Cinema Screens

Cinema Screens

The screen surface is one of the lowest cost items in fitting out a cinema, but it can have a major impact on the viewing experience. Harkness screens deliver excellent brightness, colour rendition, and contrast for maximum presentation quality while helping to reduce theatre operating costs

In business for over 80 years, Harkness Screens™ has worked hard to earn the trust of customers worldwide. And the results speak for themselves. Today we are the world's largest cinema screen manufacturer, supplying thousands of screens annually to customers in over 60 countries from our factories in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, and China. Theatre operators seek out Harkness Screens™ for new construction projects, auditorium renovation, and to replace their aging screen estate. The driving force behind most of this activity is the conversion from film to digital cinema exhibition.

Harkness Screens™ Matt Plus, Perlux®, and Spectral™ brand products are helping the cinema industry go digital while at the same time reducing operating costs. Exhibitors, dealers, and installers worldwide choose Harkness Screens™ because our products are engineered and constructed using the highest quality materials and manufacturing processes to ensure an outstanding finish with excellent brightness, colour rendition, and contrast

  • A proprietary and unique seam welding process ensures our screens have no visible seams under projection conditions
  • Advanced coating technology and application processes ensure a smooth finish and consistent brightness across the entire screen surface while minimizing hot spotting
  • The highest quality materials help our screens avoid discolouration or loss of structural integrity over time
  • All Harkness screens are available worldwide on short lead times through a network of local dealers; most screen surfaces can be folded for convenient air transport
  • Perlux® brand screens reflect more light back to the audience, and can reduce digital operating costs by enabling reduced power consumption, smaller lamps, and less frequent lamp replacements
  • Spectral™ brand screens deliver crisp left and right eye stereoscopic images, offer outstanding brightness to counter inherent 3D design light losses, and also give excellent 2D performance
Digital Screen Selector

Digital Screen Selector

Our Digital Screen Selector can help you select the right screen to optimise light
levels and reduce
operating costs.

Screen Surfaces

Screen Surfaces


Learn more about projection technology, and find the right screen surface for your cinema presentation.

2D Cinema

2D Cinema

Learn about screen applications for 2D cinema, and why our Matt Plus and Perlux® brand screens are the ideal accompaniment to ensure high the highest presentation quality.

Digital 3D Cinema

Digital 3D Cinema

Learn more about screen applications for digital 3D cinema, and how our Spectral™ and Perlux® brand screens enhance the 3D experience.