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Yaa, hooo! My replacement lamp (thanks, Mike!) arrived from AVS late last night, and I've just put it in--wow, back to the big plasma!
I had 1900 hrs on the old one (OK, I know that's a lot!), mostly in high lamp mode, and my last measurement showed it to be putting out ~ 180 lumens, giving me ~ 6 to 7 ftL off the screen--too dim for me!
$800 for a lamp is not nothing, but compared to how much these things depreciate per year, it is not much more than nothing. To me, it's false economy to 'save the lamp' on these things.
I'll wait a bit before doing autocal via Chromapure, but man, it looks incredible on the Ref preset as is.
You do have a 4K projector and I am sure the Lumagen no ring scaling will be superior to that in the Sony which does exhibit a modest amount of ringing but I (and I am not Lumagen and am speaking for myself) would still be hesitant given your complete lack of appreciation for the many other fine things a top notch processor can do to closer perfect a HT .For example, the 1000ES lacks a color management system which I have found needed as the Sony bulb and panels age. Also such things as auto calibration including multi point gray scale and gamma and 125 point cms. I don't think I would offer a top notch reel and rod to a non fisherman even though the indi vidual may have a expensive tropical salt water fish tank and like seafood. A beta tester must be familar with using a large percentage of the functions the processor can do and be able to thoroughly test them for possible problems. Betatest units come from a very limited beta production run and the distribution of beta units must be well thought out if beta testing is to accomplish its objectives.
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You do have a 4K projector and I am sure the Lumagen no ring scaling will be superior to that in the Sony which does exhibit a modest amount of ringing but I (and I am not Lumagen and am speaking for myself) would still be hesitant given your complete lack of appreciation for the many other fine things a top notch processor can do to closer perfect a HT .For example, the 1000ES lacks a color management system which I have found needed as the Sony bulb and panels age. Also such things as auto calibration including multi point gray scale and gamma and 125 point cms. I don't think I would offer a top notch reel and rod to a non fisherman even though the indi vidual may have a expensive tropical salt water fish tank and like seafood. A beta tester must be familar with using a large percentage of the functions the processor can do and be able to thoroughly test them for possible problems. Betatest units come from a very limited beta production run and the distribution of beta units must be well thought out if beta testing is to accomplish its objectives. I agree with mark, once Joerod tries the Mini and finds out what it is capable of, he will be much more appreciative of its abilities and what it can bring to the table.
Yes, my lamp certainly lost red as it dimmed.
Autocal is a blessing in being able to run a CMS so routinely. This is in fact what really showed me that red couldn't keep up. Tom Huffman's suggestion (to raise the global Color control a bit, and re-calibrate) was a useful patch for a while. But nothing like having the full strength of a new lamp!
? Joerod is getting a mini at my suggestion as a small bycicle with training wheels so he can learn the many things it can do and how to do them on a Radiance. Once he learns the ins and outs of that he could then qualify as a beta tester. I do believe the 4K will have pip/pop etc plus some other goodies even the XE doesn't have because there is not enough space on the programable gate chips.
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