:D Where are all the Pearl thread!

As I posted in the main JVC RS1 thread, I saw the unit 2 days ago. I was told it should be available within this week. But yesterday the dealer called and delivery is delayed to the end of the month. Here in Hong Kong the coming Sunday is the Chinese new year. I need something fast!

So I ordered the Sony Pearl instead! :eek: I will have the projector tomorrow to enjoy it over the hoilday! :)

regards,

Li On

:D Where are all the Pearl thread!



In the FOR SALE section... :p :D :eek:

All the Pearl owners are in their theaters enjoying their projectors rather than posting about vaporware here on the forum.

I don't know if the JVC is better than Sony, but I 'm enjoying my Pearl with HD movies right now!! Even my wife says WOW! And believe me that count. ;)

Greetings,

I am enjoying my Pearl as well which has absolutely nothing to do with the JVC or it's abilities....

'nuff said

Regards,

I'm certainly enjoying my Pearl. I've got almost 400 hours on it since September.

What I'd like to do next is explore the additional filter & calibration available (from Cine4Home??... I can't find the link at the moment), that increases contrast AND brightness. Has anybody done this?

Go back 4 or 5 months... you'll find plenty of threads. ;)

Li On, give us a review!

:D Where are all the Pearl thread!

As I posted in the main JVC RS1 thread, I saw the unit 2 days ago. I was told it should be available within this week. But yesterday the dealer called and delivery is delayed to the end of the month. Here in Hong Kong the coming Sunday is the Chinese new year. I need something fast!

So I ordered the Sony Pearl instead! :eek: I will have the projector tomorrow to enjoy it over the hoilday! :)

regards,

Li On
man, these Japanese companies need to put the Chinese New Year on their calenders like Christmas else they are losing billions in business. :eek:

Li On, after getting the Pearl set up and plugging in your HD-DVD player and HD sources, we just don't have much to write about.

But I would suggest that other than having a Happy New Year that you consider these fine setting by Googer:

Code:
Picture Mode Cinema
Cinema Black Pro
Advanced Iris Auto1, Recommended
Lamp Control Low
Contrast 80
Brightness 52
Color 70
Hue 50
Color Temp Custom 3
Gain
R 5
G -10
B 6
Bias
R 11
G -6
B -16
Sharpness 0
Black Level Adj Off
Gamma Correction Gamma 2

RCP
Red
Color -20
Hue 4
Yellow
Color -20
Hue -5
Green
Color -20
Hue 20
Cyan
Color -19
Hue -3
Blue
Color -20
Hue 23
Magenta
Color -19
Hue 7
Color Space Normal

Then tell us what you think. But I find these settings great with a white screen. I'm using a Da-lite Highpower.

Party on dude. Vaporware? Pearl owners don't do vaporware. :)

Roman,

I tried those settings on my Pearl, but they were not for the better.

The dark areas had a reddish hue to them. Reds were more orange and looked a little washed out.

A solid white screen looked fine, but mine does OOTB, too.

Just FYI.

Thanks for posting the settings. It was fun trying them.

Doug

Here is Chinese new year eve! Just got the projector.

2 Sony (top and bottom) in the attached image! :D
(please rotate the image because the stupid forum software think my image is too big in 600x800 though the max allowed size is 800x640!)

Out of the box setting now (Standard mode, Auto iris1 etc). Beautiful picture! :D

Need to finish my first blu-ray viewing, Mika Nakashima 2005 concert. A dual layer disc in MPEG2 1080i. The PS3 report a constant 40Mps stream! Beautiful picture and sound! :D

more later...

regards,

Li On

I have a light controlled (bat cave-black ceiling/deep red walls) home theater. When my wife and I watch movies we like all the lights off. However, when friends come over to watch HD Sports etc it is nice to have some ambient light (wall sconces) on so easier to get up move around/see when eating etc.

We are leaning toward to Sony Pearl (ceiling mounted) and trying to decide between the SST or the ST130. Would I be ok with the ST130 or due to liking some ambient light would the SST be the better fit? The only thing I have read is that the Pearl does not need a gray screen since the black levels are so good but still confused as to which way to go. I don't want to make the wrong decision on screen.


any thoughts would be appreciated from the Pearl owners or others that have seen or experience with those screens/setups. Thanks

jluluoff,

Unlike me, there are multitudes of experienced people on this forum that will give you very informed and heartfelt opinions about such issues, but I would just say this: You are buying a near state of the art projector to project entertainment in your home.

