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SMX ProCurv 140

Acoustically Transparent Projection Screen

Part/Model: PC40-140-235-CW

Image Diagonal size: (152.2") 3865mm

Image Width: (140") 3556mm

Image Height: (59.6") 1513mm

Screen Fabric: SMX Cineweave/Acoustiweave AT fabric

Fabric Gain: 1.16 (see below for more info)

Curved Fixed Projection Screen

As the projection world changes, more home theater builders are converting to CinemaScope screens. A super wide Cinemascope screen allows you to watch a widescreen movie the way Hollywood intended it to be viewed and gives you 33% more resolution from your projector (see below)

The main objective to home theater is to bring the full movie experience into your home. Most movies are produced in a Cinemascope format also known as 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The Cinemascope screen immerses the viewer into the movie by opening up their peripheral vision. It has been said before that one way to compare a 2.35:1 aspect ratio screen to a 16:9 screen is the same difference as watching the world go by through your window or stepping outside your home and taking part in the world.

The ProCurv takes the home theater Cinemascope experience one step further by encapsulating the viewer; the curve of the screen creates the feeling of being drawn into the movie. In addition to drawing the viewer into the movie, the ProCurv screen provides many other benefits as noted below.

Redirection of light.

A flat projection screen reflects light back to the audience as well as the walls around it. Light reflecting off the side walls can reflect back to the projection screen washing out the projected image. This reflected light can also reflect the colour of the wall (including dark colored walls) back to the projection screen causing an unwanted color shift of the projected image.

The curvature of the ProCurv screen directs the projectied reflected light towards the center of the viewing audience which acts to reduce the unwanted colour shift.

Anamorphic Lens Distortion

As Cinemascope widely becomes more popular in todays home theaters, more home theater builders are using adaptable anamorphic lenses and scalers to increase the resolution and light output of the 2.35 aspect ratio projected image.

Anamorphic lenses are known to distort the projected image by making the center of the projected image more narrow than the edges. The concave shape of the Pro-Curve projector screen reverses this effect by bringing the ends of the screen closer to the audience and pushing the center of the screen away from the audience thus giving you a non distorted projected image.

A little more info on anamorphic lenses...
When watching a 2.35:1 movie on a 16:9 projector and screen, the unwanted black bars above and below the movie account for 33% of loss resolution and up to 20% loss of light.

By adding an anamorphic lens, scaler and Cinemascope screen, you can eliminate the black bars and get 33% more resolution and up to 20% more light from your projector

Uniform light distribution across the screen

High gain projection screen material is synonymous for narrow viewing cones and hot-spotting. The concave shape of the SmX Pro-Cuve helps evenly distribute light across the high gain projection screen which also improves the viewing cone

Screen Material

CineWeave? HD White audio transparent screen surface,

All Projection Screens are Not Created Equal

CineWeave? HD A screen surface so good that Hollywood post production studios use it to produce the very same movies you will ultimately be watching on it.

One of the integral parts of SmX is the SmX CineWeave? HD, an audio transparent projection screen surface that will not only provide one of the most incredible projected images you will ever see, but will also allow audio to pass through the projection screen surface with out distortion.

Pure Color Accuracy

The CineWeave projection screen surface starts with pure color accuracy. The specially formulated white color of the CineWeave achieves dead neutral accurate color reproduction.

Other video projection screens can color shift, making projected images appear to push blue, green, or red. This push of color creates an unnatural balance to your projected image. The CineWeave? HD is completely neutral in color reproduction, thereby providing complete balanced color uniformity for truly natural vibrant color.

The Highest Gain Weaved Screen (1.16 Gain)

The CineWeave? HD is currently the highest gain weaved audio transparent projection screen surface on the market. The gain of the SmX CineWeave? HD gives your projected image a back lit look.

That is, the projected image will not look as if it is just being projected on a screen material such as that of other weaved screens with a negative gain. Other matte white woven audio transparent screens on the market have negative gains as low as -.83

Increased Contrast

Another special feature of the White CineWeave? HD projection screen material is its ability to increase the contrast of your projected image. A Grey projection screen is usually necessary to increase contrast, but a Grey screen sacrifices gain (brightness).

The White CineWeave? HD weave was formulated to increase contrast by using the voids throughout the acoustically transparent screen. These voids in the CineWeave? HD produce just enough black without sacrificing gain or resolution. You cannot achieve increased contrast such as this from a solid white projection screen; the increase of contrast is just one of the features that makes the CineWeave? HD special.

Increased Sharpness

The SmX CineWeave? HD helps increase the sharpness of your

projected image. This works especially well for projectors with a softer projected image such as D-ILA, LCOS and CRT technology. The perceived sharpness of the SmX CineWeave? HD even makes HD projected images look more defined with DLP and LCD technology.

It has been said that the CineWeave? HD provides a sharper picture than some solid screens currently on the market today.

Just to give you an idea, a micro-perforated screen had the world's smallest perforated hole in a movie screen. So how does the SmX CineWeave? HD perforation size compare to that of a perforated or micro-perforated screen?Actual size side-by-side comparisons are shown below:

No noticeable perferations with SmX

The perforation in the SmX CineWeave? HD is about 3.5 times smaller than a Microperf. In fact, for every 65 holes on a Microperf projection screen, the SMX has 182 perforations/sound holes

ACTUAL PHOTO OF SCREEN AS DISPLAYED IN OUR GRAND CINEMA ROOM