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Just received my RS40/X3 this morning (Germany). My first impressions:
(1) Sharpness is comparable to my previous HD350. I don't see any obvious improvement. (2) Vertical convergence is near perfect, but red is off half a pixel horizontally, which obviously impacts sharpness. (3) Contrast appears slightly better, but this is just a subjective impression. No hard fact / data. (4) A (dithered) grayscale is pretty much smooth now, while I saw banding with the HD350. This is a definite improvement! (5) In the grayscale I see some noise in some grayscale areas, but I only see it up close, not from seating position. I'm pretty sure it's some kind of dithering noise. (6) I had one situation where there was a solid gray area. With my nose pressed to the screen, I saw no noise. However, whenever I moved one step back or forth, I saw a noise pattern while I was moving. When I stopped moving, the noise was gone again. Very weird. The noise pattern appeared to be "diagonal" in some way. Meaning it wasn't just random noise, it had some kind of geometrical pattern to it. (7) Not sure about 3D yet. Haven't been able to properly do 3D with my HTPC yet, so all I could test was a side-by-side TV station here in Germany. What I don't like is that the RS40 only seems to support side-by-side for 1080i50 and 1080i60 signals, but not for 1080p24! That's a *big* disadvantage for HTPC users, IMHO. (8) Black frame insertion seems to work, but very bright areas flicker a bit. Not sure if I can live with that. I wish they would do black frame insertion only for those parts of the frame which is moving. That should get rid of most of the flickering, but nobody seems to have had this idea yet (besides me). (9) Motion interpolation appears to work just fine for 1080p24 content on a quick check. Need to test with some difficult material to check whether there are still artifacts. |

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Todd,
Let me know when you get through watching your copy of Avatar3D on your Oppo93, i wanna know if you had any issues with the playback freezing up like my copy. Thanks |

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Absolutely NOT! 1080P/24 is the BEST way to watch films via bluray. Do not change anything on your Oppo93 settings, play everything as is. You may have to go and fix your screen size within the video menu to match your screen's diagonal size at 16:9. but thats about it.
I don't know about your screen but I would be surprised if it retains any noticeable polarization, most screens out there seem to not have this advantage. But I could be wrong on your screen. But in the case your screen fabric, like most others, does not retain or polarize light, then the Xpand x103s will work just fine for you, you can buy 3 of them of the price of two JVCs, just trying to save you a buck or two here... |
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I received my OPPO 93 this afternoon so I can finally jump on the 3D bandwagon... I had time to watch 1 movie only so I picked a short one: IMAX Dinosaurs Alive.
The setup: Batcave Stewart 130 G3 128" diagonal 16.5 throw with an extreme amount of H-Lens Shift. Seating at around 13 feet XPAND 103 3D Mode with no other tweaking. The results: WOW! Plenty bright for me. Very little ghosting. I remember 2 or 3 scenes with some but nothing to get too disctracted. At least not for long. I can't believe how good the image looks even with all the 3D... There is one thing though. Every once in a while in the movie there are some scenes that kinda make me dizzy, for lack of better explaination. It's weird it's like the image is focussed but your brain just says "take it easy", but not in a good way. I had to take the glasses off. I rewinded a few of those scenes and the "effect" was the same. I will probably watch it again tonight because when my 6 year old son gets home and finds out little sister got dibbs on 3D he will not be happy! I will pay attention to see if it happens again in the same scenes and also gage his reaction to see if its just me. Other than that its been a wonderful experience and we have Despicable Me lined up this Friday for the whole family. Can't wait. This RS-40, it is really something else... ![]() |
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Those scenes in Dinosaurs Alive will always be a problem for viewers. People might think it's their eyes, but it's really because there's too much disparity in the distance between left and right eye views. Look with the glasses off. You'll see that some shots (the ones that don't look quite right) force your eyes to "cross" much more than the shots around them. Your eyes adjust to the wide divergence, then in the next shot the divergence is small - back and forth. It's ugly, and I'm sure it will give some people headaches.
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for those concerned information is going to be missed or lost, it's should be archived in the first page. Once these start arriving in quantity, this thread is going to much more busy than it already is.
I was considering a separate calibration thread. I think I am seeing black crush with the default settings and have posted a number of times, but no one yet seems to be tinkering yet with the custom gamma modes. if anyone is interested in discussing calibration or think it needs a separate, dedicate thread, post your thoughts. |
I have calibrated contrast/brightness for 2d with my AVS disc, but that is the extent of what I know to do. I would love to hear peoples thoughts on which of the preset gamma options is best (maybe which one is best depends on the type of material we are watching?) and so on and so on...........
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Sam I also have the oppo93. Should I turn 1080P/24 off ? Also I have not got the glasses yet and think im going t go the xpand route now. Can someone please look at the chart and tell me if the da-lite cinima vision 1.3 gain screen will work with the xpand glasses? Im ready to put an order in and need this answered and I dont understand the chart. I appreciatethe help guys.
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Much to the chagrin of the thread purists,
I'm not adding any value-added knowledge here, except to point you to the nice chart that Ron Jones posted (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post19549756). According to this chart, the cinima vision 1.3 gain screen rates as "significant polarization observed - probably more than 75%". This means that xpands are NOT the best choice for use with this screen as those glasses will remove the polarized light (meaning you will see a much dimmer picture). Conversely, the JVC glasses will let the polarized light through, so the display will appear brighter to your eye. It's so simple, even I get it. Oh, one more thing... can we collapse all the threads on this forum into just one big thread??? ![]() |
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You should have done you research a little better on the 3D glasses. See the Official 3D Video FAQ in the 3D area here on AVS Forum. Generally 3D shutter glass are made to only work with that manufacturer's brand of 3DTVs. There are a few exceptions such as the Samsung and Mitsubishi glasses working with either of these manufacturers 3DTVs. The brand specific limitations is why there is a market for universal 3D glasses from independent manufacturers, such as Xpand. As for the blue screen when you connect your Oppo. Perhaps a little more information would help us see if we can figure out what is going on. I assume you are using the JVC RS40 projector with your Oppo. Do you have it connected directly via HDMI to the projector or is it connected through an AVR? If so what brand and model of AVR and does it have HDMI 1.4 inputs. Also what brand/model of HDMI cable(s) are you using and how long is it?
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I also have noticed some black crush during 2 films, but just figured it was a user (me) issue as far as settings (and would bet it is). I would love more calibration discussion OR a seperate thread for it (either one) since I need all the help I can get in this area
I have calibrated contrast/brightness for 2d with my AVS disc, but that is the extent of what I know to do. I would love to hear peoples thoughts on which of the preset gamma options is best (maybe which one is best depends on the type of material we are watching?) and so on and so on........... |
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One point of clarity I can't find. Will the screens that have high polarization result in a brighter perceived picture when coupled with the jvc glasses as compared to a screen that does not have significant polarization and is paired with either jvc or the Xpand glasses.
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