It will impress most people as the best they have ever seen even projected on a sheet. Why don't you just get an inexpensive (< $200) 8 foot or smaller matte white da-lite retractable screen. Put a dim light behind it for those times when friends are around. Try it out for a while and enjoy your projector. If you keep forgetting to notice the screen when watching sports and movies, then it is not an issue. If it does annoy you then donate it to a friend who has been swept off his/her feet by your system (and they will be!) and is starting his/her own theater.

All for the better, you have learned about screens and projectors and found a way to do something nice while helping yourself for less than the cost of a couple of night's entertainment.

michael

Li on,
I can't belive you moved pasted your PT-200 or was it the 100. J/K :)

It's the Epson TW200H. Before that were Panny 200 and 100. And many CRT projectors before that, hence the big hole!

Last night I watched the Pearl for 13 hours straight! Sources are the PS3 and a new HTPC running E6600 at 3.2G.

I have been thinking about contrast ratio. In fact, On/Off contrast ratio has NO meaning to a live picture at all, because there is NO scene with full black and full white at the SAME time! What we want to know is the black level and white level (lumen power).

Compared to the JVC HD1 I saw the other day, the Pearl has a much lower (blacker) black level in a full black scene with the help of the dynamic iris. My Pearl also has a much higher full white level as I run it in High lamp mode (default setting) to fully use the DI power. The JVC HD1 was in Standard (low) lamp mode out of the box.

What really count is the overall image depth during mid-tone scene, aka ANSI contrast. I believe both Pearl and the JVC has similiar figure below 300:1. And current 1080p 1-chip DLP measures much higher upto 800:1.

The problem with a dynamic iris (with dynamic gamma) is often in poor implenmtation, such as the Ruby poor dynamic gamma, and many LCD projector's dynamic iris is too slow in action and respond time.

IMO the Pearl excellent dynamic iris together with excellent dynamic gamma could actually give a more 3D image for most scene compare to the JVC HD1/RS1.

Also the Pearl is quieter in High mode than the JVC in Low mode.

regards,

Li On

It's the Epson TW200H. Before that were Panny 200 and 100. And many CRT projectors before that, hence the big hole!

Last night I watched the Pearl for 13 hours straight! Sources are the PS3 and a new HTPC running E6600 at 3.2G.

I have been thinking about contrast ratio. In fact, On/Off contrast ratio has NO meaning to a live picture at all, because there is NO scene with full black and full white at the SAME time! What we want to know is the black level and white level (lumen power).

Compared to the JVC HD1 I saw the other day, the Pearl has a much lower (blacker) black level in a full black scene with the help of the dynamic iris. My Pearl also has a much higher full white level as I run it in High lamp mode (default setting) to fully use the DI power. The JVC HD1 was in Standard (low) lamp mode out of the box.

What really count is the overall image depth during mid-tone scene, aka ANSI contrast. I believe both Pearl and the JVC has similiar figure below 300:1. And current 1080p 1-chip DLP measures much higher upto 800:1.

The problem with a dynamic iris (with dynamic gamma) is often in poor implenmtation, such as the Ruby poor dynamic gamma, and many LCD projector's dynamic iris is too slow in action and respond time.

IMO the Pearl excellent dynamic iris together with excellent dynamic gamma could actually give a more 3D image for most scene compare to the JVC HD1/RS1.

Also the Pearl is quieter in High mode than the JVC in Low mode.

regards,

Li On


Glad you are enjoying your Pearl, but you are in the extreme minority with your opinion compared to the RS1. One of the UK guys who also posts here (dazzerx i think?) owned 4 different Pearls and now owns the HD1. He spouted off a list of 10 things that the RS1 is better at compared to the Pearl. Some were dramatic advantages others were minor. The ONLY advantage of the Pearl was that the fan was not as loud, however he claimed in his HT that the HD1 in low mode was very comparable to the Pearl in high mode. There are also many others who are very familar with the Pearl who hold a similar opinion compared to the RS1. Elliot over at PJ HiFi is one that comes to mind, as well as countless other reports thus far. Tryg would also tell you the RS1 is better I am sure.

I think if you put the RS1 in your theater with the Pearl and did a FAIR comparison you would come to the same conclusion. Not saying the Pearl is bad by any means, but the RS1 is simply a better unit all around, except for noise and the HD1 is not that far off in that area either.

