More Information on Electric Screens
Electric screens are equipped with Somfy Motors, and are covered by a 5 year guarantee. The operation is smooth and quiet, and extremely reliable. The mounting brackets are independent of the screen housing, and this offers flexibility when it comes to installation. The brackets can be mounted to a wall, or a ceiling ( or indeed in a void above the ceiling ) and once in place, the screen housing, or canister simply clips in. The canister can be moved left or right for precise alignment before the bolts are tightened when the screen is in it’s correct position. The canister is powder-coated in white, which suits the majority of applications. The projection cloth has a degree of elasticity, and therefore the counterweight bar at the bottom of the screen ensures that the surface is kept flat. Our Home Cinema range of electric screens come with 5cm side borders, and as standard, 30cm top black border. This can be increased ( to a maximum of 50cm ) or decreased if required, and would be factory pre-set. It is not recommended to have any more than 50cm of top black border, as this can result in vertical ripples or corrugations in the top border, which often extend into the viewing area.
Larger electric screens ( 3m wide and above ) do not have borders as standard, but can be added, as a custom screen.
Fixed frame screens arrive in kit form, and these are also robust and easy to install. The cloth attaches to the frame with elastics, and through our experience, this is the best form of anchoring. Due to the elasticity of the cloth, any other type of anchoring would not offer any kind of tension on the cloth, so that on a warm day, the viewing area would become somewhat floppy. The elastics keep the cloth taut, whatever the room temperature or humidity. The fixing points on the Vogue ( frame ) screens are integrated into the top section of the frame, and these fixings can slide up to 50cm in from each corner. The frame is 8cm wide on each section, thus adding 16cm to the viewing area both on it’s height & width. It is of aluminium construction, powder-coated in matt black allowing the frame itself to become the borders. These screens are both lightweight and strong. Should you require this type of screen to be portable, we can offer a pair of tripod stands as an accessory.
