Has anyone received a Marantz VP-11S2 yet? Please post your comments.
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Originally Posted by millerwill /forum/post/13303109
Dazzer: This is quite an astounding report, that the low APL scenes with your 11S2 are as good as those with the HD1/RS1. Was the 11S2 on Iris 1? And is it bright enough in I1 and eco lamp mode? Any idea how many lumens you're getting? (The HD1 is presumably something like 400-500 lumens with 800 hrs on the lamp.)
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Originally Posted by dazzerxxx /forum/post/13307130
the S2 provides a nice balance between the D-ILA and DLP qualities.
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Originally Posted by mark haflich /forum/post/13307037
I attempted to update the software in my BDP94 but after I finished it will no longer read a Bluray disc. Thinks it's a CD rom. So more DTV late tonight. Turned the bulb mode to eco, set the Gamma to D, and the iris to 1. Much much better blacks and the brightness is fine. It doesn't have the pop of iris 3 but your eyes quickly adjust and the blacks are so much better.
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Originally Posted by JediMaster109 /forum/post/13308361
Can we get an in depth review from you once you had a chance to use it for a while. Vs VW200/RS1/RS2?
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Originally Posted by dazzerxxx /forum/post/13307130
Hi Bill
The HD1 is probably not far away from those numbers. I like a reasonably punchy image and found 11S2 in iris 1 eco mode more than acceptable. My perception is the black level is lower than the HD1 i.e. less haze/more crisp but the image was not as bright. Putting the S2 in normal lamp at i1 or eco lamp at i2 produced a punchier image than my HD1. Again my perception is that this didn't sacrifice too much on the low APL performance. The i3 (eco) setting is much brighter than the HD1 even using its higher (normal) lamp setting. I compared some of my favourite HD material for low APL comparison such as Tears of the Sun, Spider Man 3, Blade Runner and Riddick.
I know the full field measures less than my HD1 but what's interesting is how much difference this has on the real world image. With mid/high APL material the difference is much more significant to my eyes. For me the S2 provides a nice balance between the D-ILA and DLP qualities.
D
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Originally Posted by millerwill /forum/post/13309462
Dazzer, I too like a 'punchy image' (20 to 30 ftL), so this is sounding better and better. Can you remind me of what size and type (e.g., gain) screen you use? The figures I've heard for the 11S2 were 350 to 400 lumens in Iris 1, and I have been assuming that this was in 'normal' (i.e., high) lamp mode, and of course with a new lamp. 400 lumens would generate more than 20 ftL on my screen (126"diag HP), but because the pj is so close to our ears, I would certainly like to keep the lamp in low power mode. And then one could move to Iris 2 or 3 as the lamp dims.
I guess I'm hoping that a possible future '15S2' model might be out in a year that puts out a bit more lumen-wise, as the 15S1 does relative to the 11S1.
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Originally Posted by jlanzy /forum/post/13309432
I hate all of you, I'm trying really hard to like and keep my RS2, it does look fantastic on my 120" wide scope screen, but after reading more and more posts on the 11s2 with near same low APL as the rs1/2, it is getting more difficult to hold back. I keep telling my wife we have get to Rochester to see this for our own eyes, if she agrees its better then it'll make opening the wallet a lot easier
joe
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Originally Posted by dazzerxxx /forum/post/13309771
Bill
My screen is matte white unity gain and it's relatively small at 100". I think you will need to see one first hand ideally in your HT to asertain if it meets your viewing expectation/tastes. I was expecting it to produce more noise but in eco it's really not that different to my HD1.
D
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Originally Posted by hrd /forum/post/13309980
Last weekend, I viewed an RS2 on an 11' wide scope High Power and a SIM2 C3X1080 on an 11' wide scope Studiotek, as well as on the High Power. These were at the same location, at a forum member's home. I preferred the RS2. So, unless the Marantz clearly beats the SIM2 when it comes to what the RS2 does best, I'd say don't give up on the RS2 just yet.
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Originally Posted by mark haflich /forum/post/13307037
I attempted to update the software in my BDP94 but after I finished it will no longer read a Bluray disc. Thinks it's a CD rom. So more DTV late tonight. Turned the bulb mode to eco, set the Gamma to D, and the iris to 1. Much much better blacks and the brightness is fine. It doesn't have the pop of iris 3 but your eyes quickly adjust and the blacks are so much better.
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Originally Posted by Catdaddy67 /forum/post/13311977
Sorry, I may be using the wrong terminology. I mean bleeding, or clipping then, I think. 8)
Where the white box appears to bleed into the black background on DVE. Thats blooming, no?
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Originally Posted by Catdaddy67 /forum/post/13311977
Sorry, I may be using the wrong terminology. I mean bleeding, or clipping then, I think. 8)
Where the white box appears to bleed into the black background on DVE. Thats blooming, no? Where the upper end of the grayscale ramp stops looking to individually distinguishable?