Guide
ADEO screen fabrics
The fabric determines brightness, contrast and viewing angle. White for darkened rooms, grey ALR for bright interiors, acoustic for speakers behind the screen, rear for rear projection.
ADEO projection surfaces datasheet (PDF) 0.8 MB
How to choose a fabric?
Gain tells you how much light the fabric reflects towards the viewer compared with a reference white surface (1.0). Higher gain means a brighter image but a narrower viewing angle. Grey fabrics improve black levels and contrast; ALR (Ambient Light Rejecting) fabrics also suppress light coming from the side. Acoustic fabrics are micro-perforated so that sound passes through.
Useful guides
Before you choose a model – answers to the most common questions.
Projection fabrics – how to chooseHow to choose a projection screen fabric: white, grey, ALR, acoustic, rear projection and ChromaKey. Gain and viewing angle table, decision tree.9 min readALR and grey screens – when they are worth itHow ALR screens and grey projection fabrics work: Ambient Grey 2, Ambient Grey and Reference Grey 2. Viewing angle, UST projectors, flatness and bright rooms.6 min readScreen gain and viewing angleWhat projection screen gain is and how it affects image brightness and viewing angle. Luminance formula in nits, worked examples and matching the fabric to the projector.7 min readAcoustic screen – speakers behind the screenAcoustic screens step by step: 0.5 or 1.3 mm perforation, Acoustik fabrics, speaker distance from the screen, gain, moiré and when such a screen makes sense.6 min readRear projection – screens for rear projectionRear projection step by step: when it is worth it, how much space behind the screen, mirrors, image flipping, Vision Rear DB and Vision Fold Rear 2 fabrics, choosing a screen.6 min readFire ratings of projection fabricsWhat the fire ratings B-s2,d0, M1 and M2 mean for projection fabrics, which classes the ADEO catalogue gives for each fabric and how to ask for them in a public building.6 min read