Panasonic PT-AE4000 MSRP $1999 - Page 158

Originally Posted by john barlow

Problem is, when I use the 2.35:1 calculator, It tells me to mount the pj at 17'10" from the screen, I can't do that because the room is only 17 feet deep.

My specs for my room in my new home said that the room was 19' deep but that was an error. I found this out after the screen was delivered. That's why I was hoping that I would use the 16:9 calc to mount at 13'7" and when I am viewing blu rays that are cinemascope, I'd hit Zoom preset and the pic would pan out to fill the 2.35:1 area of the 130' screen.

The only other option I would have would be to mount the pj out of the room and that would drive my wife crazy, not to mention make me look like some kind of idiot.

Originally Posted by wizzack

Here's my temporary solution. The monoprice mount hangs down too far with the extension in so I had to get a shorter one (delivery today). I keep hitting so many roadblocks. Maybe this is a sign....ugh!



Thick rubber washers and some of that rubber used in kitchen drawers. I was still able to get the mount level and it did cut down the vibration with the washer/dryer running so I'll probably stick with it.

Originally Posted by 8140david

The Panasonic PTAE-4000 has 2 lamp modes: normal vs eco.
Does using the eco mode give the lamp a longer life? If so, how many hours more?
Or is the eco mode only to save energy?

Originally Posted by K-Spaz

You can use that Monoprice mount with no extension at all. Just take it out.

Originally Posted by jjmbxkb

Hi, wizzack: I'm sure things will work out great eventually. The bumps will just make that moment so much sweeter.

Love your list of short movie blogs/twitts. Very cool. After all, that is the whole reason to get better sound and picture. How did you get them consolidated into one list? You kept a movie journal or there is an avsforum utility doing that for you?

Personally, I think once your got your projector up and running, adding screenshots to these quick thoughts would be even more dramatic.

Originally Posted by SteveMo

Whatever..

Originally Posted by Drahcir

Hi there, I'm a proud owner of a Pany 4000u for about a month. Everything was working great until last night. I turned on the pj and a strange oval " stain", blue-tinted appears in the center-left of the screen. It's about 5" in diameter and it constantly moves right to left, up and down. The stain is very suttle, it only be seen in dark scenes and does'nt affect the image in bright scenes. I'm worried, does anyone know what is happening? The bulb only has 87 hours, I turn off the Auto Iris, worked with the settings and the stain stays. The other problem I notice (it happens more often) is that the image moves itself about a inch up or down, left to righ. This is normal. Please help me!!!

Originally Posted by MistaChy

i wish panasonic had more faith in their product past 2000 hours. i would have purchased this projector had it not been for epson having a better warranty.

the store im purchasing the projector from would have extended the warranty up to 4 years but since panasonic cuts off their warranty at 2000 hours, if in the 4 year period i surpassed 2000 hours, then i would not be able to get free bulbs. but with epsons warranty, i can get free bulbs for 4 years from my local video store. so it was an obvious choice to get the 8500UB

Originally Posted by Terminator840

I have a quick question about CIH, my screen wall is about 130" wide. Right now I have the projector temporary throwing up a image on the screen wall that is filling the entire width of the wall, whether its 16x9 or 2.35. So I guess its a CIW. To do CIH do I need to zoom in and make the image smaller for the 16x9 content? And then zoom back out for 2.35 scope content? I kind of like having that really huge 16x9 image that covers nearly all of the wall. But most of my watching will be scope material. I guess if I go with this CIW I can make some masking material and mask off the part of the screen for when I am watching scope material.

My projector mount came in yesterday from monoprice.com, I hope to have everything mounted and wired up this weekend, so I can get the final specs for my screen size, but its going to be a busy weekend with Easter and everything going on.

Originally Posted by Walpurgisnacht

It's a dust blob- don't worry about, just dust as the manual suggests. You might also want invest in a good air cleaner if dust is an issue and keep the PJ away from any central air vents.

Also, the inch or so of movement seems to come from putting on/taking off the lens cap and having manual shift controls. Just re-adjust it if it moves.

-J

Originally Posted by stevenkelby

I have a couple of these air purifiers in the house and they truly work and are silent on the lowest setting. I've had a dozen differet brands/makes, but this item is the best out there I have found. Both are identical:

http://www.amazon.com/Blueair-403-He...0338522&sr=1-6

http://www.amazon.com/Blueair-402-Ai...338522&sr=1-19

Reduces the dust you see in the projector beam to almost zero in minutes

Originally Posted by Terminator840

Ok its been a long day, and I am pretty wiped out. But I am working on my HT tonight. Why can't I get this Monoprice mount to work? I can only get the mount to match up to three holes on the projector. What am I doing wrong? Its the same mount lots of people are using here.

