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WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2: test/review
Published on: 26-09-2025 / Modified: 26-09-2025
I tested my first Fresnel ALR screen from Wupro a few months ago, and it simply ranked first in my comparison of more than 30 screens. For my first encounter with this brand, which I was unfamiliar with, it was a very pleasant discovery. I am now going to take a look at a new Wupro screen, and this time it is designed for front projection, which is great because I didn't have many candidates for this type of projector in my ranking.
The screen I'm going to test is a WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2, where LT2 refers to the type of material used (also called Black Crystal), so you may find it on other models from the brand. It is a 100-inch fixed fabric ALR screen for front projection, but I tested it on both types of projectors to give you an overview of the results for each type.
Where to buy?
The WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2 is of course available on the official website where you can get it at the best price and with the best conditions: WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2 / Wuprobuy.com At the time of writing, the screen sits in a price range around €500, so it’s a very affordable screen for this type of product.Assembly
Wupro made a video to explain the assembly and since it’s well done, I’m sharing it in my article.
Feeding the screw through the channel using an Allen key presents a risk of damaging the screen, so you need to be very careful. The other difficulty is the visibility of the mechanism for inserting the screw into the channel. I always assemble my screens alone so as not to bother those around me with this, so I have quite a bit of experience, but assembling this screen alone is more difficult. I therefore recommend doing it with two people.
Another tip I can give you is to check the fabric tension before standing the screen upright. The screw/spring system is mounted from the back—which is normal—but you can’t see whether the tension is being applied evenly across the whole screen. The center of the fabric is visible but the corners gave me trouble because I only realized they weren’t properly tensioned when I flipped the screen over. So remember to check the corners before flipping the screen.
Dimensions
Materials
The frame of this screen is aluminum and, like the previous model, it’s really sturdy and well designed. The frame assembly is easy and the various attachment points will allow you to get a frame without gaps or play between the different parts.The fabric is a “black crystal” type. This kind of fabric absorbs a lot of light and should, in principle, allow you to use your projector in a moderately lit room. The fabric is very dark, so it’s better to use a very bright projector to get good results. This type of fabric is not designed for projectors under 1500 lumens because your image will end up too dark. Screens of this type affect overall brightness to bring black closer to black and create a sense of depth in the image. You are therefore not going to get a brighter image than on a white screen.
The fabric is composed of several layers to better render light and colors, but this combination should also help reduce speckle from certain laser projectors. This composition also impacts texture. Since the surface is not completely smooth and uniform, the texture of the fabric is sometimes visible depending on the type of image. This was also the case for entry-level fixed screens from NothinProjector.
The screen does not emit a strong chemical smell like some screens. There is a slight odor, but not to the point of flooding your room with a chemical smell for several days.
Test / evaluation
To test this screen I used 3 projectors: Valerion Visionmaster Plus 2 (long-throw projection, triple laser, high brightness) Dangbei Freedo (long-throw projection, LED, low brightness) XGIMI Aura 2 (ultra-short throw projection, good brightness)Brightness / white test
Manufacturers often use the concept of gain for screens, with a value greater than 1 when the screen increases brightness and a value below 1 when it’s the opposite. This screen clearly has a gain lower than 1 but my methodology will result in a different outcome than the manufacturer’s. Since I use the same methodology to test all screens, you should mainly compare these figures with those of other screens tested.
When I apply this methodology in darkness, I get the following results for long-throw projection:
Luminance at the projector output: 63 cd/m²
Neutral surface / long-throw projector: 52 cd/m²
Wupro screen / long-throw projector: 11 cd/m²
and with an ultra-short-throw projector:
Luminance at the projector output: 2766 cd/m²
Neutral surface / UST projector: 244 cd/m²
Wupro screen / UST projector: 42 cd/m²
You can see the influence of the projection type. If you use a UST projector with an unsuitable screen, the brightness loss is absolutely enormous. With conventional projection, I have a 21% loss with the neutral surface, but I have a 92% loss with an ultra-short-throw projector. I’m often asked about using a normal screen with a UST projector—there’s your answer. Yes, it’s possible, but at the cost of a huge loss of brightness that ends up being sent toward the ceiling.
The luminance loss compared with the neutral surface is then stable. This shows that a conventional projector needs to be relatively bright to be used with a screen like this. So forget projectors like the Dangbei Freedo or the XGIMI Mogo 3 Pro; they are not bright enough to be used with such a screen. I would add that from a budget perspective, it doesn’t make much sense either since the screen costs more than the projector.
To illustrate the impact of this screen on brightness, I took one photo with the light on and one with the light off. I attached two other surfaces on the screen to better compare the impact. The upper area corresponds to the Wupro screen. The bottom-left area corresponds to a white Elitescreens Cinewhite screen and the bottom-right area corresponds to a simple white sheet of paper.
With the light on:
You can clearly see here that with the light on, the two white areas are much brighter than the Wupro screen. These surfaces are not treated to redirect light, so the image is much too bright and blacks turn gray. The Wupro screen handles light quite well. If you look at the black area with the word “gradient,” the difference from the white surface is very visible.
With the light off:
It’s the same finding with the light off. Black is much deeper but all other colors also lose brightness. Here we can see the texture effect of the Wupro screen that I mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Brightness / black test
If I repeat the same exercise with black, I get the following results with long-throw projection:
Luminance at the projector output: 0.232 cd/m²
Neutral surface / long-throw projector: 0.186 cd/m²
Wupro screen / long-throw projector: 0.042 cd/m²
And with a UST projector:
Luminance at the projector output: 3.13 cd/m²
Neutral surface / UST projector: 0.158 cd/m²
Wupro screen / UST projector: 0.03 cd/m²
The observation is the same as with white and unfortunately it should have been a bit different. If black and white decrease in a similar way, it means contrast does not increase. That’s why I’m going to address this point in the next paragraph.
