I have this screen on one wall in my office for presentations and collaborating with my team members.
The screen is sharp in the best senses of the word--the white metal casing looks great, the "pull down bar" feels solid and has good tension.The screen is reasonably well packaged in a 6 ft long box weighing 21 lbs and arrived without incident.The actual screen itself has a black border and a nice white surface.The wall brackets are strong and solid, mounting is very easy, though the directions are quite poor.I wasn't quite sure what to expect with mounting in my situation, where I have a window and some pictures behind the screen--but the included bracket offsets the screen from the wall about 2" which provides enough clearance.
The directions include words about attaching the screen to the ceiling, but I didn't try to figure out that as it didn't apply to my situation.The screen includes a small level which seemed too cheap to be trusted, but to my surprise, was accurate and consistent with my expensive levels.The inclusion of a level was a cool bonus.The wall mounts can be separately tweaked after securing to the wall, so if you're off a little, you can still get the screen perfectly level.A rail on the back of the screen lets you mount the brackets where you have studs--and it's easy enough to mount that one person can do it alone.
So build quality is great--and the screen shows a great image as well with my low-end 4:3 projector.To top it off, this screen is inexpensive--I paid less than $1 per inch of screen.
The only downside is the "new plastic smell" that was nearly overpowering in my office (which is 25 x 14 ft) for the first few hours with the screen unrolled.I expect(hope) it will pass relatively quickly.Update - it took about 10 days for the smell to wear off, at a maximum (I was out of town for a few days; I left the screen open, and when I came back, the smell was gone).
Physically, the header is a little under 70" wide and from the top of the header to the bottom of the handle is 54".I would recommend clearances of 72" x 56" to comfortable mount this screen.
If you're on the market for a 80" 4:3 screen, I strongly recommend this one.
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80IN Diagonal Manual Pull Down White 4:3 Projection ScreenProduct Description: Made from specially designed high-contrast gray material. Housed in a sleek casing with easy pull-down system; locks at intervals to fit a variety of projection formats; nylon bearings provide smooth quiet operation for the life of the screen. It can be easily installed directly onto the wall or ceiling.
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We bought two of these screens for my company - both arrived dented and one of them had a broken end-cap.We were able to get the end-cap back on, but it looks like it could come off again at any moment.They seem to function okay - the screen still rolls up just fine, but you can see the dents in the casing from pretty far back.There is also no mechanism to lock the tripod to the casing when the screen is away.The tripod stand is not very sturdy either - it won't stay in place very well.I'm going to try and see if Amazon will replace these with different ones.
