The Pro is what the [DIY kit](product:carls-place-diy-enclosure) becomes when you'd rather not spend a weekend cutting timber. Same reputation, same screen quality, with steel fittings, the black nylon enclosure and a darker, sleeker finish supplied as part of the package, and a setup process Carl's has deliberately simplified with each revision. One thing to budget for before you order: the **pipes are sold separately** — the kit gives you the fittings that join them, not the lengths themselves, so either add Carl's pipe framing kit or source the pipe locally. For a room you want to look finished rather than assembled, the rest of it matters more than the spec sheet suggests. The decision inside the decision is the screen. Carl's offers a High-Contrast Gray for rooms with ambient light — it holds colour and contrast when you can't black the space out — and a Classic White for maximum brightness in a controlled, dark room. Getting that choice right does more for your picture than another thousand lumens of projector, and it's the question most people don't realise they're being asked. Measure your room and be honest about how dark it really goes at 8pm in January before you pick. If the budget won't stretch, the DIY kit gives you the identical screen technology and asks you to build the frame — the picture is the same, the Saturday isn't.