Seymour-Screen Excellence introduces first acoustically transparent ALR screen (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

Seymour-Screen Excellence says it is combining its “expertise” in acoustical transparency (AT) and ambient light-rejecting (ALR) material for the first time with the Ambient-Visionaire Black 0.8MP home theater screen. With various fixed-frame styles available, the Black 0.8MP material is a micro-perf version of the company’s existing Black 0.9 gain ultra-wide ALR option. All products are manufactured in Ames, Iowa, including the process of punching 120 holes per square inch into the surface.
Managing Director Chris Seymour (picture above) says, “Seymour-Screen Excellence’s Black surfaces offer the most effective ambient light filtration available in an optical screen. With a deep background that absorbs 90% of ambient light from any direction, and an aggressive combination of carbon particles and stacked, dithered nano-mirrors, our screens deliver a 12x improvement in contrast ratios in environments that are otherwise unsuited to...

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