A change of Screenery

The new Cinamax Motorised screen arrived today, ordered off ebay for the princely sum of $403 delivered. This price compares rather favourably with the $1800 for the LP Morgan Rondo that I'd just recently returned.



Here's a brief comparison between the two;
the Cinamax is:

• packaged better than the Rondo, which reduces the risk of damage during shipping & storage
• much quieter when opening and closing
• thicker than the Rondo (Screen material)
  
  
• not as attractive as the Rondo. The casing looks relatively cheap and slapped together without much thought given to aesthetics. If the screen casing was going to be permanently visible on my wall, this would be a huge issue.
• rougher surface than the Rondo (Screen Material)
• prone to edge curl, this was my main reason for initially wanting the Rondo.
  
• harder to install than the Rondo. You have to be very precise with your screw locations before you hang it, whereas the Rondo has an excellent set of brackets that you pre-install, and the screen just hooks onto them and can slide left/right along them.
• The Rondo had a much more attractive bottom bar, and was easier to set the stop points for the motor.
  

Despite having more Cons than Pros when compared to the Rondo, the Cinamax is nevertheless much cheaper, and at least it doesn't have the defects that my Rondo arrived with.

Although I haven't tested it yet, I envisage that the Cinamax will not produce as good picture quality as the Rondo. This is on the basis that the Rondo's surface was much smoother and a little more vibrant.