Projection and Projection surfaces

Projection surfaces seem to be a mute subject to talk about. A simple, ideally ironed, bed-cloth would suffice as a projection surface, right? If I can project onto any wall, floor, ceiling, regardless of design, material or colour, why do I need a dedicated projection surface, right?

Well, lets create an analagy. 

You can mount 4 wheels to a board and roll down a hill. If you attach the wheels on to an axel and mount the axle moveable you can even steer. But you would certainly not get into city traffic with the contraption or win a car race.

Projection surfaces are similar. With a bedcloth I can get a rudimentary result.  But it is not optimal and will neither reflect the capabilities of your projector or the quality of your content.

Projection surfaces are made of different materials, colours, consistencies and come even in opaque or transparent, white or dark and everything in between, so that you can have an all-rounder, which works everywhere, but maybe not optimal, of you can have surfaces (screen-materials), which give you the best performance.

In the following series we will review different materials for rental and staging, corporate, home, retail, exhibition, special effect use. We will try to keep it simple and not add to many diagrams. Yes, we may show you how the colour performance may be and why that matters, how the viewing angle is and why that can be critical and how the material performs on not so ideal environments.

Some of the first distinctions we will have to make is the difference between foldable and roll down material. PVC based and fabric or fibreglass. Acrylic foil or sheet and projection paint.

Finally we will talk about cleaning and service.

This is a comprehensive program. Not to tax you to much and take up of your valuable time, we will break this down into small junks. It is like eating. Consuming smaller quantities keep you healthy and slim.

So I hope you will stay with us and get to know your projection surface and be able to create a better screening experience.