Home Cinema · Explainer ·
In a truly dark room, a flat white wall and a basic screen are closer than shop pages suggest. Turn on a lamp and the gap opens: room light lifts the shadows, and a plain matte-white screen doesn't fix that, though it is flatter and more neutral than paint.
Use the toggle to see what each surface does to a dark scene, then decide if you need a screen, an ALR one, or neither.
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A compact, conventional matte-white screen for a first step up from a painted wall, in a room you can darken.
84 in diagonal · 16:9 · Matte white · Manual pull-down
A larger matte-white roll-up screen with an even, neutral surface, good for a sofa with a few seats.
106 in diagonal · 16:9 · Matte white · Gain 1.0
The same size, raised and lowered by motor, for a room that is also a living room.
106 in diagonal · 16:9 · Motorised