@Li On

Sakrileg how can you even think the Pearl is even close to the Glory of the New King HD1 :rolleyes:

;) I as a very happy Pearl Owner fully agree to that a well configured Pearl is the JVC HD1 an absolutely equal Beamer at the better price. ;)

No need to chance. I wait to the JVC HD1+ with Sony DI come. :D

Blackbird,
Seems like you are very satisfied with pearl, I just purchased pearl my self four days ago and still struggling to set up and calibrate as effective as possible. Please show me how to focus this machine properly? I tried and was able to focus vertical lines of grid, nothing happens to horizontal lines. Also, where to find Gain & offset to try different setting?
Thanks in advance
Sraoof

Sraoof,

my english not so well, i didnt understand you sorry.
May this Help You http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=726531

bye

LI On, I too was an AE100 owner. It was my intro to digital FP. I don't care if were talkin' RS1 or Pearl, these machines are heaven compared to those old Panasonic LCDs. I'm very happy with my Pearl but would always consider upgrading when improvements call for it. I would have even considered the JVC if it had a powered lens shift and if it was as quiet as the Pearl (mounted above my second row of chairs). Glad to see your happy with your new projector.

I still think my Panny AE200 had the BEST color as far as I see among digital projectors. Anyway time passes!

I liked the Pearl since I first saw it last Aug. Then the first wave of 1080p LCD came. After I saw a few of them and ready to buy the Pearl, news said the upcoming JVC will beat them all so I need to wait again! Now it's all over! :D

My problem with the new JVC was with all the hype, it didn't "blow me away!". That means somewhere down the road, there will be soon be another model with much better performance again. And I need to repeat the cycle again! The JVC picture was good alright but not that great. If the shop had stock I should already buy it. Then I think why not buy the cheaper Sony with the same (or even better with the help of a excellent DI) performance? Then upgrade later once again! :p

Last night I start to calibrate the new setup. Those Sony's blu-ray movie has a few test patterns. The first color bars pattern has a BTB (below black) bar at the lower right corner, right? Using Pearl "Standard" mode at default brighhtness 50, the small BTB bar is very visible. Reduce to 46 to make it just visible. But there is no WTW (above white) bar in the color bars pattern?

Tuning with my new HTPC with a ATI Radeon 1950 Pro is a bit harder. Using the same Pearl "Standard" mode, I need to increase Brightness to around 70 to clearly see the moving black bars in AVIA.

Need to dig up some old thread to find how to entry Pearl service mode...

22 hours of usage and counting! :)

regards,

Li On

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Li On,
Thanks for the review. I decided to keep the Pearl as well. I have been trading up projecters far too often and have decided to remain with the Pearl. I believe the JVC is slightly better, but it not enough of an upgrade for the additional money. My next move may be to a 1080p 3 chip DLP in a few years. Until then, I am happy with the Pearl.

I still need to see a c3x or 777/333 display. Some folks have talked about how the picture was much better when compared to the pearl.

Like that it is I the HD1 achieved saw.
It is Out OF the box around some better than the Pearl none asks. The black is just as close or far from a CRT as with the Pearl. We measured nothing more with both with 0 IRE with our lux meter.
The Shading was smaller than my Pearl and somewhat stronger with the Pearl of a friend.
The Konvergenze was exactly the same as same with my Pearl and not in the whole picture.
The volume seems to one nearly twice as loud as with the Pearl.
The JVC was also not to be accepted in a the position of 576i over HDMI.

In the lowest IRISH gradate tuned the calibration was green some not completely there which dark grey be should also the red seemed me in orange to go sometimes somewhat too much. The Pearl in the same area was unfortunately not optimally adjusted and therefore also clearly worse. As now the difference is with equal optimal attitudes. This comparison still retrieved from my personal Pearl experience I would say the difference am very small with completely slight advantages for the JVC.

stephan

The honeymoon is over! Let's talk about artifacts! :D

Connecting with my HTPC in 1920x1080p 1:1 mode, there is some weird effect with the Pearl. The picture is in the perfect 1:1 mode alright confirmed by single pixel on/off vertical/horizontal pattern using Nokia Monitor test program. But that only works in black and white mode!

