Elite's own CLR ladder, two generations — which should you buy?
The short answer
Buy the Elite Screens Aeon CLR for the money — the same brand's 103" 16:9 CLR material for $209 less as tracked today ($719 vs $928), with the frame construction actually stated. Buy the Aeon CLR 3 if you want the gain figure on paper: its 0.8 is stated where the original's is not, and at $928 tracked it sits against a $1,400 list price.
As tracked by Home Theater Builder: the Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" tracks at $928; the Elite Screens Aeon CLR at $719.How we verify this data →
Same brand, same 103-inch 16:9 ceiling-light-rejecting job, $209 apart as tracked today. The interesting part isn't what the two spec sheets say — it's that each one states almost exactly what the other leaves blank.
Specifications · side by side · per-field provenance
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Spec
Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103"
Elite Screens Aeon CLR
Price
$928
$719
Brand
Elite Screens
Elite Screens
Diagonal Inches
103
103
Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:9
Gain
0.8
not stated
Material Type
CLR ceiling light rejecting
CLR ceiling light rejecting
Acoustically Transparent
No
not stated
Screen Type
not stated
fixed frame
Viewable Width Inches
not stated
89.2
Viewable Height Inches
not stated
50.2
Frame Material
not stated
aluminum
Shaded rows differ · green dot = lab-measured · amber = manufacturer-verified · blue = retailer/community-reported · grey = estimated · “not stated” means exactly that
Reading the numbers honestly
A stated-vs-unstated inversion, in full: the newer Aeon CLR 3 states its 0.8 gain but leaves its screen form factor and frame material unstated in our data, while the original Aeon CLR states a fixed-frame design with an aluminum frame but publishes no gain figure at all. Neither sheet is complete; they're incomplete in opposite places. One pricing note: only the CLR 3 carries a recorded MSRP in our data ($928 tracked against a $1,400 list); the CLR has none to discount against.
The verdict
Buy the Elite Screens Aeon CLR for the money — the same brand's 103" 16:9 CLR material for $209 less as tracked today ($719 vs $928), with the frame construction actually stated. Buy the Aeon CLR 3 if you want the gain figure on paper: its 0.8 is stated where the original's is not, and at $928 tracked it sits against a $1,400 list price.
Value for a UST pairingElite Screens Aeon CLR — Same 103" 16:9 CLR-class material for $209 less as tracked today.
Knowing the optics before you buyElite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" — The CLR 3 states its 0.8 gain; the original's gain is unstated in our data — stated beats assumed.
Knowing the build before you buyElite Screens Aeon CLR — The CLR states fixed-frame aluminum construction; the CLR 3's form factor and frame material are unstated in our data.
Where to buy
CHEAPEST FIRST · NOT COMMISSION-RANKED
Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103"
Tracked at Best Buy · price not quotable from a search page
The disclosure inversion made explicit: the CLR 3 states gain (0.8) but not form factor or frame; the CLR states fixed-frame + aluminum but no gain — each sheet fills exactly the blank the other leaves.
Both are 103" 16:9 ceiling-light-rejecting (CLR) materials per our normalized fields — the core UST-screen job is the same class on paper, which is what makes the price gap ($209 as tracked today) a disclosure question rather than a size or material one.
The CLR 3 carries a stated MSRP in our data ($928 tracked against a $1,400 list); the CLR has no recorded MSRP — one discount is verifiable, the other can't be computed.
The CLR 3 records acoustically transparent = FALSE — a stated no, not a gap (our booleans are three-state) — so in-wall speakers behind this screen are off the table by its own sheet.
