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ELITE SCREENS KESTREL TAB-TENSION 2 CLR 3 SERIES PROJECTION SCREEN

RATING

PERFORMANCE

SETUP
Vanishing Act VALUE

By Al Griffin

PLENTY OF custom solutions have Screens designed for UST projectors, turned off and not being used.
been developed to house ultra-short on the other hand, are for the most The Kestrel Tab-Tension 2 CLR 3
throw (UST) projectors, a category part fixed-frame designs that occupy ($2,320-$2,905) is Elite Screens’ answer
designed to beam bright, living-room a large amount of wall area, especially to the UST black hole dilemma. A tab-
friendly images from a position just a the 120-inch diagonal format commonly tensioned rollable material housed in a
few inches away from the bo om edge used for UST setups. Given that such motorized case, the Kestrel rises from
of the projection screen. The main ones screens typically have a dark gray the floor at the flick of a switch to full
are furniture-grade cabinets with an surface, anyone using them needs to Elite's Kestrel screen height for movie or TV viewing, and then
interior compartment for stowing away contend with having the equivalent of rises on command retracts back into place when you’re
the projector so it remains out of sight a big black hole (okay, a dark gray rect- and then disappears done. It’s a simple, elegant solution for
both in use and when powered off. angle) on their wall when the projector is when not in use. UST projector owners seeking a screen

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