180" Fast Fold Cinema Screen Only

The 180" Fast Fold Cinema Screen Only is the frame and screen on their own, for operators who already have a projector and audio they are happy with. You get the aluminium fast-fold frame, both projection surfaces, four tethers, four pegs and a travel case — no projector, no speakers, and nothing to inflate or power.

Setting it up

The 180" frame still assembles without tools, but treat it as a two-person job: the finished frame is 413cm wide, 104cm deep, and adjusts between 256cm and 376cm high. Give yourself clear width before you start — the frame cannot be walked through a standard gate assembled. The four supplied tethers and pegs matter more at this size, as the larger surface catches noticeably more wind.

What is in the kit

The frame, two detachable screen surfaces (one front projection, one rear), four tethers, four pegs and a padded travel case. The surfaces are PVC and attach with press studs around the frame edge, so a damaged surface can be replaced without buying a new frame. Nothing in the kit needs mains power.

Who it suits

This is the largest fast-fold in the range: 398 x 224cm of screen, close to 9 square metres, and around 2.3 times the image area of the 120". It carries audiences of up to roughly 250, which puts it in council events, festivals, drive-in style screenings and large school or club nights — the situations where a smaller screen leaves the back rows squinting.

Front or rear projection

The frame takes either of the two included surfaces. At 180" front projection is the more common choice simply because the throw distance needed to fill this much screen is easier to achieve in front of the audience than behind it — though the rear surface is there when the site gives you depth behind the screen and you want the projector out of public reach.

If you already own projection and audio, this is the least expensive way into the fast-fold range. If you would rather buy the screen, projector and PA as one matched kit, the 180" Fast Fold Cinema Package covers the same screen with everything included.