DNP unveils daylight-friendly Supernova Flex Screen

While the Claro TV fights off the dimness so often associated with watching front-projection in broad daylight, and Planar's Xscreen claims to work without the gargantuous pricetag, now there's yet another firm in the mix of miracle-working screens. Germany's DNP has unveiled the Supernova Flex Screen, which claims to deliver "ten times" the contrast and "double" the brightness compared to standard screens when used in daylight. Available in both fixed and retractable versions, and in widescreen sizes up to 120-inches (100-inches for 4:3 versions), the Supernova is reportedly compatible with all LCD, DLP, and LCoS projectors. It also sports an "ultrafine" .0065-millimeter pitch along with a "high-contrast filter" that allows the projected image to be reflected by the screen while it absorbs incidental light from other sources. While we've no idea how much DNP plans to charge for this daylight-friendly device (nor if it actually works as claimed), we shouldn't have to wait around too much longer to find out.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 30th 2006 4:53AM]

Homey isn't going to be too impressed showing something with a high APL, as pictured on the screen, and in a white room. Its much cheaper for Homey to buy a 73" RPTV and pay someone to build a wall cavity or buy a 70" LCD to offset this high ambient light level.

Projectors and home theaters do not correlate to 'white' rooms. When was the last time you observed a public theater done all in white?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 30th 2006 7:48AM]

sweet. i'm i'd love a 2.0+ gain over my current .8; although ambient light isn't much of an issue now.