I recently bought a 46 in. xbr4, after numerous in store visits and reviews...i've had the tv for almost a month now and the motion blur is driving me crazy...i'm considering exchanging it and have a couple diff. tv's in mind, one of them being the A3000 LCoS

ive read about the strengths and weaknesses of the tv, and all proj tv's in general...i'm not too worried about having to replace a bulb if the tv itself is so cheap, and viewing angle isnt too much of a dealbreaker for me as i thought it would be...

my main concern, after dealing with the xbr, is motion blur, and i was wondering does the a3000 exhibit any sort of noticeable blur? i'm not too familiar with lcos technology, and would appreciate any input from owners of the set...would be even better if someone out there has had both the a3000 and the xbr4 or any lcd. and if it doesnt....what are the (possible) downsides to the set?

Response time on the SXRD is good enough that you don't see any motion blur.

I see a little, but very little. It's not as good as a Pioneer Kuro Elite in that regard, but I think it's better than most other sets.

do you think it is better than any lcd out right now?

I recently bought a 46 in. xbr4, after numerous in store visits and reviews...i've had the tv for almost a month now and the motion blur is driving me crazy...i'm considering exchanging it and have a couple diff. tv's in mind, one of them being the A3000 LCoS

ive read about the strengths and weaknesses of the tv, and all proj tv's in general...i'm not too worried about having to replace a bulb if the tv itself is so cheap, and viewing angle isnt too much of a dealbreaker for me as i thought it would be...

my main concern, after dealing with the xbr, is motion blur, and i was wondering does the a3000 exhibit any sort of noticeable blur? i'm not too familiar with lcos technology, and would appreciate any input from owners of the set...would be even better if someone out there has had both the a3000 and the xbr4 or any lcd. and if it doesnt....what are the (possible) downsides to the set?

Are you sure what you're seeing is motion blur due to the set and not artifacting due to overcompression of the source signal?

I'd suggest you find a store whose demo feed is the same for all the sets and compare the A3000 to the XBR-4. Usually the demo feed is a repeating loop so you should be able to view the exact same content on both sets even if they aren't side-by-side.

I didn't look too carefully at flat panel sets when I bought mine, so I can't say for sure if it's better than the XBR4. My gut based on what I know about the different technologies says that it should be, but that is not based on any personal observation or factual data.

Are you sure what you're seeing is motion blur due to the set and not artifacting due to overcompression of the source signal?

I'd suggest you find a store whose demo feed is the same for all the sets and compare the A3000 to the XBR-4. Usually the demo feed is a repeating loop so you should be able to view the exact same content on both sets even if they aren't side-by-side.

well the problem is i viewed it in the store several times, and didnt really see the blur...of course the only thing they play at the stores is promotional loops which dont really have any movie-like fast motion.

and what i'm getting is mostly the ghosting/smearing as described over on the lcd thread. fast motion across the screen or quick motion like head bobbing or shaky cameras make it look like the image gets smeared or creates ghosts of the image. tried every possible combination of picture and motion enhancer, and doesnt really alleviate the problem

If you go to a more specialized store like Tweeter they will have demo discs playing. You can ask to see a fast motion scene. They had one scene where cars were zipping past the camera. If you looked at the license plate numbers on the Kuro you could clearly read it, on other sets they were pretty blurry. Ideally you would want to make sure this was a BD or HD-DVD disc played back at 1080p24 to make sure you don't have any other type of processing blur going on. I didn't get to look at a signal like this on the A3000, but I've found that the A3000 handles fast motion as well or better than other RP sets.