Any non black and white image seems there is a ghosting effect. For example a letter Y looks like YYY with a double ghosting effect at both left and right side of the character. The ghosting effect only occur on non black and white image. Meaning a black text on a white background has no ghosting effect and looks perfectly pixel sharp. But the AVS forum with the default "purple" color scheme has this ghosting effect on every text.

That is using the VW50 default "Standard" picture setting with the Sharpness control turned at min.

On the other hand, there seems no ill effect from actually video viewing from my close 1.2x screen width seating position.

Maybe I will try a screen shot.

regards,

Li On

Still trying to fine tune the new HTPC setting (FFDShow, Avisynth etc) to match the new projector.

Last night checked the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" superbit DVD. There are tons of dark scenes. I'm seriously impressed by the picture. Very good shadow detail with excellent picture dynamic. The DVD is quite noisy and the Pearl still give a overall beautiful picture. It actually looks better than many good CRT projector setups I saw. CRT projector only wins in pure black scene now.

So far with the default Auto iris1 High lamp mode the dynamic iris action is invisble in video viewing. The only time to see it's effect is during end credit rolling. The credit text looks brighter if there is more credit on screen! I usually enable subtitle during DVD viewing but I haven't notice brightness change on the subtitle yet. And so far I haven't seen any questionable "brightness compression" artifact.

I'm projecting the same image size but now the picture feels bigger! Maybe due to the removal of all the screen door effect compare to a LCD panel. Although my last 720p LCD projector screendoor didn't really bother me, the screendoor still takes lots of image area all together on the whole screen. With the Pearl, I have more than 30% actual image on the same screen! Not to mention the much more image depth of the Pearl!

It seems many Pearl "doubter" think the Pearl gives a "soft" image. My current picture is anything but soft! It's super sharp and punch and I already tune the Pearl "Sharpness" to min! My convergence is very good IMO. Red and Green are almost spot on and Blue is within half pixel. The lens quality is decent. I'm almost using the full zoom (shortest throw) and I see the pixel structure (grid) clearly defined closeup on the screen.

regards,

Li On

Fellow member nidi (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/member.php?u=7470917) (Michael) visited my setup last night. I think he was pleased with the result. We watched a few blu-rays, some TS clip played by the PS3. Finally compared DVD performance between the PS3 and my new HTPC. Michael also agreed the PS3 DVD picture is cleaner and sharper!

After Michael left, I was back to testing mode and played forum member Ron judder TS clips from his post (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8026006&#post8026006).

The player is a HD Mediabox and there are 4 judder TS clips:
1) interlacejudder.ts - real 60i content, should be video deinterlaced to 60p
2) pulldownjudder.ts - 24p in 60i format, should be film mode processed back to 24p, then frame repeat to the final output frame rate (60p in 3/2 pullup or 24p multiple)
3) progessivejudder.ts - 30p content, should be frame repeated to final output rate
4) filmjudder.ts - 24p content, should be frame repeated to final output rate

Basically, we want to compare the pulldownjudder.ts or filmjudder.ts for 3/2 pulldown/pullup and 24p frame repeat test.

Test A, Mediabox plays pulldownjudder.ts 1080i HDMI to the Pearl. The Pearl should perform 3/2 pulldown to construct the original 24p. And according to rumor (or some people thought), the Pearl can then play the 24p in 4 times multiple 2/2 at 96hz and remove any 3/2 judder.

Test B, Mediabox plays pulldownjudder.ts 1080p HDMI to the Pearl. The Mediabox performs pulldown on the source and pullup the 24p to 60hz in 3/2 mode output. The Pearl will display a 1080p 60 input as is showing the 3/2 judder from the source.

And the result is, both tests gave the SAME effect/result. The motion is smooth as a normal 3/2 playback but not super smooth as in real 2/2 mode. No wonder I can't really detect any difference between 1080i and 1080p to the Pearl from the PS3 playing blu-ray movies in the past few days.

So the conclusion is, the Pearl does process film mode 3/2 pulldown on 1080i HDMI input (as reported and confirmed from the same image quality with a 1080i or 1080p feed), but it does NOT then multiple the reconstructed 24p to 96hz in 2/2 repeat mode and remove any 3/2 judder. The final output is still at the usual 60hz with 3/2 judder on the Pearl.

regards,

Li On

The ghosting effect only occur on non black and white image.

Li On


That's how good the blacks are :)

Thanks for the great review Li On!

