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Cinema Screens

Commercial cinema screens are massive, purpose-built surfaces designed for large-venue projection. Key professional features include acoustic transparency (using micro-perforations that allow speakers to be placed directly behind them for perfect audio-visual sync) and specific gain characteristics to ensure a bright, uniform image across a wide auditorium. This index lists the leading manufacturers of professional screens for the cinema industry.

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  • 1934
  • Belgium
Cinema Screens by Barco, a manufacturer of Hi-Fi equipment, Belgium

Barco is a Belgian visual-technology company with a major role in digital cinema projection. Founded in 1934 as the Belgian American Radio Corporation, it moved from radios and televisions into professional displays, projection and image processing. Today its cinema range centres on laser projectors for conventional screens, premium large formats and specialised venues, supported by lenses, servers and management tools. Barco also supplies projection and processing for live events and simulation, diagnostic and surgical displays for healthcare, control-room visualisation and ClickShare collaboration systems. Its expertise is accurate, reliable presentation of images at professional scale. The previous description incorrectly suggested that Barco provides cinema sound and built-in high-quality audio playback; audio systems normally come from other manufacturers and are integrated alongside Barco’s visual equipment.

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  • 2008
  • UK
Cinema Screens by Screen Excellence, a manufacturer of Hi-Fi equipment, UK

Screen Excellence is a British specialist in acoustically transparent projection screens. The business grew from U-See, incorporated in 2005 by Patrice Congard, and adopted the Screen Excellence name in February 2008 as its woven-screen technology reached the market. Its key material, Enlightor, is not a perforated vinyl sheet but a fine woven fabric designed to let sound from loudspeakers behind the picture pass with minimal tonal disturbance while avoiding visible holes, moiré and excessive light loss at normal cinema viewing distances. That permits the left, centre and right speakers to sit where voices and action appear on screen—the arrangement used in commercial cinemas—rather than above, below or beside the image. Enlightor 4K helped establish the company in 2008, followed by Enlightor Neo and specialised materials for different brightness, resolution and installation needs. Fixed-frame Reference screens provide precise tension and masking options; VistaCurve addresses curved installations, while TAM motorised masking changes the visible image area for different aspect ratios. Absolute is the large-format, custom-built platform for dedicated theatres where frame size, curvature, masking and fabric must be engineered as one installation. The company works closely with cinema designers and calibrators, and offers systems for home, screening-room and professional projects rather than selling fabric alone. Screen Excellence’s distinction is the coordination of image and sound: its screens are designed as acoustic components as well as optical surfaces, allowing a properly placed front soundstage without making weave structure or masking mechanism the visual focus of the room.

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  • 1986
  • US
Cinema Screens by Severtson Screens, a manufacturer of Hi-Fi equipment, US

Severtson Screens is an American projection-screen manufacturer whose unusual origin lies in flight simulation rather than home cinema. Ron Severtson founded the company in 1986 at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona, developing optical coatings for the curved screens used in military simulators. It produced 3D coatings by 1988 and water-based coating processes in 1989, then carried that experience into large-format cinema: Severtson supplied IMAX projects in the early 1990s and coated the giant screen installed at IMAX Sydney in 1998. Home-theatre and professional AV screens followed in 2003, and the company became a full-service cinema-screen manufacturer in 2009. Today it serves commercial cinemas, screening rooms, education, corporate AV and residential theatres with fixed-frame, retractable and custom screens. Its catalogue includes solid, perforated and woven acoustically transparent surfaces, allowing front loudspeakers to be placed behind the image, as well as materials selected for different projector brightness, viewing angles and ambient-light conditions. A particularly practical Severtson speciality is folded cinema-screen technology: large surfaces can be shipped in much smaller packaging and installed without the logistics normally required for a full-size roll. Coating, material handling and frame engineering are therefore part of one production discipline rather than unrelated accessories. The company moved to a larger campus in San Tan Valley, Arizona, in 2019 and remains family rooted. Severtson stands apart because its cinema products grew from demanding optical work where uniformity, coating control and large curved surfaces were already essential—not from simply stretching generic white fabric across a frame.

