Severtson adds white perforated acoustically transparent option to Broadway screens

Customers who had asked Severtson for a lower-cost Broadway Thin Bezel collection came back with a follow-up request, according to Aaron White, the company's home theatre and Pro AV sales lead: a perforated version of it. Severtson has now added one. The white perforated acoustically transparent option for the Broadway Thin Bezel fixed-frame range lets a custom cinema place speakers behind the screen while keeping a visible white projection surface.

The option had already appeared earlier in 2026, and Severtson continued to promote it at CEDIA Expo 2026, running 2 to 4 September at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, at booth 1225.

Seven sizes, 1.1 gain and a six-piece frame

The option is available across seven diagonal sizes from 100 to 165 inches. It shares the same 1.1-gain smooth vinyl material as the standard Broadway White, with a white face and black backing, and Severtson rates the standard, non-perforated version of that material at a 120-degree viewing angle. The frame is extruded aluminium with a 3/8-inch visible border, one of the thinnest bezels Severtson offers, and the range is moving to a six-piece frame as standard, up from four pieces, a change Severtson says reduces the risk of shipping damage. Severtson's own online store lists a 120-inch, 16:9, perforated white unit at $2,920, though pricing varies by size and configuration.

Broadway also comes in a 1.0-gain grey finish for higher ambient-light rooms, though the acoustically transparent option announced here is specific to the white material. The series' aspect ratio option is also shifting from 2.35:1 to 2.39:1 to match more widescreen film content, a change Severtson has said applies across Broadway rather than only to the perforated variant.

Screen and audio layout meet in one product decision

Acoustically transparent screens allow front speakers to sit in the natural position behind the image, rather than off to the sides where stereo imaging and dialogue placement suffer. The material choice remains important: perforation density, weave, gain and speaker placement can all affect both picture and sound, since punching holes in a screen to pass sound through inevitably affects how it scatters light too.

Severtson's new option gives installers another configuration for projects where a conventional speaker layout would compromise the room, without requiring a switch to Severtson's separate cinema-grade acoustically transparent ranges built for larger commercial installations. One gap remains in the published material: Severtson has not given a perforation ratio, hole pattern or light-loss figure for the new white perforated surface, so anyone weighing it against a solid Broadway White should ask the installer for those numbers before specifying it.

Sources

• https://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/news/severtson-launches-perforated-option-for-broadway-thin-bezel-line/
• https://www.cepro.com/news/severtson-highlights-acoustically-transparent-perforated-broadway-thin-bezel-projection-screen-cedia-expo/627947
• https://severtsonscreens.myshopify.com/products/bt-169-120-wp