Official JVC RS40/X3 Owners Thread - Page 84

Something to do with what? Are you having this same issue as Woof Woof?

Have you tried Standard versus Expanded mode on the 360? What about disabling the CMD, if that is an option.

I wont get my RS40 for another week or two

Can anyone comment if Verizon's FIOS has similar issues? I will be getting my RS40 in a couple of weeks.....

For what it is worth, I wish JVC would give us the option of using or not using a DI. I do not stand alone here. The cost would be nominal and some really spectacular blacks would be the electoral option. I realize some don't like it but any arguments as to why it shouldn't be a switchable on off feature are specious, pure and simple and its exclusion is I suspect only based on marketing considerations, a rather depressing reality from one only interested in seeing the improvement of affordable projectors.

The freeze up because for some reason the lamp is not firing up and the projector is remaining in start up mode and the projector won't accept commands while in the startup sequence. The plug must be pulled to reset the logic to accept a new start up command. The issue for resolution is why the bulb is refusing to fire up. I suspect a bulb or power supply issue. I have informed JVC of the issue but some of the JVC big boys necessary for resolution are hard to reach because this is CES week.

Just a quick heads up for the current/future RS-40 owners and subscribers to Dish Network.

I was disgusted by the picture going into the new 2011 season and did some investigating. I found out that receiver was set to 1080i. When I changed it to 720p, it made the picture 100% better and that is an understatement. My Denon 3311CI's scaler is off so its the STB only that affects the picture quality. On 1080i, I could see every pixel. They were huge and it made the IQ aweful. Now its nice and crisp. The receiver is a 622. Maybe 1080i is not blending right with another setting I may have turned on or set incorrectly on the RS-40 but in any event, I can enjoy TV again.

I take back all I said about Dish's HD picture. S**T, it's nice!

Who knows...........I would like to compare discs either at your place or mine. My experience was VERY similar to Martins at bluray.com. The same day I watched this, I also watched Avatar and Under The Sea both of which were MUCH more impressive from a depth/consistency perspective. I noticed quite a bit of ghosting as well in the white wharehouse scene at the end which I think I mentioned.

I thought A Christmas Carol looked great as well.

I watched it on my 1.3 gain and thought it looked great There were some dark scenes so I know what you guys are talking about, but overall I was impressed with this one.....GREAT depth and very good pop-out as well (the snow falling scenes were fantastic!)

I made more progress tonight with the Nvidia setup & the new drivers. I'll post more details in the dedicated thread, but the short story is I have 3D BD playback working with split video -> projector, audio -> AVR in both TMT 5 and PowerDVD 10.

Both apps will sync from 1080p 60hz to 24hz or 24hz (FP) and then back again to 60hz no problem.

I ran through Avatar, Legend of the Guardian, Street Dance 3D and Despicable me. Both apps played back the 3D BD with no skips, stuttering, etc. HD audio playback was perfect with quick recovery after chapter skips.

OT - My favorite 3D scene to show visitors is the first dance battle in Street Dance 3D, the soundtrack is great and the 3D is a real torture test for the JVC, basically a night club with flashing lights, fast motion, etc. You feel like your in the scene... what a blast.

Yes I agree, the Christmas Carol was much too dark in places. With a totally blacked out room it was "just" tolerable. However take something like resident evil which should be a tougher job, and it was absolutely perfect.

I can see part of the dimness was intentional due to the single flickering bright candle against a very dark dingy room. But overall, I think they went too far with this effect.

For those of you headed off to CES, could you please look out for thenew Samsung 3D Blu-ray player that does 2D to 3D conversion. It's their ultra thin (29mm, IIRC) player. If the launch is not too far off in the future, I'm thinking about adding one to the RS40, which doesn't do 2D to 3D. It's a feature I'm using less as the number of native 3D films increases, but it's still fun once in a while with programs which lend themselves to conversion.

Is this definitely something that oppo don't have on their plans? My bad experience with Korean originated products means I stay well away from them unfortunately. Nothing against Korea or Koreans..just their products haven't worked out for me.

I am sorry for quoting all the previous messages again but I would like to keep these posts in quotes so the message doesn't get lost.




I was concerned that the problems might have been due to the smaller confined space on my shelf (the same one that worked on the DLA-HD250/HD1 among others), so I took the projector off the shelf and set it up on the dining table with ample of space on all the sides.