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Brand Categories:
  • SPEAKERS
    • Bookshelf Speakers — Compact loudspeakers designed for placement on a shelf or dedicated stands.
    • Floorstanding Speakers — Large, full-range loudspeakers that stand directly on the floor, designed for powerful and expansive sound.
    • In-wall Custom Install Speakers — Speakers designed to be installed flush into walls or ceilings for a discreet, "zero-footprint" audio solution.
    • On-Wall Speakers — Slim, low-profile speakers designed to be mounted directly on a wall, often to complement a flat-panel TV.
    • Studio Monitors — Speakers designed for professional audio production, offering a flat, accurate, and uncolored sound reproduction.
    • Planar Ribbon Electrostatic Speakers — Speakers using large, thin diaphragms (panels) instead of cones, prized for their transparent and detailed sound.
    • Horn Speakers — Highly efficient speakers that use a flared horn to amplify a driver, known for their dynamic, "live" sound.
    • Active Powered Speakers — Loudspeakers with built-in amplifiers, creating a simple all-in-one audio solution.
    • Wireless Portable Speakers — Compact, battery-powered speakers with Bluetooth for on-the-go music.
    • Outdoor Speakers — Durable, weather-resistant speakers engineered to provide high-quality audio in open-air spaces like patios and gardens.
    • Marine Extreme Speakers — Rugged, waterproof, and corrosion-resistant speakers built to withstand harsh marine environments on boats and yachts.
    • Commercial Speakers — Durable loudspeaker systems designed for background music and public address in business environments.
    • Invisible Speakers — Architectural speakers installed in a wall and plastered over, making them completely invisible.
    • Subwoofers Bass Speakers — Specialized speakers dedicated to reproducing only the lowest bass frequencies for impact and depth for all purposes
  • AMPLIFIERS
    • Integrated Amplifiers — An all-in-one component combining a preamplifier and a power amplifier in a single chassis.
    • PreAmplifiers — The control hub of a separates audio system, used for source selection and volume control.
    • Power Amplifiers — A component with the sole job of taking a line-level signal and amplifying it to drive loudspeakers.
    • Phono Preamps Phono Stages — A device that amplifies the weak signal from a turntable's cartridge and applies necessary RIAA equalization.
    • Tube Amplifiers — Amplifiers that use vacuum tubes (valves) instead of transistors, prized for their warm and rich sound character.
    • Multi-Zone Multi-Room Amplifiers — Amplifiers that power speakers in multiple different rooms or "zones" from a single, centralized unit.
    • Network Amplifiers — An integrated amplifier with built-in networking and streaming capabilities, creating a modern "just add speakers" system.
    • Desktop Headphone Amplifiers — Mains-powered amplifiers designed to drive high-quality headphones in a desktop or home audio system.
    • Portable Headphone Amplifiers Players — Compact, battery-powered devices (DAPs or amps) for delivering high-quality sound on the move.
  • DAC STREAMERS
    • DAC Desktop — Digital-to-Analog Converters designed to improve sound quality from a computer or other home digital source.
    • DAC Portable — Compact, battery-powered Digital-to-Analog Converters for improving audio from smartphones and laptops.
    • Music Streamers — Devices that connect to the internet to access and play music from online services like Tidal and Spotify.
    • Network Players — Source components focused on high-fidelity playback of digital audio files from a local network (NAS drive).
    • Music Servers HDD Storages — Dedicated devices for storing, managing, and playing a local digital music library with high fidelity.
    • CD Transport Media Players — High-precision disc players that read physical media (CDs, SACDs) and output a pure digital signal to an external DAC.
    • Compact All-in-One Systems — Self-contained audio systems that combine source, amplification, and often speakers into a single, compact unit.
    • Streaming Amplifier — An integrated amplifier with built-in streaming capabilities.
  • TURNTABLES VINYL
    • Turntables — Electromechanical devices that play vinyl records by rotating them at a stable speed.
    • Tonearms — The precision arm on a turntable that holds the cartridge, allowing the stylus to track the record groove.
    • Cartridges — The transducer on a turntable's tonearm that holds the stylus and converts groove vibrations into an electrical signal.
    • Vinyl Cleaning Machine — Specialized machines that use fluid and vacuum/ultrasonic action to deep-clean vinyl records.
    • Vinyl Accessories — Essential tools for setup and maintenance, like clamps, brushes, and alignment protractors.
  • HEADPHONES
    • In-Ear Earbuds — Ultra-portable listening devices, including True Wireless (TWS) models, designed for convenience and daily use.
    • In-Ear Monitors IEM — High-performance in-ear headphones that seal in the ear canal for superior sound isolation and detail.
    • On-Ear Headphones — Headphones with cushions that rest directly on the ears, offering a balance of portability and sound quality.
    • Over-Ear Headphones — Full-sized headphones with large earcups that completely encircle the ears for maximum comfort and immersion.
