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Silver Ticket STR-169100 vs Akia Screens AK-NB100H1
Two budget 100" fixed frames, $229.98 vs $199.00 — which should you buy?
The short answer
Buy the Akia AK-NB100H1 on price — $199.00 tracked is the cheaper of the two for the same 100" 16:9 fixed-frame matte-white job, though its stated 1.3 gain plus 180° half-gain combination is worth reading skeptically rather than at face value. Buy the Silver Ticket STR-169100 for the more transparent sheet: a plainer, internally consistent 1.1 gain / 80° half-gain pairing, and it states its wall-mount install method where Akia's is unstated in our data.
As tracked by Home Theater Builder: the Silver Ticket STR-169100 tracks at $230; the Akia Screens AK-NB100H1 at $199. How we verify this data → Same job on paper: 100-inch, 16:9, fixed-frame, matte white, for $30.98 apart tracked. The gain and viewing-cone figures are where the two sheets stop agreeing, and neither number should be read at face value alone.
Specifications · side by side · per-field provenance● SOURCE-TRACKED
| Spec | Silver Ticket STR-169100 | Akia Screens AK-NB100H1 |
|---|
| Price | $230 | $199 |
| Brand | Silver Ticket | Akia Screens |
| Screen Type | fixed frame | fixed frame |
| Installation | wall mount | not stated |
| Diagonal Inches | 100 | 100 |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Viewable Width Inches | 87.125 | 87.2 |
| Viewable Height Inches | 49 | 49 |
| Gain | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Material Type | matte white | matte white |
| Half Gain Angle Degrees | 80 | 180 |
| Washable | Yes | not stated |
| Frame Material | aluminum | not stated |
| Frame Color | black | not stated |
| Weight Lbs | 27 | not stated |
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
Silver Ticket states a 1.1 gain with an 80° half-gain viewing angle — a normal, internally consistent pairing. Akia states a higher 1.3 gain AND a wider 180° half-gain angle at the same time, which is an unusually generous combination to publish together: gain and viewing-cone width are normally in tension, since raising gain typically narrows the cone, not widens it. We report both figures faithfully — they're what each manufacturer states — but both are the manufacturer's own numbers, published without any independent measurement context, and the Akia combination is the one worth reading skeptically rather than as a free upgrade.
The verdict
Buy the Akia AK-NB100H1 on price — $199.00 tracked is the cheaper of the two for the same 100" 16:9 fixed-frame matte-white job, though its stated 1.3 gain plus 180° half-gain combination is worth reading skeptically rather than at face value. Buy the Silver Ticket STR-169100 for the more transparent sheet: a plainer, internally consistent 1.1 gain / 80° half-gain pairing, and it states its wall-mount install method where Akia's is unstated in our data.
Lowest tracked priceAkia Screens AK-NB100H1 — $199.00 vs $229.98 tracked for the same stated 100" 16:9 fixed-frame job.
A spec sheet worth trusting at face valueSilver Ticket STR-169100 — 1.1 gain and an 80° half-gain angle are an ordinary, unremarkable pairing; Akia's 1.3 gain with a 180° half-gain angle is an unusually generous combination worth a skeptical read.
Knowing the install method before you buySilver Ticket STR-169100 — Silver Ticket states a wall_mount installation; Akia's install method is unstated in our data.
What our normalized data addsNOT ON THE SPEC SHEETS
- Both are fixed-frame, matte-white, 100" 16:9 screens — the same core job — for $229.98 (Silver Ticket) vs $199.00 (Akia) tracked, a $30.98 gap.
- Gain/viewing-cone ledger: Silver Ticket states 1.1 gain with an 80° half-gain angle, a normal pairing; Akia states a higher 1.3 gain AND a wider 180° half-gain angle at once — an unusually generous combination, since higher gain normally narrows the cone rather than widening it. Both figures are the manufacturer's own, published without independent measurement context.
- Silver Ticket states its wall_mount installation method; Akia's install method is unstated in our data.
- Neither model states whether it's acoustically transparent — both fields are UNSTATED in our data, a shared gap rather than either sheet stating a no.
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