I plugged everything in and powered up and the DILA image flashed and the unit operated as per normal.

I set it up to play some 3D titles from the PS3 and also some 1080p24 from a media player which is a mix of the stuff I normally play over the course of an evening.

I put the machine on for about 2-3 hours, non stop and there was not a single glitch.

I then powered off the projector for an hour or so while I was working on some conference calls.

Once the call was done, I went off to power the projector on again.

This time, the DILA logo didn't flash on, and the then projector shut itself off, then the warning lights starting flashing.

The red standby button was flashing (cooling down process) and the lamp/warning logos were blinking simultaneously in a series of 3. The manual states the following:


OK, time to call the distributor.

New chip said to reduce ghosting in 3D, hopefully it'll be available in an AVR:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/s...-scaling-to-c/

You mean he must not have FiOS TV which blows away any Sattelite or Cable lol.

It would be great if they could implement a DI that could only be activated when there is a complete fade to black. While we're at it, an internal masking for 2.35 bars would be great too.

well dang, just the dough you saved gets you halfway to a 1.4 AVR!!! if thats the only consideration of course

Based on my past experience, it's your HD broadcast source.

Since I have used 3 (Comcast, Dish and now DirecTV) HD broadcast services, I have to say that Dish was by far the worst picture quality of the three. Dish techs came out a half dozen times to work on the install but they admitted that "Dish over-compresses their signals (due to FCC requirements to carry more channels)" and repeatedly told me Dish was "soon to launch new satellites which would allow redistribution of their bandwidth". The overcompression was so bad there was a lot of color banding especially in dark scenes. I b*tched about the poor PQ for 2 years, then 2 weeks after canceling at the end of my contract they phone me and claim there must have been something wrong with my setup that they could easily fix. Gotta love the sales pitch vs. reality. Even Comcast's digital cable feed for non-HD channels looked better than Dish's quality.

I'll second Sam's vote - DirecTV PQ and sound is very good and they provide a few 3D broadcast channels for free with the HD service. I also have the "Whole home networking" setup which provides DVR play/record access from the other receiver boxes. If you (or anyone else) wants to sign up, PM me (or Sam) and ask for a referral code from us... it will save you $$$ in your first year on top of any other discounts.

Improvement in this area would be great.............ghosting is not a huge issue IMO, but there is definitely room for improvement. Maybe next round of JVCs will make some big strides in this area

I'm considering the RS40 and have a couple of questions. I currently have a 2D Panasonic AE4000 w/a 120" 2.37:1 Dalite HP screen. Having gotten used to the AE4000's auto-zoom feature for 2.35:1 content, I don't want to give it up.

So, is anyone doing a zoom to fill a 2.35:1 screen using the RS40 (so, w/o anamorphic lens)? If so, do you just paint the wall black or use masking for the overspill? Given how good black levels seem on this projector, I'm assuming the zoomed 2.35:1 effect is quite good. Or, is an anamorphic lens a strong consideration to really enjoy 3D on this projector?

Next, even though I've read this AVS 3D FAQ, I'm still somewhat confused by 3D. I do have a HDMI 1.4a receiver and a PS3 (which is HDMI 1.3a), so I'm assuming no issues with 3D Blu-ray content fed by this combo to the RS40? But, is the PS3 not doing full Blu-ray 3D resolution? Do you really need something like the Oppo BDP-93 for full resolution?

I am zooming on my 2.35 screen. I have a flat black front wall and you cant see the projected black bars spilling over onto the wall at all. If you have a dark front wall and ceiling (if your projected area hits that high) you should be just fine.

Toe,
How troublesome (time consuming) is it to zoom?
I am doing it manualy with my HD1 now.
Thanks Tony

My 40 shipped today! Just need an emitter.

I can zoom from 1.78 to 2.35/40 and get everything perfect in ~1 minute. The fully motorized lens makes this MUCH easier than doing it manually with my old RS1 lens which was a PITA honestly. There is also a grid/aspect type pattern when you zoom which helps quite a bit to get things right. I am still hoping for a lens memory feature in the next model I buy, but doing the zoom is not a big deal at all with the fully motorized lens. I used to dread it somewhat with my RS1 (part of that was having to re-pad around the lens as well which I dont have to do with the 40), but dont even think twice about it with the 40 After you do the zoom change a few times, you will get quicker at it as well (like I said, I have it down to ~1 minute).