    • Wireless Headphones — Headphones that connect to source devices via Bluetooth, often featuring Active Noise Cancellation (ANC).
    • Planar Magnetic Ribbon Headphones — High-end headphones using a thin, flat diaphragm driven by magnets, known for their detailed and low-distortion sound.
    • Electrostatic Headphones — High-end headphones using a massless diaphragm in an electrostatic field, requiring a special energizer/amplifier.
  • HOME THEATER
    • AV Receivers Media Players — Central components of a home cinema, combining audio/video processing, amplification, and playback.
    • Home Theater Speakers — Matched sets of speakers (front, center, surround) designed to create an immersive cinematic soundfield.
    • Soundbars — A simple, all-in-one speaker bar that provides a significant audio upgrade over a television's built-in speakers.
    • Subwoofers — Specialized speakers dedicated to reproducing only the lowest bass frequencies for impact and depth for home theaters
    • Processors Amplifiers — High-end home cinema "separates" consisting of a surround sound processor and a multi-channel power amplifier.
    • Screens — High-quality projection surfaces designed to provide an optimal image for a home cinema projector.
    • Projectors — Video projectors optimized for home cinema use, focusing on color accuracy, contrast, and black levels.
  • CABLES ACCESSORIES
    • Speaker Cables — Cables that carry the amplified, high-level signal from an amplifier to passive loudspeakers.
    • Analog Cables — Cables (RCA, XLR) used to transmit analog audio signals between components like DACs and amplifiers.
    • Digital Cables — Cables (Coaxial, Optical, USB) that transmit digital audio data between components.
    • Phono Cables — Specially shielded cables designed to carry the delicate, low-level signal from a turntable to a phono preamp.
    • Headphone Cables — Aftermarket and replacement cables used to upgrade or customize high-quality headphones.
    • Connectors Terminals — The fundamental hardware (plugs, jacks, spades, etc.) used to terminate cables and connect equipment.
    • Power Cables — High-performance AC cords designed to deliver clean, noise-free power to audio components.
    • Power Supplies Conditioners — Devices that filter, stabilize, and protect the AC power supplied to an audio system for improved performance.
  • FURNITURE
    • Speaker Stands Mounts — Stands and mounts used to position speakers at the correct height and angle for optimal sound.
    • Furniture Racks — Purpose-built furniture designed to house audio/video components with a focus on stability, ventilation, and vibration control.
    • Isolation Footers Spikes Shelves — Specialized accessories (spikes, footers, platforms) designed to manage vibrations and isolate components.
    • Soundproof Solutions — Products designed to control room acoustics, including treatment (panels, diffusers) and sound-blocking materials.
  • PROFESSIONAL
    • Concert Speakers — Large-scale PA systems, including line arrays and stage monitors, for live music and public events.
    • Cinema Speakers — Specialized, high-output loudspeaker systems certified for use in large commercial movie theaters.
    • Concert Electronics — Robust electronics including mixing consoles, processors, and amplifiers for live sound reinforcement.
    • Cinema Electronics — Professional, DCI-compliant processors and amplifiers for use in commercial movie theaters.
    • Cinema Screens — Large-format, often acoustically transparent, projection screens built to professional cinema standards.
    • Cinema Projectors — Ultra-high-brightness, DCI-compliant projectors designed for continuous use in commercial movie theaters.
    • Professional Cables Accessories — Rugged, reliable cables and hardware (e.g., snake cables, Speakon connectors) for touring and professional installation.
  • DIY Components
    • Speaker drivers Tweeters — The individual transducers (woofers, mid-range, tweeters) that are the fundamental building blocks of a loudspeaker.
    • Coaxial Speaker Drivers — Speaker drivers where the tweeter is mounted in the center of the woofer, creating a single point source for sound.
    • DIY Speaker Kits — Complete packages including drivers, crossovers, and plans for enthusiasts to build their own loudspeakers.
    • Electron Vacuum Tubes — Glass valves used in tube amplifiers that provide amplification and can be replaced to tune the sound.
    • Electronic Components — Discrete parts (capacitors, resistors, transistors) used by manufacturers and DIYers to build audio circuits.
  • OTHERS
    • Line Stage — A type of preamplifier that exclusively handles line-level sources, without a built-in phono stage.
    • Time Alignment Device — A signal processor that corrects timing delays between drivers or speakers for improved sound coherence.
    • Smart Portable Speakers — Wireless portable speakers with integrated voice assistants (e.g., Alexa, Google Assistant) and smart home functionality.
    • DJ Turntables — Durable, high-torque direct-drive turntables with pitch control, built for performance and DJing applications.
    • Motor Drives — External motor units and power supplies for turntables, providing improved rotational stability and isolation.
    • Crossovers — Electronic circuits that split an audio signal into different frequency bands to route to the correct speaker driver.
    • Car Audio — Audio equipment, including speakers, amplifiers, and source units, specifically designed for use in vehicles.

