Projection screen manufacturer Screen Innovations (SI) has announced that its ambient-light-rejecting short throw (ST) screen material is now available on its push camera Solo Pro.

ST, which uses a microscopic lenticular optical technology (think window blinds), is best suited for ultra-short throw projection applications where the projector is located directly below the screen at throw ratios as close as 0.1 times the image width. This technology can successfully reproduce 8K resolution while rejecting up to 90% of the ambient light in the room.

Short throw screen technology

The combination of Solo Pro with SI’s ALR ST material means electricians are no longer required, enabling two-piece projection nearly anywhere.

“The extraordinary ST screen material is very difficult to work with due to its optical qualities. It took almost two years to perfect a method to manipulate it to function in a motorised system. Thankfully, SI has the manufacturing capability to not only develop this methodology, but we also have the capacity to create repeatable results to scale for production,” said SI chief of material technology Tom Nugent.

This screen was first unveiled at the custom integration show, CEDIA 2018 in San Diego and SI is now accepting orders to begin shipping in October.

SI is distributed in Australia by Network AV and Screen Technics.