A friend did a little write up of my new setup here (http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200702/lion-50/index.htm).

http://www.avbuzz.com/new_home/img/200702/lon5.gif (http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200702/lion-50/index.htm)

Last night I tried burn a normal HDTV TS clip on a DVDR to play in PS3 by simply rename the file extension to .mpg PS3 plays the whole 4.3G TS on DVDR fine with great 1080i/p output. :)

regards,

Li On

Did you clean your theater up for the review? :p

How am I suppose to read the review? :)

Glad you are enjoying your Pearl, but you are in the extreme minority with your opinion compared to the RS1. One of the UK guys who also posts here (dazzerx i think?) owned 4 different Pearls and now owns the HD1. He spouted off a list of 10 things that the RS1 is better at compared to the Pearl. Some were dramatic advantages others were minor. The ONLY advantage of the Pearl was that the fan was not as loud, however he claimed in his HT that the HD1 in low mode was very comparable to the Pearl in high mode. There are also many others who are very familar with the Pearl who hold a similar opinion compared to the RS1. Elliot over at PJ HiFi is one that comes to mind, as well as countless other reports thus far. Tryg would also tell you the RS1 is better I am sure.

I think if you put the RS1 in your theater with the Pearl and did a FAIR comparison you would come to the same conclusion. Not saying the Pearl is bad by any means, but the RS1 is simply a better unit all around, except for noise and the HD1 is not that far off in that area either.

I beg to differ and it is not a extreme majority. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Last night I had some major discovery! The Pearl SUCKS, big time! :D

I tried playing a 1080i VIDEO (yes, REAL 60i 1080i video) clip, a TS file burn on DVDR and play on the PS3. Actually I watched many real video 1080i clips on the PS3 already but this one clip looks really POOR IMO. And I KNOW the clip very very well and this time I'm 100% sure something is wrong, very wrong!

The PS3 is outputing 1080i HDMI to the Pearl. I left the PS3 in 1080i output as blu-ray looks the same in either 1080p/i to the Pearl as Pearl does 3/2 film process on a 1080i input and give the same great picture with a 1080p/i feed. And I figure for those real 1080i native VIDEO clip I should sending the native 1080i to the Pearl to have better video deinterlace as people often say the PS3 video deinterlace or scaling is poor to non-working!

And that 1080i video clip playback looks really bad. Ok, not that really really bad but bad enough. The picture actually looks slightly worse than my last Epson TW200H 720p projector in term of resolution and sharpness. And the picture indeed looked very SOFT!

My only option is switch the PS3 to output in 1080p to the Pearl, just for a test. WOW, I can't believe my eyes! The picture came ALIVE! So sharp and high resolution with all the fine detail that I never see on a 720p setup. The color looks great and vivid and image depth is simply 3D! The whole picture looks much dynamic and punchy too! Now this is a true 1080p picture!

Yes, I need to say this loud and clear, the Pearl SUCKS, on deinterlacing real 1080i video content! And the PS3 ROCKS, again! :D

regards,

Li On

Weird. 1080i and 1080p should look the same on the Pearl, unless the PS3 is doing a poor job with the 1080i. In the Bluray Hardware forum, there is a thread that says the PS3 is a HORRIBLE SD-DVD player, failing tests that a standard DVD player can pass easily, so I have to think that is the problem.

Sorry, I don't really want to repeat everything each time. Let's just say there are many kinds of 1080i signal. And 1080i film and 1080i video are completely different source and needs different processing.

regards,

Li On

how does the PS3 look on the AE100?

Sorry, I don't really want to repeat everything each time. Let's just say there are many kinds of 1080i signal. And 1080i film and 1080i video are completely different source and needs different processing.

regards,

Li On

Sorry, I had missed your post on the other page.
I'm glad your happy with your Pearl and PS3 combo.
I'm liking the PS3 for BD with my Panny AE900U, but can't wait for my 1080p projector.... :cool:

I know that screen shots do not tell the whole story, however, after carefully examining the photos on the AVS review of the JVC RS1 with those of the Pearl; side by side, blow up, detail etc… I have to say that in my humble opinion, the Sony Pearl screen shots from the AVS review and the projector reviews actually look sharper more detailed and brighter with more “pop” than the RS1. You can compare them for yourselves and come to your own conclusions:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=812816

http://www.avscience.com/reviews/projector_sony_vplvw50.htm

http://www.projectorreviews.com/sony/VW50Pearl/imagequality.asp

http://www.projectorreviews.com/Images-projectors-Q1-07/Sony_VW-50_PhantomStarLarge.jpg

http://www.avscience.com/images/review_pictures/sony_vplvw50/sony_vplvw50_phantom5_1280x960.jpg

http://www.projectorreviews.com/Images-projectors-Q1-07/Sony_VW-50_PhantomNightLarge.jpg