Contrast test
Before getting into the measurements, let me briefly recap what contrast is to put what I’m measuring into context. I measure the maximum difference between pure white and pure black to obtain a ratio. This is on/off contrast and is probably not the best type of measurement for a projector’s contrast, but since here I’m measuring the screen, it’s sufficient to compare this screen with other screens tested.
If you read the previous paragraph, you probably noticed that the overall brightness of the image decreased almost proportionally between white and black.
If I measure the contrast at the projector output, I get a contrast of 271:1 (63 cd/m² divided by 0.232 cd/m²). If I measure the contrast on the neutral surface, I get 279:1 (52 divided by 0.186). And finally, if I measure the contrast on the Wupro screen, I get 261:1. So it’s lower than the other values but given the small difference between the measurements, I wouldn’t give it too much importance. The slightest variation in the measuring instrument can have an influence. There is therefore no contrast gain here; it’s a neutral result.
Wupro does not claim to increase contrast either, so no marketing effect here. What is this screen for then? It is used to increase image depth to make blacks blacker, and in that regard, it does its job very well.
Here is a short video demonstrating this screen’s ability to absorb ambient light without degrading the image too much. The lower part corresponds to the Wupro screen; the upper part is a white screen. The first part of the video was shot in strong ambient light with an LED lamp located above the projector. These are not ideal conditions for watching a movie with a projector, but the Wupro screen performs very well compared to the white screen. If I turn off the light, the differences are less visible, but if you pay attention you’ll see that blacks are deeper on the Wupro screen.
Color accuracy test
At the time of writing, the Wupro ranked roughly in the middle of the table for color accuracy, but to properly understand this position, you need to look at which screens come ahead of it. Most of the screens ahead of the Wupro are white screens, which obviously affect colors less. The Wupro’s color deviation is quite small and it ranks among the best in the category for this type of screen.
This means the screen will cause some color deviation, but the deviation is small enough to be corrected via the projector’s settings.
If I take the white from the neutral surface, I get the following proportions of red, green, and blue:
Red 77.4%
Green 104.5%
Blue 121.5%
White point 6990K
The projector was not calibrated for the neutral surface; I had calibrated it directly at the optical block output. That’s why these values weren’t closer to 100%, but for this kind of test, it doesn’t matter.
If I then look at the white distribution on the Wupro screen, I get:
Red 98.6%
Green 100%
Blue 104.1%
White point 6740K
Here we see that the Wupro improves the white compared to the neutral surface.
And finally, if I measure the colors at the projector output, I get:
Red 99.7%
Green 100%
Blue 101.1%
White point 6563K
These values are more accurate because I had calibrated the projector at the optical block output.
So we see that the Wupro slightly cools the image like all gray screens, but the deviation is very small. The Wupro causes a loss of red of about 1% and a gain of blue of 3%. So if you need to adapt your projector to this screen, you will need to slightly increase the red and reduce the blue a bit more, in proportions similar to these percentages.
Viewing angle test
Screens of this type have a narrower viewing angle than white screens. If you look at the image head-on, you will see that the image is a bit darker than on a white screen. This is perfectly normal, and the difference between the two is not huge, as you can see in this image:
If I then position myself far to the side, the brightness difference between the white screen and the Wupro is much more significant:
This is perfectly normal; it means you should preferably position yourself facing the center of the screen to benefit from the best light output.
Speckle test
I tested this screen with a Valerion VisionMaster Plus 2, which generates speckle on some screens, but I observed no speckle here on the dozen videos I used for this test.
Conclusion / Opinion
This WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2 is a good screen that has the advantage of working for long-throw projection without breaking the bank. It costs just a little less than the UST equivalent at NothingProjector, so it’s well positioned on price.If you don’t feel like reading all the technical jargon in this test, I’ll summarize my findings in a few lines without going into too much detail. This screen absorbs ambient light and redirects it toward the viewer, so it can be used in a bright room. However, keep in mind there is no magic formula because even if the screen absorbs light well, you will always lose some contrast—but the image will be much more watchable than on a neutral screen.
The WUPRO Cinema Gallery Evo LT2 manages to render colors quite faithfully; color deviation is very minimal, and it’s actually one of the best long-throw screens in terms of color accuracy.
The most important thing to understand with this kind of screen is that it visibly reduces image brightness to make blacks deeper. The image is therefore darker; you cannot use this screen with a low-brightness projector. You need at least 1500 lumens to benefit from it. There is also no contrast-gain effect: black is deeper, but the other colors lose an equivalent amount of brightness.
I know many manufacturers tend to tout their screens by indicating a contrast gain; this is not the case with Wupro—at least they’re honest. Contrast gain is possible but rare. In all the tests I’ve carried out, I only measured a contrast gain for 3 screens, and those were much more expensive than this one.
The effect is even more pronounced with a UST projector, where the brightness loss is huge, showing clearly that buying this type of screen for that type of projector is not a good idea.
Strengths
Color rendering
Ambient light absorption
Fairly wide viewing angle
No speckle
Usable in a lit room
Weaknesses
Tensioning system
Requires a bright projector
LAURENT WILLENHead of myself on this blog
I share my passions on my blog in my free time since 2006, I prefer that to watching nonsense on TV or on social networks. I work alone, I am undoubtedly one of the last survivors of the world of blogs and personal sites.
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