I've just finished a temporary install of my new Firehawk and found an unexpected bonus. My VW60 has a slight bright corner issue, although not as much as my RS1 did.

The falloff in gain from the Firehawk towards the edges evens this out nicely so what was a somewhat annoying problem is now barely noticeable.

Since I find lack of black level uniformity much more annoying than white level uniformity, I'm pretty happy.

Anyone else using screens to cheat like this?

:)

A firehawk could to this. It's definitely dimmer at the edges.

But most importantly we can all sleep at night now knowing you are happy watching a black screen. Enjoy.

Gosh. A snide response from Tryg. Whatever next?

Day following night, perchance?

Steve,

That is a cool side-effect of an otherwise annoying thing about some screens. It is cool that the falloff can help with the brighter corners. Honestly with the Firehawks that I have seen. I didn't notice the light falloff on the edges, so it must not be that bad, but it is pretty cool that it is enough to counter something that is negative.

But most importantly we can all sleep at night now knowing you are happy watching a black screen. Enjoy.



Thats pretty F'ed up. But funny. :D :D

After having a few too many LCoS mounted on my ceilings, I'd have to say that bright corners do suck even though they are only noticeable when nothing is on. :confused: I want to see nothing when nothing is supposed to be projected onto the screen.

If you like scifi and other dark movies as I do, and are a black level nut, the bright corners are visible in space scenes. Even something like 'Unforgiven' has scenes that are largely black.

So it is nifty to be rid of them.

I love sci-fi and other dark films too. The LCOS bright corner phenomenon is really strange for me. Sometimes it's noticeable - and other times absolutely not at all. Anyway - mounting my projector at its extreme throw (22') in my room - seemed to help subdue the bright corners by a notch. probably due to the reduced brightness. As the bulb ages - they seem to be less obtrusive as well. I use a unity gain screen. They probably are more noticeable on higher gain screens as well. Anyway - I really don't think about them much any more.

I use a high power screen and can also see them, on occasion, when viewing dark scenes. They are decreasing with lamp age though. I'd go as far as saying it is more of an annoyance than the other RS1 issues.

I love sci-fi and other dark films too. The LCOS bright corner phenomenon is really strange for me. Sometimes it's noticeable - and other times absolutely not at all. Anyway - mounting my projector at its extreme throw (22') in my room - seemed to help subdue the bright corners by a notch. probably due to the reduced brightness. As the bulb ages - they seem to be less obtrusive as well. I use a unity gain screen. They probably are more noticeable on higher gain screens as well. Anyway - I really don't think about them much any more.

I haven't seen bright corners ever with my RS2. What cases do you see where it is more prevalent?

^I only notice them during complete (slow) fade to blacks. However you can also see them as well when you hit the "hide" button on the remote. The more your room is like a bat-cave - the more noticeable they are. The slightest bit of light leakage (door cracked open a quarter inch), or if you have white walls which reflect light back onto the screen - and you don't see them.

They also seem to be more prevalent as the projector warms up. I'll play a scene when I first enter my (bat-cave) theater - and they're not noticeable. Re-play the same scene an hour later and suddenly there they are. Which may be something to do w/ my eyes adjusting to the dark environment. Weird.

I haven't seen bright corners ever with my RS2. What cases do you see where it is more prevalent?

Apparently the problem is greatly reduced with the RS2. With my RS1 they were visible in scenes like the opening to Star Wars IV and Shelob's Lair in LOTR, to name two.

Yeah I have seen those scenes with the RS2. No bright corners that I could see. I should try them out sans lens etc in 16:9 mode too. Maybe the RS2 has bright corners,but my screen hides it. I doubt it though.

__Personally, I find the Firehawk G3 to be magic - I have an RS1 with slightly noticable corner brightness when full black is showing on a wall... However, with the G3 installed I find that I still get the gain I liked from the Studiotek series along with the wonderful bonus of the better black level on the Firehawk (I find this more important than any other slight color issues I can't solve with the RS1). The Firehawk is quite awesome in this regard - also, brightness and uniformity look great, especially when mounting the RS1 back at 18' or so with front row at 13' on a 120" screen. I spent a lot of time deciding between the Studiotek and Firehawk (changed my mind at the last second) and couldn't be happier... very glad I purchased a Firehawk...

Brian

I was skeptical about the image quality of a Firehawk until I saw one. For what it is, it is an impressive screen technology.