Official JVC RS20/HD750 Owners Thread! - Page 9  

The lady who called me didn't mention anything about 'not saying anything'. She just wanted to verify my shipping info. I had told Jason that mine would have to go to a friends house if it was going to ship after the 12th.

If I spilled the beans early, I apologize.

I got no info on how many were coming, just that they had received notice that they would get RS20s on Friday.

Teasing you Paul.

No problem, I'm just overly sensitive and grumpy because I won't get to play with mine before Christmas!

I told my friend that the box had better still be *sealed* when I get back!

No call for me today.

Hey, remember how AVS told the intelligent people that we were the ONLY ones getting the extra-early shipment, and THEN the OTHER less important and less-intelligent people would be getting...uh...um...never mind.

Grumpiness could be a serious medical symptom Paul and I don't think you look very good either.

Take care of yourself, you probably should play safe and stay home.. I can give you a note .

*Sniff* *Sniiff* Yup, I can feel the 10 day flu coming on. Maybe it's bubonic plague. Probably not safe to fly. For the public good. Do we have any medical doctors out there that can make it official?

I think the only reason I got the call is because I had sent Jason a note with the window I wouldn't be home. I told him to let me know if shipping would hit in that window so I could give him an alternate address.

Now that I think of it, Laurie never actually said mine would be in the first batch, just that mine wouldn't make it by the 19th since the first batch they were getting was coming on Friday the 12th. Add QC and 5 days ground shipping and we are almost at Christmas.

You know, Jason really has his work cut out for him. He's got the RS20s coming in on Friday and the Epsons coming in on Monday.

How is he ever going to get his holiday shopping done?

You can bet Jason's working all weekend with the RS20's. I almost said screw the Epsons but I won't.

Two concerns for me. Convergence and accuracy of THX mode (I almost said screw the THX mode but I won't)

Everything else sounds great

Yes, if they do arrive on Friday, Jason is going to have a busy weekend. But it's service like this that makes us all loyal AVS customers. (As well as very competitive prices!)

Are you getting your RS20 QCed or just thinking the QCing of other orders will delay the ones that are not getting QCed?

It's only two days shipping from Rochester to my home.

By the way, I checked the UPS site for transit time from Rochester to Austin, too, and it was four days.

I'm getting QC'd. If they get in on Friday, Jason works all weekend, and mine ships out on Monday, 4 days puts it at Thursday. My UPS truck rolls around at ~5:30pm. I'll be leaving on a 6:45am plane Friday morning.

Murphy's law says that mine would get shipped out Tuesday, or take 5 days. Then, assuming it needs a signature, it would end up back at AVScience after a few failed attempts and me stuck with double shipping.

Now that I think of it, I'm only diverting it to a friends house two miles away. If it happens to come Wednesday or Thursday, I'll just drive up and get it. No risk, and lots of peace of mind.

Yes, I'm having Jason's QC and calibration service. Though I'm sure the THX setting will be very good, it's worth it for me to have Jason's calibration set up in User 1. Then I can tweak from there (putting my results into User 2), exploring various gamma's etc. I have recently gotten a I1lt colorimeter and want to begin to learn how to do CMS, grayscale, etc., but it will be good to have something to start with.

I always thought four days meant anything shipped out on a Monday would arrive on a Friday. Maybe UPS will move faster because of the holidays. They tend to hire more workers for the holiday season.

There are some top-notch calibrators in my area, like Gregg Loewen and Jim Doolittle, so I have that option. Ideally, someone will reverse engineer the THX mode so that we can have the benefits of it along with 2.4-2.5 gamma.

My RS1 worked perfectly with PS3 in 1080i via hdmi. Now my RS20 is not accepting the EXACT same signal. It has HDCP issues I guess. Info says 2880 X 540
I am so DISGUSTED by these HDMI issues that are destroying the industry. I have tried everything, but the RS20 will NOT accept a signal that earlier projectors did. Looks like JVC rushed this area.

Yes, I agree that Jason's calibration service is not as good as having in done in your own home, but it is probably 95+% as good, and half the cost of having a 'top notch' calibrator come to your home. I just grateful that he was willing to do it. As noted, I really want to get into this myself, and this is just a jump-start for me.

Wow, that's quite concerning. Have you tried forcing the PS3 to output 1080p (you mentioned 1080i but not sure why you are not using 1080p)?

Also, what happens if you run through the PS3 video setup wizard thing, where you tell it "go connect to my display and choose the highest possible config" and then it makes the connection. Have you tried that? If so what resolution does it connect at?

You know, I was watching my RS1 tonight and thought to myself, man this is still such a beautiful image. After almost 2 years and close to 1000 hours on the bulb and only running at 8.5fL it still knocks my socks off. At any rate, there's always room for improvement and looking forward to seeing what the RS20 will do to surpass it.

I have NO problem sending PS3 directly to RS 20 in 1080p 24 fps. But, I can no longer send it to my Levinson 40 via hdmi even at 1080i 60fps. It used to work fine on RS1, but RS20 will not accept signal. I am so frustrated. Bought a splitter and that does not pass anything to PJ. This RS20 is a picky Bull. Will not take PS3 unless direct. No processor, no switcher, nothing!!!

Both of those concerns could be related to this specific unit we saw.
And, as others mentioned, THX mode could be close to accurate but it wont give you the results of a calibration performed by a professional in your own home theater space..

I have a few general questions about the nature of CMS, and apologies in advance if they aren't phrased in a technically correct way. (Fyi, I'm having Jason perform an initial calibration and after a few hundred hours on the bulb I'll have an ISF pro do an in-home calibration if needed. But, I'm curious about this.)

The JVC website (RS20, tech specs) says this about the CMS: "The DLA-RS20 features color management that interpolates colors individually by R, G, B, C, Y, or M, in three separate axes of color phase, chroma saturation and brightness. Up to three customized color settings can be stored for future use."

1. Does this statement imply that adjustments made to each of these colors (or at least to the primaries) will not affect the settings for the other colors, and thus that at least in theory each color can be dialed in perfectly independent of the others?

2. If "yes," does the "challenging" nature of the CMS that Cine4Home mentioned suggest that the adjustments are not truly independent of one another?

3. Do other pjs have CMS that allow such truly independent adjustments, or is that impossible for any CMS: that adjustments to one color inevitably affect the others and thus you have to "tweak back and forth" to achieve a final "proper balance"? Do high end video processors (e.g., Lumagen models) allow it? (No; I'm not planning to get one; not with the RS20).

Thanks.
Mike W.

Last week, two large packages from Secaucus, New Jersey made it to the UPS facility in Lenexa, KS in 20 hours. From that arrival they took 18 hours to arrive on my door step in Wichita. How's that for standard ground shipping?

That is why I drive down and pick up my stuff when it hits local.

Anyone planning to put the RS 20 in a Hush box?
JVC recommends 10 inches on each side of the projector. That would make the box about the size of a SmartCar! Any ideas?

Yeah I looked at those recommendations and gulped too. I hope I don't have to use my
hushbox (the projector will be above our heads) but the hushbox does have a fan for ventilation.

Why on Earth you want to put the JVC in a hush box?!
Unless your ear is right next to the projector, I can't find a reason for doing that... The RS-20 is REALLY quiet..

I got an e-mail from AVS and then spoke with someone. Apparently the first shipment from JVC is a small batch.

I would not worry too much if you are not in the first batch because I suspect that JVC is just rolling them out to dealers as they get QCd by JVC.

Honestly, I don't expect Jason to work the weekend to get these out. He has a family and small kids. If all goes well, I'll have mine by next weekend.