Editing Silver screen (section)

==Characteristics==
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Silver lenticular (vertically ridged) screens, which are made from a tightly woven fabric, either natural, such as [[silk]], or a [[synthetic fiber]], were excellent for use with low-power [[Movie projector|projector]] lamp heads and the [[monochromatic]] images that were a staple of early projected images.  Other silver screens are made by taking normal [[Gloss (material appearance)|matte]] sheets and adhering silver dust to them; the effect is the same.

True silver screens, however, provide narrower horizontal/vertical [[viewing angle]]s compared to their more modern counterparts because of their inability to completely disperse light.  In addition, a single projection source tends to over-saturate the center of the screen and leave the peripheries darker, depending on the position of the viewer and how well adjusted the lamp head is, a phenomenon known as ''hot-spotting.''  Due to these limitations and the continued innovation of screen materials, the use of silver screens in the general motion picture exhibition industry has mostly been phased out.