Screen Excellence Unveils Enlightor 4K Fabric

Screen Excellence has added the Enlightor 4K (EN4K) to its line of acoustically transparent screen materials.

The big thing with EN4K is that it's the first acoustically transparent fabric out there for 4K, combining the most realistic and detail-rich video with accurate audio because the speakers can be placed behind the screen — and sound effects and dialogue come right at you from where the director envisioned and the actors actually are onscreen.

EN4K is a matte white, woven fabric that can be used on all of Screen Excellence's Reference fixed frames, Craftsman fixed, TAM CinemaScope fixed frame masking screens, and the VistaCurve fixed curved screen. You’re talking even truer cinema replication when you go with one of the 2.37:1 super-wide aspect ratio screens (including the TAM that can mask down from 2.37:1 to 4:3).

The screen material, distributed in North America by St. John Group, goes up to 210 inches wide in 16:9 (1.78:1) and 250 inches wide in 2.37:1 with immediate delivery.

Both videophiles and audiophiles will be happy with the incredibly smooth surface and zero moire effect on the images, and lack of high frequency roll-off and re-equalization needed on the audio response. Too bad there's not more 4K content available.

MSRP
70-inch Craftsman 16:9 screen — $840
Reference velour-covered 70-inch screen — $2,615