Projectors are bought very carefully, lumens, lamp life, speakers, and a lot of other things are checked. It is believed and to some extent, it is true as well that the advanced projector projects the highest quality image. Since we take projectors only to have better image quality, we try our best to get our hands on the best one in the market. To get that, we do not even hesitate in spending several hundred to a thousand dollars at all.
However, what most of us do not pay importance to is the projector screen. It partners up with the projector to produce high-quality images. Most people argue that it’s all projectors, the screen does not matter. However, I have a different opinion; here is the truth and the evidence that supports my answer;
Does the projector screen matter?
Yes, the projector screen matters. Its role in producing a high-quality image is just as unavoidable as the projectors. No matter how powerful the projector is, if the screen is not equally advanced you would never be satisfied with the image quality.
Let’s do a little experiment, besides the actual projector screen we use freshly painted walls, curtains, and several other things as a projector screen, right? What you have to do is try every DIY projector screen with the same projector and notice the image quality. Every time you would switch to another projector screen, the image quality would either gets better or worse. Now the question is if the screen does not matter why did you not get the same image quality from all DIY projector screens? Therefore, it can be said that the projector and the screen both put equal effort into projecting a high-quality image.
What difference does the projector screen make?
The projector screen makes a lot of difference. It would be more appropriate to say that the projector screen has a dramatic effect on the quality of the image you see on the screen. The color and the condition of the screen play an important role in determining the picture quality.
The projector screen has many colors. The most commonly used ones are black, white, gray, and silver. Silver is the preferred color, the silver screen portrays strong visuals, white screens show the most accurate colors, the gray screen does not get affected by ambient light, whereas, the black screen produces a visibly contrasting image.
Other than that, the condition of the screen also affects the image quality. If the screen has no flaws, the image quality would be worth-admiring. However, if the screen has imperfections like seems, hotspots, and artifacts; the image quality of the projector would be poor. The hotspots, wrinkles, texture, and all other imperfections do not just obscure the view but diminish the viewing experience as well.
In brief, yes, the screen matters just as much as the projector does. The projector, screen, and the environment in the devices operate in determining the image quality. If the projector screen did not matter, the color of the screen wouldn’t have affected the image quality. To test the fact, you can experiment the projector with t DIY screens, I bet the image quality of every projector screen would not be the same.