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Author Topic: Silver screens Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2009 08:42 PM                     We had other new screens that were defective and they DID replace them but they refused to replace this one. The new silver screen's surface is somehow printed onto the vinyl and it looks like a checkerboard effect! Real crap! Mark  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 05-29-2009 08:51 PM                        Thanks Frank, you actually answered the question. I remember images looking excellent on a miracle mirror, except for the joins showing up in extra bright scenes. They could be, as you said, the solution (sorry Joe) for today. Surely we could do it better than they did in the 50s.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-29-2009 09:29 PM                     mdi is part of STRONG now  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 05-29-2009 10:23 PM                    For what it's worth, this is what MDI claims for their "3D" screens: quote: Features • Gain of 2.3 on axis. • Signal to Noise Ratio (S/N) exceeding 180. • Excellent performance for 3D projection. • Can bu used for 2D projection. • Ideal for digital or 35 mm projection . • Lenticular surface and reduced hot spotting. • Seams invisible under normal projection condition. • Best versatility on the market. • Quick delivery time But the should really correct the spelling of the part that goes: "Can bu used" (SIC)  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-30-2009 08:37 PM                     quote: Signal to Noise Ratio (S/N) exceeding 180. Ha! No way... I've heard many an MDI silver screen hiss at me... I'd say no better than 68! Mark  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 05-30-2009 09:02 PM                    I think they were probably referring at the crosstalk performance for 3D rather than sound (i.e. 180:1 polarization maintenance, instead of 180db), but who knows the way the specs are written is not crystal clear, to be honest.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-30-2009 09:26 PM                     Julio... I'm just kiddin with ya! However I have had screens hiss at me when you take the foam out when the layers unwind... It's dry here with alot of static. Mark  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 05-30-2009 09:30 PM                     |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 05-30-2009 10:09 PM                        If they were going to use that kind of comparison, maybe a more correct description would be "crosstalk". ??  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-29-2010 09:02 AM                        Does anyone have experience with silver screens lately (2010)? One vendor versus another? My experiences are a mixed bag. This from a guy who spent the last 30 years removing silver screens. Louis  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 04-29-2010 08:37 PM                       I just bought a 21 x 42 Severtson screen and it was perfect. Not a blemish anywhere and the screen fall off seemed quite good.  |  IP: Logged

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