Epson EMP-TW1000 1080p LCD HDMI1.3 - Page 18

Congrats dc10 !

Might be joining you guys on the TW1000 soon.

Emailed Hivizone earlier this week to ask about pricing and also noticed that their listing on the TW1000 didn't mention anything about a 2yr int'l warranty like it does on the Tw700. Reply from them said they should have both these details posted within the next 10 days.

dc10flyer, how big of a screen are you using? wondering (hoping) that running it on high brightness is only necessary for a big screen!

Carada 106" BW, total light controlled room

I know some people were asking if the TW1000 will support 1080p/24.
It does.

Joe

That's great news Joe Black. Would you know if firmware upgrade is required or all shipped units can support? Thanks

Art at projector reviews has a short pre-review of the Epson 1080(TW1000) he saw at CES. Looks like he expects to get one in soon for review.


"Epson Pro Cinema 1080p

Epson showed their Pro Cinema 1080p 3LCD projector in their suite in the Wynn hotel. Really nice! I"m looking forward to reviewing it in the next month. First, it seems to be the brightest of the LCD 1080p projectors, and second, it's the first under $10,000 projector (to the best of my knowledge) that will ship supporting HDMI 1.3. This is significant, because, versions of HDMI prior to 1.3, only transmit 8 bit color per channel - the traditional 255 shades per color and a 16.7 million color palette, which as some of you may know, isn't quite enough choice (hard to believe) to give you, smooth color transitions in flesh tones. HDMI 1.3 also handles more advanced audio, but that's not a projector issue.

Also of note, Epson has new improved optics and the image looked extremely sharp.

The 1080p Epson will have a suggested retail of $4999! - That will make it slightly more than the other two LCD's the Mitsubishi HC5000, and the Panasonic PT-AE1000U, but less than those DLP's (which are brighter than the existing 1080p LCD projectors. If the new Epson 1080p turns out be be significantly brighter than the other two, (it is rated 1200 lumens, but then Epson is the one company in the industry - from my personal experience - who jusually builds projectors that actually beat their claimed brightness, then there is a lower cost, and bright alternative to the DLP's. The competition heats up!

I'm tempted to buy this PJ while I'm over there. If I shop around, it looks like I might be able to get it for less than US$2,800. Is there any reason not to get it? Would there be a problem using a "Japan" model in the US?

All advice welcome.

Thanks,
Ira

Somebody refresh my memory. The Epson TW100 had Faroudja. The JVC DLA HD1 has Gennum, and the Mitsubishi has Reon. Does the Epson employ a name brand video processor/de-interlacer/scaler in the TW1000?

Ira, the one I imported is a Japanese model. The only concern is warranty work. I had to ship mine back via Price Japan to get it serviced. If you bought it from a store there, it might be hard to get it serviced. I'd go with an importer like Superfly, EastPorters, or Price Japan.

I'm quite certain it's a Pixelworks.

Still need external video processor for good de-interlacing of 480i and 1080i then... ?

I am having a hard time finding a throw calculator of the TW1000. Does anyone know if I will be able to achieve a 110" image at exactly 11' away?

~Josh

YES
See post #36, Google translation. Scroll down left side of page (with C2Fine being subpage one) go to the Japanese characters--5th one down and you will find "Installation " click and read. It looks like you will have no problem doing what you want at 11ft.

projectorcalc at projectorcentral.com for the Epson 810/TW700. It uses the same 2.1:1 Fujinon lens which offers a huge range.

810 calc

For a 110" screen Min distance seems to be 11'4"

I ordered thru P....J...., but for some reason PayPal wouldn't let me do an instant transfer (do I need to transfer money IN to my PayPal account first?!? Anyway, payment clears on 1/29, I expect shipment by 1/30, in hand by 2/3-4? I can't wait.

BTW, I got my light meter, haven't had a chance to play with it yet. But since the consensus is Epsons are much brighter, that's what I'm expecting.

David

You had to do an e-cheque? Yeah, that is lame. I cannot remember how to fix that. I can do instant payments now myself, but how to fix your account, I don't know. Best to contact PayPal...of course, now you'll just have to wait.

The reason that happened is because the credit card on file had expired or you changed credit cards and did not update your Paypal account.

I think it might be a limit on instant transfers.

You can pay with CC and PP its not much more 3% I think.

Jacks............