Sorry, the Pearl is innocence! My BAD! It's 1080i VIDEO deinterlace actually ROCKS! Damn, I hate correctly myself! :D

The bad guy is the PS3 1080i output! With more testing, I think 9 times out of 10 playing the 1080i video TS clip, the picture looks BAD on the Pearl with poor resolution and sharpness. But sometimes the 1080i playback does looks great!

So last night, I tried a Pixel Magic Systems HD Mediabox playing the same TS clip at 1080i HDMI to the Pearl. EVERY time the 1080i on Pearl looked GREAT! Just like a lucky playback on the PS3.

And I compared the same clip 1080i and 1080p from the Mediabox to the Pearl. The Pearl gives a better image with sharper definition and less motion artifact.

Yes, the current status is the Pearl has excellent video deinterlace/processing on a real 1080i HDTV feed of a video content! :D

And Sony needs to fix the PS3 1080i output on 1080i video content playback!

regards,

Li On

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9928502&&#post9928502

New Firmware!

What does this new firmware do for the Pearl????

Can anyone help a newbie regarding the above post on the new Pearl Firmware? What will it enhance/fix?
Thanks !

What is ther minimum throw distance for the Pearl. I only have about 11' to work with. Also, who currently has the best price?

What is ther minimum throw distance for the Pearl. I only have about 11' to work with. Also, who currently has the best price?


Try this calculator to determine throw distance which will depend upon what size screen you want.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sony-VPL-VW50-projection-calculator-pro.htm

For prices check with Jason of AVS

Jason C. Turk
Sales and Installations
A/V Science, Inc.
315-538-9806
jason@avscience.com

Thanks for the help!

Remember that distances are from the front of the lens, so if your wall is at 11 feet, you will have 11 feet minus the length of the pj.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

Best Regards,
Doug

My Pearl mounted (http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200703/li-502/index.htm).

Now with it properly mounted, I spent some time to play with the focus up from the screen. And I found all the mis-convergence! If I get the Green in PERFECT focus, the Red is off around half pixel to the left. The Blue is within 1/4 pixel. The focus position seems to affect the MC effect. Maybe the R/G/B panel are on a slightly different focus plane.

With the Green in PERFECT focus, screendoor is visible from 6' away (on a 80" wide screen) in bright area. IMO the lens is quite sharp. From my normal viewing position at around 8.5', no screendoor then.

Btw, my unit has no uniformity issue though the lower right corner (in ceiling mount position) is a bit brighter in a total black picture.

regards,

Li On

My Pearl mounted (http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200703/li-502/index.htm).

Now with it properly mounted, I spent some time to play with the focus up from the screen. And I found all the mis-convergence! If I get the Green in PERFECT focus, the Red is off around half pixel to the left. The Blue is within 1/4 pixel. The focus position seems to affect the MC effect. Maybe the R/G/B panel are on a slightly different focus plane.

With the Green in PERFECT focus, screendoor is visible from 6' away (on a 80" wide screen) in bright area. IMO the lens is quite sharp. From my normal viewing position at around 8.5', no screendoor then.

Btw, my unit has no uniformity issue though the lower right corner (in ceiling mount position) is a bit brighter in a total black picture.

regards,

Li On


Li On,
Are you noticing fine focus with tapping of the remote button or are you continuously holding the focus button? It's focus adjustment is a bit awkward and it's difficult to tell if repetative pushing of the button has an actual evvect.

Fine focus by tapping the remote button. It moves in very fine steps. When in perfect focus, the pixel grid looks very solid and define.

regards,

Li On

My Pearl now at 443 hours in around 70 days, all in high power mode.

Just finished blu-ray "Rocky Balboa". Great picture! The night street scenes looked amazing! Simply enjoying movie! :)

regards,

Li On

Just watched "Charlotte's Web" DVD with the PS3. Very good PQ and a nice movie. The final fade to black scene gave me 2 seconds of total black out! Very nice! :)

Now at 554 hours and counting.

regards,

Li On