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