Probably need to call it a night and work on it when I am not brain dead.

Originally Posted by dumalkin

What is supposed to do, and which setting should be used ?
I have various materials from BD rips with high PQ up to heavily compressed SD divx old films.
Projection is on the painted wall, 360 cm diagonal (~12 feet), room is rather dark even at day and I did those test at night in complete darkness.
Can't see any effect of these settings - good image stays good, bad with pixelization and block noise stays bad.
Are those filters so subtle they can't be seen visually (so what is their purpose ) or I miss something ? May some other setting cancels them (clarity which I have at 4,sharpening (but it is set to 0)) ?

Originally Posted by Alex solomon

I have the the projector mounted on a shelf just 18" from eye level and even though the HT is vacuumed every week, I can't believe the amount of dust I see in the projector beam. I really hate that, bothers me a lot. Thanks for the link. I was thinking of getting the Blueair-215B from Costco, mainly for the lifetime warranty. I am also looking at the Rabbit Air BioGS (model 421A) and Winix 9000. Do you have any experience with any of these?

Originally Posted by john barlow

After reading Steven Kelby's post, I have decided to return my Winix 9000s and purchase a recoditioned Blueair 550E, it's $499 instead of $699 and has a CADR rating of 380. They honor their 5 year warranty on these reconditioned units.

My Winix 9000S CADR rating was a woefull 142. Thanks for the info and I'm glad I did some more reasearch. Why get a unit that probably wouldn't go far enough to protect my pj. I think it's worth the extra $300, plus I will be breathing healthier air.

http://www.blueairstore.com/product/689122000756-R.html

Originally Posted by Alex solomon

I have the the projector mounted on a shelf just 18" from eye level and even though the HT is vacuumed every week, I can't believe the amount of dust I see in the projector beam. I really hate that, bothers me a lot. Thanks for the link. I was thinking of getting the Blueair-215B from Costco, mainly for the lifetime warranty. I am also looking at the Rabbit Air BioGS (model 421A) and Winix 9000. Do you have any experience with any of these?

Originally Posted by Alex solomon

Where can I read about Air purifier ? Like reviews and rating ?

Originally Posted by Alex solomon

Where can I read about Air purifier ? Like reviews and rating ?

Originally Posted by stevenkelby

No worries. I did have a 2 series here for a week, 203 or something from memory. It was fine but fairly noisy on the lowest setting, too noisy for me so I sent it back for a 4xx.

The 2xx was intended for my bed room which is small, hence the need for only a small unit, and I read that the sound output was the same for both, so I got the cheaper one.

Sound output is no where near the same to my ears.

I'm a super light sleeper and very sensitive to sound anyway. I built a truly silent PC with hard drives in another room, my car has 100 pounds of dynamat etc. Still, the 2xx would have been ok in the home theater room on lowest setting, it's only slightly louder than the AE4000, but it's too small to do my big room efficiently. A 4xx is just right.

The 4xx is quiet enough for me to sleep with it on the lowest setting. It is audible, but a very "distant" sound like a steady wind blowing far away It's the least annoying sound imaginable and probably helps me sleep as it smooths out other sounds from traffic and such. I live in the hills and it's very quiet here anyway.

Oh and the 4xx are the quietest unit Blueair sell. If I had a huge room I would just get another 1 or 2, or go with a full on custom built in system.

By the way, according to the rep here, all 2xx are funcionally the same as each other, all 4xx are the same, 5xx are the same etc, the xx just signify an updated model or accesories . For example the 402 and 403 I linked above are identical, but one comes with a little reminder thing that counts down to 6 months (recommended filter change interval).

The rep also said they all make the same sound, obviously he never listened, or is deaf



I spent a very long time searching and as far as I can tell, no where

There are people with experience on various non-air purifier forums around the place, PC, car, stereo forums and so on, but I never found anything comprehensive. Just google and read till you go crazy

I just ended up buying a lot of differet ones over the years, most are crap, even up to $1000.

The only other brand apart from blueair that were good was IQ Air but they are even more $$$ than the blueair.

Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by john barlow

I began my search on Amazon. They list a lot of different air purifiers with a mountain of reviews. From what I can tell, the important thing about the unit is the square feet that it covers and the CADR rating. If it's under 150 it's inadequete. I bought the Blueair 550E which has a CADR rating of 380 which is excellent. Reconditioned unit will save you a lot of money and still get a 5 year warranty.