Refresh more poor failing grey cells............

When you had both the TW700 and the TW1000 compare the brightness for me. The numbers game would say the 700 has an extra 400 of max lumens available...........

What was your experience with brightness.......... I honestly cannot remember if you covered this, but I am sure you must have... I will head back towards the front of the thread and see if I can find it.....

If you look back the week before Christmas, I posted a brightness comparison pic with some moderate daylight between the two. The TW700 is brighter. I didn't have a light meter, but if you made me put a number on it, I'd say the specs are accurate in the relative difference, maybe 20%-25% difference.

For me, I have the plasma for daytime viewing. So the TW1000 was plenty bright enough for movies with lights out, and I can even watch sports easily with lights on in the Living Room mode.

There's a comparison pic also of the Panasonic 500 and TW1000 with all my room lights on and you can see how bright the TW1000 was in that environment in Living Room mode. It was very watchable.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for your input about instant transfers. I CAN do instant transfers, though I've never tried this large an amount before; PayPal's error message says they look at the sender and the recipient to determine whether it would be secure to do instant transfers. The credit card was an option, but I was too cheap to pay 3% extra. Incidentally, I double checked my credit card on file, and everything seems kosher (account no., exp date, CVV), but PayPal refuses to let me use it to pay for stuff (declined), even though I have plenty of credit line available. Weird.

Jacksonian, I'm with you; I have a 60" RPTV in the family room, so I don't really need daytime viewability. And in the dark, I found my PE8700 (1000 rated lumens) to be plenty bright for movies on my 133" 16:9 matte white screen, though for gaming it didn't have enough pop. I was thinking of getting a 2.35:1 High Power 156" screen, but I'm going to see if my matte white will do with the extra oomph of the TW1000. I'm so excited!

David

So without quoting actual prices, the difference between the Epson TW1000 and the JVC should be around $2000 USD?

Thanks Jacks...... yeah I went back to the begining and then found the stuff I was looking for around December 19th I believe it was.... re-reading it was good... it reminded me of one of the big differences between the two which is SDE.

Everyone has their own "issues" I remember that DLP's give you a headache (I have a son-in-law with the same problem), well SDE has always kept me from purchasing an LCD projector. Although from my seating distance which is about 1.25x screen-width I don't think it would be as much of a problem for the TW1000 as it is the TW700.

Pity we can't have both More lumens and no SDE !

I'm still considering looking for a deal on this pj next week when I'm in Japan. I did look at the manual on the Epson Japan website. I don't read Japanese, but I can usually figure out a few things.

The main thing I think I determined is that this pj won't accept 24 Hz. Rather it appears that it will accept between 50 and 85 Hz. Thus, for those BD or HD players that will output 24 fps to avoid using pull down, this Epson can't accept the signal. On the other hand, if the players can output 72 fps (24 fps x 3), then perhaps the same effect could be achieved.

Anyway, I'd still like more user impressions of this pj if possible. Any further observations?

For example, how well does this pj handle fast motion? Is it sharp, or does it blur out due to slower than necessary refresh rates on the pannels?

How is the color and brightness uniformity across the screen?

Any problems with pannel alignment?

Thanks,
Ira

Hmm, I was under the impression 1080p/24 support was there. I will be checking in for owner comments on this one.

Hi,

based on iblumberg's information I've posted this 24p question to my German congenials.

I today received the feedback that Epson TW1000 supports 24p as JohnnDenver supposes.

The information has been copied (ref attachment) out of a product sheet available on Epson's webpage

Greetings from Germany

Alfred

As I move ever closer to this projetcor. Any owners want to give me any last minute advice or information or experiences?

Japan is calling my name here. Tax return is filed.


It is the Sony Pearl or this one.

Thanks for the clarification. I hope you can see how I was confused since 50-80 Hz is listed as the RGB vertical scanning frequency and this was the thing I saw in the Japanese specs.

This is good news and makes me more confident about taking a flyer on this pj.

Ira

This projector is listed on Epson Direct japan for 350000yen. I wonder if they will sell direct to USA? Anyone who has seen the TW1000 ever see the jvc 3 chip LCOS unit??

I doubt seriously Epson direct will sell to the US, why would they? And undercut their own US sales? Wouldn't make sense.

No one has seen the JVC and Epson in the same room as far as I know. And that would be the only way to say anything remotely intelligent about the comparison.