Brand Categories:
  • Active Powered Speakers — Loudspeakers with built-in amplifiers, creating a simple all-in-one audio solution.
  • Analog Cables — Cables (RCA, XLR) used to transmit analog audio signals between components like DACs and amplifiers.
  • AV Receivers Media Players — Central components of a home cinema, combining audio/video processing, amplification, and playback.
  • Bookshelf Speakers — Compact loudspeakers designed for placement on a shelf or dedicated stands.
  • Car Audio — Audio equipment, including speakers, amplifiers, and source units, specifically designed for use in vehicles.
  • Cartridges — The transducer on a turntable's tonearm that holds the stylus and converts groove vibrations into an electrical signal.
  • CD Transport Media Players — High-precision disc players that read physical media (CDs, SACDs) and output a pure digital signal to an external DAC.
  • Cinema Electronics — Professional, DCI-compliant processors and amplifiers for use in commercial movie theaters.
  • Cinema Projectors — Ultra-high-brightness, DCI-compliant projectors designed for continuous use in commercial movie theaters.
  • Cinema Screens — Large-format, often acoustically transparent, projection screens built to professional cinema standards.
  • Cinema Speakers — Specialized, high-output loudspeaker systems certified for use in large commercial movie theaters.
  • Coaxial Speaker Drivers — Speaker drivers where the tweeter is mounted in the center of the woofer, creating a single point source for sound.
  • Commercial Speakers — Durable loudspeaker systems designed for background music and public address in business environments.
  • Compact All-in-One Systems — Self-contained audio systems that combine source, amplification, and often speakers into a single, compact unit.
  • Concert Electronics — Robust electronics including mixing consoles, processors, and amplifiers for live sound reinforcement.
  • Concert Speakers — Large-scale PA systems, including line arrays and stage monitors, for live music and public events.
  • Connectors Terminals — The fundamental hardware (plugs, jacks, spades, etc.) used to terminate cables and connect equipment.
  • Crossovers — Electronic circuits that split an audio signal into different frequency bands to route to the correct speaker driver.
  • DAC Desktop — Digital-to-Analog Converters designed to improve sound quality from a computer or other home digital source.
  • DAC Portable — Compact, battery-powered Digital-to-Analog Converters for improving audio from smartphones and laptops.
  • Desktop Headphone Amplifiers — Mains-powered amplifiers designed to drive high-quality headphones in a desktop or home audio system.
  • Digital Cables — Cables (Coaxial, Optical, USB) that transmit digital audio data between components.
  • DIY Speaker Kits — Complete packages including drivers, crossovers, and plans for enthusiasts to build their own loudspeakers.
  • DJ Turntables — Durable, high-torque direct-drive turntables with pitch control, built for performance and DJing applications.
  • Electron Vacuum Tubes — Glass valves used in tube amplifiers that provide amplification and can be replaced to tune the sound.
  • Electronic Components — Discrete parts (capacitors, resistors, transistors) used by manufacturers and DIYers to build audio circuits.
  • Electrostatic Headphones — High-end headphones using a massless diaphragm in an electrostatic field, requiring a special energizer/amplifier.
  • Floorstanding Speakers — Large, full-range loudspeakers that stand directly on the floor, designed for powerful and expansive sound.
  • Furniture Racks — Purpose-built furniture designed to house audio/video components with a focus on stability, ventilation, and vibration control.
  • Headphone Cables — Aftermarket and replacement cables used to upgrade or customize high-quality headphones.
