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Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" vs EPV Screens EF115HUST-DS2
Two UST screens with the same stated 0.8 gain — which should you buy?
The short answer
Buy the Elite Aeon CLR 3 unless the extra size decides it — at $728 vs $3,271 tracked (4.5×), it matches the EPV's stated 0.8 gain exactly. The EPV EF115HUST-DS2's honest case is 12 more diagonal inches and a sheet that keeps answering questions: a stated 160° half-gain angle and a stated 5-year warranty where the Elite goes silent.
A genuine rarity in this category: both screens STATE their gain, and it's the same 0.8. From there, $728 buys 103 inches and $3,271 buys 115 inches plus a much more complete spec sheet.
Reading the numbers honestly
Screen makers often skip the gain figure entirely (the cheaper Aeon CLR next door in our catalog states none), so two stated 0.8s is a like-for-like comparison worth naming. Where the sheets diverge is completeness: the EPV states a 160° half-gain viewing angle and a 5-year warranty; the Aeon CLR 3 states neither field in our data. The materials carry different names — UST_ALR (EPV) vs CLR ceiling-light-rejecting (Elite) — but they're the same lenticular UST-screen class per our compatibility engine, and both trigger the same hard rule: neither belongs in front of a conventional-throw projector.
Specifications · side by side · per-field provenance● SOURCE-TRACKED
| Spec | Elite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" | EPV Screens EF115HUST-DS2 |
|---|
| Price | $728 | $3,271 |
| Brand | Elite Screens | EPV Screens |
| Diagonal Inches | 103 | 115 |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Gain | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Material Type | CLR ceiling light rejecting | UST ALR |
| Acoustically Transparent | No | not stated |
| Screen Type | not stated | fixed frame |
| Viewable Width Inches | not stated | 100.2 |
| Viewable Height Inches | not stated | 56.4 |
| Border Width Inches | not stated | 0.4 |
| Half Gain Angle Degrees | not stated | 160 |
| Frame Color | not stated | black |
| Warranty Years | not stated | 5 |
Shaded rows differ · green dot = lab-measured · amber = manufacturer-verified · blue = retailer/community-reported · grey = estimated · “not stated” means exactly that
The verdict
Buy the Elite Aeon CLR 3 unless the extra size decides it — at $728 vs $3,271 tracked (4.5×), it matches the EPV's stated 0.8 gain exactly. The EPV EF115HUST-DS2's honest case is 12 more diagonal inches and a sheet that keeps answering questions: a stated 160° half-gain angle and a stated 5-year warranty where the Elite goes silent.
Value at the same stated gainElite Screens Aeon CLR 3 103" — $728 vs $3,271 tracked for the identical stated 0.8 gain — the headline optical spec is a wash on paper.
Biggest pictureEPV Screens EF115HUST-DS2 — 115" vs 103" stated diagonals, both 16:9.
Documented angles and warrantyEPV Screens EF115HUST-DS2 — A stated 160° half-gain angle and a stated 5-year warranty; the Elite states neither in our data.
What our normalized data addsNOT ON THE SPEC SHEETS
- A genuinely like-for-like gain comparison: BOTH screens state 0.8 — rare in a category where gain frequently goes unpublished (Elite's own cheaper Aeon CLR states none).
- The EPV states a 160° half-gain angle and a 5-year warranty; the Aeon CLR 3 states neither field in our data — the 4.5× price at least buys a more complete paper trail.
- 103" vs 115" stated diagonals, both 16:9, both lenticular UST-class materials (CLR vs UST_ALR) that our compatibility engine treats as the same hard-rule class.
- Tracked prices $728 vs $3,271 — a 4.5× gap between two screens whose one shared stated optical figure is identical.
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