Projector Screen shopping can be daunting, with so many brands, materials and styles to chose from. When shopping for a projector and screen you need to be mindful of may factors:

• Your Projector - what is the throw distance on the lens? This will determine how far you need to place the projector from the screen and how large of an image you can project.
• Your lighting conditions - depending on how much ambient light there is in your projection screen room, in conjunction with your projectors lumen output & contrast ratio will determine the projector screen material that will be best suited for your application.
• How big do you want to go? A relatively inexpensive 100" screen is 4 times larger than a 50" widescreen television!

  Projection screens come in a variety of many different shapes and sizes, with many different projection screen fabrics many different power and mounting options.

  When shopping for wall mounted projector screens it is important to take the following into consideration.

  A flat projection screen fabric - Ripples and waves distort the projected image, especially a horizontally scrolling image, like an Excel spreadsheet which has many grid lines. Many inexpensive screens are poorly constructed and do not have a flat fabric.

  Black masking borders - Black borders do many things to improve the perceived image quality. They provide a high contrast frame around your projected image to help your eyes focus on the main image. They also help diffuse the light on the projector screen. Sturdy, easy to install projector screen housing. Many wall projection screens have the ability to be ceiling mounted as well. These versatile mounting brackets give you any options when placing the screen. Fixed frame screens can only be mounted on the wall, unless you suspend the frame from wire above, but that doesn't really make any sense.

Are you a gamer? Play with your friends? Tired of squinting to see the 1/4 of your television in a multiplayer game? Then you need a big projector screen.

The size and quality of your display is an important aspect of video game enjoyment. You used to have to sacrifice a good quality image for a large image but with the decreasing price of HD projectors and high resolution video game consoles, you can now get a very large image with very high quality.

If you use a projector and screen, you will get a display that diminishes that of most flat-panel television displays, at a lower cost. If you think that a 50" plasma is large, consider the size of an inexpensive and average sized projector screen. A small projection screen (77" diagonal) has twice the display area of a 50" flat panel television. When comparing 106" projector screens to a 50"display, the difference is even larger; there is 4 times more display area than the 50" television.

• Everyone gets involved. With the larger image size than a television, everyone can see what's happening on the projector screen.
• The Devil is in the details. While gaming, even the smallest detail can be the difference between life or death. Playing on a larger display will ensure you don't miss any detail, giving you an advantage over the competition.
• Large and in charge. By projecting a huge image on your projector screen, you are turning your home theater into an immerse environment. You can experience your gaming on a different level when you are fighting life size enemies on your big screen.
• Multi Player Mayhem. Sharing your screen with 3 of your buddies is no longer a strain. If you double the diagonal size of your display, you just about quadruple the viewing space, in 4-player mode, you'll have a 50" display area for each player!

Whoever says that size doesn't matter hasn't taken a look at the chart below: