To Tension or Not to Tension - Advice, Please

[harlanz]

Hi. May as well admit it- I am a newbie!

I am looking for an electric screen to go with my Optoma HD72 - have not decided on width, but probably 6 or 6.5 feet. My budget for the screen is about £500-600. Could someone please give me a view on whether it's better to go cheaper screen, with tab tensioning, or more expensive screen without it?

Of course, any specific recommendations would be great. Ambient light conditions are ok - it's a living room, not a cinema room. Bonus points if the budget allows for remote, too.

Thanks a lot.

 

[bagatanmd]

hi harlanz,

take a look at the av classified ads: http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=435974

nice branded screen. hope it fits your size requirement though.

 

[harlanz]

Any further thoughts?
Thanks

 

[jkharmer]

Just wondering - would a tab electric screen roll up with the tensions in place, or do they have to be manually screwed into place each time??

Thanks, James

 

[harlanz]

I have not got a screen yet but I'm pretty sure the TT roll-up fine.

 

[Timmy C]

Yes they do roll up fine. I have a Da-Lite tab tensioned and there's no way I could ever go back to non-tensioned after living with this one.

 

[cameronl]

hi, I have a tab tensioned firehawk and a normal owl one. Both are electric and to me - unless it was a fixed screen I won't be going back to non tensioned.

With that said, the firehawlk cost about 1500 pounds more....

CaM