[Elite Screens] Spectrum 2 Series

I think this is a very good quality screen at this price point. There is a slight curl at the edges, but I just left it down for several days and it is flattening out nicely. It is not noticeable with the projected image. There was no remote with this screen, but I knew that when I ordered it. The one star for the remote is that it is not included, the option is overpriced and it is not available at this time. I have purchased similar screens at this price point that included a remote but did not have mounting hardware that was this well thought out. I really liked the hardware that came with the screen, which allows you to mount it to the wall where the studs are and then just snap the screen into place. A lot of screens just have attachment points at the ends which may or may not line up with your studs. I'm not fan of plastic anchors in drywall. This is a large screen and I was able to snap it into place myself with no problem. The clips snap into a channel on the back of the case so you can slide the screen left and right once it is mounted (if you don't place the clips right at the ends). I installed a new projector that used the same mount as the old projector, but the lens was in the center of the projector and the old one was on the right side of the projector. This meant that the new projected picture was a little to the left of the position of the old screen. Because these screen clips let you slide the screen horizontally, I was able to just slide it a little to the left to line up with the projector rather than having to do a lot of electronic manipulation of the image to make it line up with the borders of the screen or having to mount the screen to the wall where there were no studs. All in all I am very pleased with this purchase, but would have liked to see a remote included.

Got this in on the scheduled day. The package was sturdy. The installation was a breeze. The connectors that come along can be installed first and the projector screen snaps in, need two people to hold to hang. My wife and I handled it ourselves. The motor is quite, drops and folds in about 30 seconds. The tubing is very sturdy. The screen has about 12 inches drop and 2 inches border on side. The screen does have a smell of plastic but it's decreasing, it's been less than 24 hours that the screen was up. The electric inbuilt switch hangs out on the left, I need to hide it through the wall.I had specific requirements for an 120" screen with casing not being more than 115" in length. Of all the screens that I saw, all of them had over 115" in length for the outer cae. Only this fit in for my needs.The only gripe I have is that I don't know if there is a way to control the 12" drop, would love to reduce it to 8". The other elite screens seem to have have this feature but I couldn't figure out for this series. Minor inconvenience but not a big deal to me. Overall though, the huge black drop does have an immersing feel and a certain wow factor.The screen has a solid feel, definitely a step up over manual screen. No visible waves. Few more dollars than other screens but money well spent.

For the money, this screen has done well. I do not have a dedicated home theater room, so this is installed in our family room on the same wall as our 50" plasma. The room has a lot of ambient light and despite having a very good projector (Epson 3500) it does require shades to be drawn during the middle of the day. Of course this isn't an ambient light rejecting screen, but I didn't see the value in that when testing the samples ordered from Elite.I chose this screen model over the other elites because of how clean and thin the case is. That comes at a loss of integrated remote and trigger capabilities however. The screen does have the advantage of the mounting brackets that can slide along the case anywhere needed to hit studs or trusses in the ceiling (I needed that due to some dropped beams on the ceiling I hung this from).The power cord has a 3-way toggle switch on it that throws AC power to 2 different legs of the motor (one for up and one for down). I plan on hard wiring a switch in the wall and cutting the cord so its not handing down the wall now. The motor has stops built in so you can leave the switch in the up or down pole position and it will stop at its limits.The screen does allow you to adjust the screen drop on it. It has 12" of black screen at the top which worked well for getting the screen down low in our room (based on mounting it on a 8' high ceiling). I wanted it to be right above a Sonos soundbar we have mounted on the wall below the plasma. The 12" of drop was too much so I contacted Elite on how to adjust (you must do this for them to send instructions and not to void the warranty). Here is where I ran into the only problem with this product.On the case (left side when looking at the screen), there are two allen head screws on the motor assembly that you can adjust the upper and lower stops on the screen. ****Remember, don't do anything until you contact Elite on how to do this***** The lower stop limiter is supposed to be under a sticker on the case that says something like 'void if removed'. The instructions talk about this and so did the CSR from elite. When I removed that sticker there was no hole!?!?! I chatted back to tech support on their webpage the guy was somewhat dismissive and suggested I could reach it from the screen opening. I had to send him pictures showing how that was not possible. His suggestion was 'you can drill a hole at your own risk'. After suggesting that was not a solution and absurd for him to state that he said he could transfer my info to their warranty department so they can figure out a solution.Not wanting to return this to Amazon to only get another and find the same manufacturing defect on the case, nor wanting to deal with Elite's warranty department (which I heard stories of being extremely long winded) I opted to whip out the drip and carefully measure/eyeball/etc. to put a new hole in the case where I thought it would give me access. Luckily the hole was pretty close, enough that I could get the allen tool in and do the adjustments.The screen has held its adjustment and comes down in the same spot each time which is good. At night viewing, with the overhead can lights (in line of the projection image) turned off, the screen image is phenominal. The epson 3500 and this material work well once some calibration is done. 3d viewing is pretty phenominal, however I do not use 3d that much to eye discomfort it causes. I did try Avatar in 3d and my wife and I said it felt as good, maybe better, than what we saw in the theater back in 2009 on its release.The screen is surprisingly quick both raising and lowering and not noisy by any means. Elite sells an accessory box/kit to plug into the power cable/connector that gives you a remote control and 'remote trigger' capabilities for your projector to raise/lower it. That is a spendy item and I can't justify it for a $200 screen so a wall mounted switch assembly seems more logical.There is just a 'slight' cupping on the left and right sides of the image midway down. The screen is just ever so slightly bending in towards the viewer. It is so minimal however that I don't really notice it with any test images on the screen (geometry). I have no defects in the screen and there were no creases/etc. that others mentioned having the first time they dropped it.There was a pretty 'chemically' smell coming from the screen. I actually hung it in my garage for a few days to try and air/heat it out. It was still there when installing in the living room, but that is decreasing each time we use it. Definitely not overbearing like it was new.