  • Home Theater Speakers — Matched sets of speakers (front, center, surround) designed to create an immersive cinematic soundfield.
  • Horn Speakers — Highly efficient speakers that use a flared horn to amplify a driver, known for their dynamic, "live" sound.
  • In-Ear Earbuds — Ultra-portable listening devices, including True Wireless (TWS) models, designed for convenience and daily use.
  • In-Ear Monitors IEM — High-performance in-ear headphones that seal in the ear canal for superior sound isolation and detail.
  • In-wall Custom Install Speakers — Speakers designed to be installed flush into walls or ceilings for a discreet, "zero-footprint" audio solution.
  • Integrated Amplifiers — An all-in-one component combining a preamplifier and a power amplifier in a single chassis.
  • Invisible Speakers — Architectural speakers installed in a wall and plastered over, making them completely invisible.
  • Isolation Footers Spikes Shelves — Specialized accessories (spikes, footers, platforms) designed to manage vibrations and isolate components.
  • Line Stage — A type of preamplifier that exclusively handles line-level sources, without a built-in phono stage.
  • Marine Extreme Speakers — Rugged, waterproof, and corrosion-resistant speakers built to withstand harsh marine environments on boats and yachts.
  • Motor Drives — External motor units and power supplies for turntables, providing improved rotational stability and isolation.
  • Multi-Zone Multi-Room Amplifiers — Amplifiers that power speakers in multiple different rooms or "zones" from a single, centralized unit.
  • Music Servers HDD Storages — Dedicated devices for storing, managing, and playing a local digital music library with high fidelity.
  • Music Streamers — Devices that connect to the internet to access and play music from online services like Tidal and Spotify.
  • Network Amplifiers — An integrated amplifier with built-in networking and streaming capabilities, creating a modern "just add speakers" system.
  • Network Players — Source components focused on high-fidelity playback of digital audio files from a local network (NAS drive).
  • On-Ear Headphones — Headphones with cushions that rest directly on the ears, offering a balance of portability and sound quality.
  • On-Wall Speakers — Slim, low-profile speakers designed to be mounted directly on a wall, often to complement a flat-panel TV.
  • Outdoor Speakers — Durable, weather-resistant speakers engineered to provide high-quality audio in open-air spaces like patios and gardens.
  • Over-Ear Headphones — Full-sized headphones with large earcups that completely encircle the ears for maximum comfort and immersion.
  • Phono Cables — Specially shielded cables designed to carry the delicate, low-level signal from a turntable to a phono preamp.
  • Phono Preamps Phono Stages — A device that amplifies the weak signal from a turntable's cartridge and applies necessary RIAA equalization.
  • Planar Magnetic Ribbon Headphones — High-end headphones using a thin, flat diaphragm driven by magnets, known for their detailed and low-distortion sound.
  • Planar Ribbon Electrostatic Speakers — Speakers using large, thin diaphragms (panels) instead of cones, prized for their transparent and detailed sound.
  • Portable Headphone Amplifiers Players — Compact, battery-powered devices (DAPs or amps) for delivering high-quality sound on the move.
  • Power Amplifiers — A component with the sole job of taking a line-level signal and amplifying it to drive loudspeakers.
  • Power Cables — High-performance AC cords designed to deliver clean, noise-free power to audio components.
  • Power Supplies Conditioners — Devices that filter, stabilize, and protect the AC power supplied to an audio system for improved performance.
  • PreAmplifiers — The control hub of a separates audio system, used for source selection and volume control.
  • Processors Amplifiers — High-end home cinema "separates" consisting of a surround sound processor and a multi-channel power amplifier.
