Still pining for a 4K setup in your home theater? Stewart Filmscreen is already moving on to the next big thing. The company is getting ready to show 16K+ HDR-ready screen technology.
That can be found in the Phantom HALR, which is a "high ambient light rejecting" projection screen material that works in fixed-frame wall screen or electric roller screen applications. Available in sizes up to 40-by-90 feet, this black screen technology is made for use during the day as well as at night.
Of course, the real hook is that it features Stewart's proprietary 16K+ resolution capabilities, which means this screen is built for the future. For now, it's UHD and HDR-ready and will calibrate out to REC 2020 or REC 709 standards without obvious color aberrations or shifts that skew the primary and secondary colors.
Designed for use with most of Stewart's fixed frame or ElectriScreen models, Phantom HALR is also available on Cinemaperf or Microperf X2 THX Ultra configurations for acoustic transparency.
Promising the whitest whites, darkest blacks, and brightest colors, the Phantom HALR has been tested to deliver over 30:1 contrast for a 2,000-lumen light output projector in a room with 20-foot candles of ambient light and several sources of light hitting the screen surface at 40-degree angles. With 50-foot candles of ambient light directly on the screen, it achieved ANSI standard industry contrast ratio standards. Also worth mentioning is that the Phantom has a proprietary multi-layer composition, so it works horizontally and vertically.
"Phantom's performance is truly more than the sum of its parts. The overall performance and image uniformity and fidelity along with the ease of designing it into difficult lighting environments makes all the difference," says Alan Brawn, CTS, ISF, ISF-C, and principal of Brawn Consulting, an audio visual consulting, training, educational development, and market intelligence company. "Projected images will be completely believable with content on screen looking as it should. As UHD and High Dynamic Range (HDR) become more pervasive and 4K becomes commonplace with 8K and yes, even 16K on the roadmap, the quality and accuracy that Stewart Filmscreen provides will be more important than ever."
Right now, there's no word on when the screen material will start shipping or at what price. However, Stewart Filmscreen will be showing the Phantom HALR at CEDIA in Dallas from September 15-17.
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