Similar to a sailboat, an outdoor movie screen’s wide surface area forcefully transmits the slightest breeze into the surrounding frame. Without four or more tethers anchored high on the frame, this amplified torque will distort, stress and shorten the life of any frame. Worse yet, when the laws of physics prevail, a poorly anchored screen could sail into an audience.
A-frame screen manufacturers promise hands-free set up, and present images and illustrations of upright movie screens resting on the their outrigger ‘legs’. In reality, when all other measures of longevity and quality are equal: a-frame screens weigh more, cost more, and take an equal amount of time to set up SAFELY.