have to offer
What made you change to this from the DIY Carl's screen you made previously?
Sponsorship prob
It was just in for review
Hello, can i use this screen for ultra short laser projector?
No, you'll need a specific screen for those i believe
Those subs would prolly drop that screen one day😂😂
Super
Why did you switch from your DIY screen to this one?
They sent this to me for a review. I still put the diy screen back up
Why havent you went to a UST yet?
Have had one for 2 years. Videos on the channel. They are ok in a pinch, traditional projectors are better imo
Depends on what your spending on an overhead projector. The quality in a UST with an ALR screen you'd pay 3 times as much for an overhead. I don't have a spot for one so went with UST. I watched your sub and speaker build and stopped Watching. This vid randomly popped up. I'll check out your ust video.
Yea the ust makes it easy to add a projector almost anywhere. They definitely have their place. And budget will have a lot to do with picture quality. No ust setup can rival the nz line from jvc from my experience. Again, budget will determine your experience
I don't really think it will take 3x the budget for a standard projector to best a ust. Epsons new projector is amazing and isn't in the super high end of pricing. Ust projectors aren't cheap either. I look at them as another option for consumers that don't have the ability to add a traditional projector. I would argue your passing a premium for a ust and alr screen to match what a cheaper long throw projector can do
Am I the only one who misses the mustache?
Quite the mall cop gig I had, figured I didn't need it anymore
Were are Tweeters
Is this thin bezel 1 inches
Not even that much, maybe 1/2 inch
@@LifeofBliss thanks
is it worth $1000 over the typical white Elite screen?
This 120" screen without leds is under $700... its great if you have any sort of light in the room
How does it compare to the Carl’s place screen?
Its very similar to the carls ALR. The flexigray i have doesn't have the sparkles, but doesn't have the pop in color or ambient light rejection like the ES does.
@@LifeofBliss but is the elite worth the extra $? It's almost 5-6x the cost?!
wait does he like it better than Carls Flexigray? It's like 5x the price...worth it?
Thats the battle, time vs money. And I have a lot of time and like my money. I will be keeping the carls place screen down here
@@LifeofBliss good to know man. Loved these videos. Was the material fairly easy to stretch and staple to the frame? Should I be nervous at all? Is it fairly forgiving? I saw your video on it
Its not hard at all. Just stretch it enough to make it fairly tight and staple out towards the corners. You can even pull up staples and redo an area if need be. Pretty forgiving stuff
What is your Link?? You sale ??
What exactly are you looking for?
What happened to the DIY screen?
Its in the back room 😉 it'll be coming back
How does it compare to FlexiGrey?
Quick version: rejects light much better, deeper blacks, slightly brighter image. Also costs more, and the bright images sparkle where the flexigray does not.
Thanks for the explanation. I bought the FlexiGrey based on your previous video. Overall im pretty happy with it but I think it also sparkles during bright scenes. It might have something to do with how bright the projector is.
why did you ditch you DIY screen? you have put me in a dilemma regarding DIY screen vs elite screen
This was just for review purposes. The diy screen will be going back up. Its a nice screen, but you'll save money if going the diy route if you're able
The screen is cool but the smell is horrible. I highly doubt it’s good to inhale that crap. I put it in my bedroom like an idiot thinking the smell would go away with the widows open but to no avail. It’s been days now and It’s still strong. Very disappointed to say the least. I’ll will try to update this when the smell goes away or when I get cancer. Not funny I know but in all seriousness I really don’t think this is safe or at least until the smell goes away.
ALR and CLR are completely different things
Dammnnnnn those are some SEXY ass subsss
You placed the leds in the right spot the other video the dude placed it on the black outer frame cover😅🤣😂 I dont think he realizes that any led even on a t.v. is for background light not for edges where you can actually see the strip😅🤣😂
Ah, yea thats not the right place... I'm big on higing the actual LEDs where ever I put them. Don't wanna see the actual LEDs!
@@LifeofBliss I could not believe what they want for a set of led thats a crime. I looked into black screens I nearly passed out from the price
@@sam6stringestrada31 check out Milight products on amazon. Thats what I did my bar and diy screen with. Its fairly inexpensive but the control you have is great for the money. Not overpriced like some other companies and its over Bluetooth or wifi so no direct line of sight needed like the IR remote setup elite screens has
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great video, but the product is rubbish.