  • Professional Cables Accessories — Rugged, reliable cables and hardware (e.g., snake cables, Speakon connectors) for touring and professional installation.
  • Projectors — Video projectors optimized for home cinema use, focusing on color accuracy, contrast, and black levels.
  • Screens — High-quality projection surfaces designed to provide an optimal image for a home cinema projector.
  • Smart Portable Speakers — Wireless portable speakers with integrated voice assistants (e.g., Alexa, Google Assistant) and smart home functionality.
  • Soundbars — A simple, all-in-one speaker bar that provides a significant audio upgrade over a television's built-in speakers.
  • Soundproof Solutions — Products designed to control room acoustics, including treatment (panels, diffusers) and sound-blocking materials.
  • Speaker Cables — Cables that carry the amplified, high-level signal from an amplifier to passive loudspeakers.
  • Speaker drivers Tweeters — The individual transducers (woofers, mid-range, tweeters) that are the fundamental building blocks of a loudspeaker.
  • Speaker Stands Mounts — Stands and mounts used to position speakers at the correct height and angle for optimal sound.
  • Streaming Amplifier — An integrated amplifier with built-in streaming capabilities.
  • Studio Monitors — Speakers designed for professional audio production, offering a flat, accurate, and uncolored sound reproduction.
  • Subwoofers — Specialized speakers dedicated to reproducing only the lowest bass frequencies for impact and depth for home theaters
  • Subwoofers Bass Speakers — Specialized speakers dedicated to reproducing only the lowest bass frequencies for impact and depth for all purposes
  • Time Alignment Device — A signal processor that corrects timing delays between drivers or speakers for improved sound coherence.
  • Tonearms — The precision arm on a turntable that holds the cartridge, allowing the stylus to track the record groove.
  • Tube Amplifiers — Amplifiers that use vacuum tubes (valves) instead of transistors, prized for their warm and rich sound character.
  • Turntables — Electromechanical devices that play vinyl records by rotating them at a stable speed.
  • Vinyl Accessories — Essential tools for setup and maintenance, like clamps, brushes, and alignment protractors.
  • Vinyl Cleaning Machine — Specialized machines that use fluid and vacuum/ultrasonic action to deep-clean vinyl records.
  • Wireless Headphones — Headphones that connect to source devices via Bluetooth, often featuring Active Noise Cancellation (ANC).
  • Wireless Portable Speakers — Compact, battery-powered speakers with Bluetooth for on-the-go music.

Sales Channels:
  • Dealer & Distributor Network — The traditional sales model where products are sold through a network of authorized, independent retail stores and custom installers. This is the primary channel for most specialized Hi-Fi brands.
  • Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) — The brand sells its products directly to end-users through its own official website, bypassing traditional retail channels. A rapidly growing model in the industry.
  • Custom Installation (CI) Channel — Products are sold primarily through professional firms that design and install integrated smart home and audio-visual systems. This channel is crucial for architectural and high-end integrated solutions.
  • Mass Market Retail — Products are available in large, non-specialized consumer electronics chain stores. This typically applies to more mainstream product lines from larger brands.
  • Brand-Owned Stores / Showrooms — The brand operates its own physical, flagship retail stores or dedicated showrooms to offer a direct and immersive brand experience. This is the least common model, typically used by top-tier brands.

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