Screen Innovations (SI), based in Austin, TX, introduced Zero-G®, a projection screen that seemingly levitates in midair, in 2016. The company recently updated the product with cables in three new color variations: Sky Blue, Forest Green, and Warm Gray (beige) in addition to White, Gray, and Black cables already available.
More details from Screen Innovations (www.screeninnovations.com):
Zero-G, described by SI as a “Rollable Television®,” is unlike any other screen because there is no black mask between the top of the viewing surface and the case. Instead, the screen is suspended by Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMwPE) cable.
“We ran Zero-G through an extensive destructive testing cycle, and standard aircraft cable continued to have metal failure due to friction created in each individual stainless strand. We moved to UHMwPE cable because it is 80% lighter than a comparably-strong steel cable, far more flexible, longer-lasting, and it maintains its strength and flexibility in all conditions,” said Ryan Paul, Director of Design at SI. “On top of that, it has the lowest carbon footprint across its service life of any comparable alternative. At SI, it takes the best to make the best.”
SI has taken this a step further, by offering these cables in three new color variations: Sky Blue, Forest Green, and Warm Gray (beige) in addition to White, Gray, and Black cables already available. This gives the integrator the capability to more closely match the existing color in the environment behind the screen—whether it’s a wall, window, or art-deco piece.
“When you match our Zero-G cord colors to the wall, or window behind the screen,” says Skyler Meek, Director of Marketing for SI, “it looks as though they completely disappear. It’s incredible.” Meek continued, “SI has always been about the complete experience, encompassing both the image on the screen and how the screen is presented in the room. This is another link in the chain that separates SI from all the noise.”
SI invites integrators to evaluate the many proven benefits of projection screen technology against new flat panel display systems or LED Walls. Not only are projection screens oftentimes more affordable, the new era of powerful laser projection allows two-piece projection to match, and even outperform, these other display technologies. Projection has additional benefits, including low-maintenance, 20,000 hour laser light engine lifespan, and a single source without the need for complex matrices for mapping multiple displays into one. The greatest of these benefits is that a Zero-G screen can be placed where other technologies can’t go, like in front of a window. When its not in use, it quietly and elegantly rolls up into a flush mounted ceiling pocket, disappearing until the next time it’s needed.
Zero-G cord colors are available now at no additional charge.
For more information: http://www.screeninnovations.com/commercial-zero-gravity/zero-g/
