Jamis' theater thread! - Page 9

A few more screen shots (completely untouched)...

Those are uncalibrated, out of the box shots (except for sharpness +3). Normal processing, Mode 1.

The pillars are slightly more obvious in person, but mostly because we watch TV with the lights turn up a bit (my wife likes to read while we watch). I haven't felt a strong need to mask it yet. It doesn't bother me at all for now. Under no-lights, the side bars as just barely more obvious than letterboxing.

We are very happy with the screen size. The 16:9 size is equivalent to about 110" diagonal. This was about the biggest 16:9 we would have done anyway due to ceiling height constraints... I then just added the extra width to get a scope screen.

In retrospect, I wish we had used 2x10's for the riser instead of 2x8's. As it is, its JUST tall enough for an adult in the back row to see the bottom of the screen with the front row not reclined.

As for screen door, I don't notice any... even right up close. I can actually see the weave pattern of the screen material more than any SDE. I really have to be within 2-3 feet to see it well. First row is at about 11 feet, second row is about 17'.

I'm very happy with it and have no complaints thus far. The colors seem excellent and I haven't noticed any convergence or focus issues.

Lots of people (Epson and JVC fans) in the $3000+ MSRP projector forum seem to be trying to bash it. For me, it came down to the features (power zoom, lens memory), release timing (available now... that wait was painful), price (cheaper than I budgeted!), and overall performance/specs.

Yeah... the sealed light path would quiet my paranoid side down a bit. I just couldn't justify the price.

From what I understand... it is still not a sealed light path on most/all LCD projectors. The JVC (LCoS) does have a sealed light path, which to me is a selling point.

They are good. Well made and heavy duty. We haven't used them much, but we've had not complaints when we have. We could have got ones that were much more comfy, but they didn't swivel. We wanted a swivel to make getting in the seats much easier. We also wanted backs for added comfort.

I ordered from allbarstools.com and they were great for price and customer service. I have a problem with the swivel mechanism on one of the chairs and they were very responsive on resolving the issue and getting a new part out to me.

If I got a 'pub style' or 'pub height' table and chairs, the screen would still be visible. You might have a tough time with lower chairs or a regular height table.

It's a 1.16 gain SMX screen (acoustically transparent), 17' throw, 100% light controlled room. The 2.37:1 screen is 129" wide.

It's in normal mode... still with out of the box settings. I didn't care for the colors of any of the Cinema modes with their default settings, so I just left it on normal. I have no complaints with the colors/brightness in normal and have had no motivation to change it.

The brief time I put it on the different cinema modes it did not seem bright enough. It was watchable, but was much dimmer than Normal. The picture also seemed washed out, as if the contrast was too high.

Dynamic was ok brightness wise, but seemed to have heavy on the yellow.

Normal seems perfect.

Unfortunately it is not on the Lee's website. If you have a Carpet One dealer near by, they will have it. Lee's is an exclusive brand to carpet one. It is 'unanimous' in the 'tuxedo' color. They had a bunch of colors to choose from. Comfortwise, it is nice, though definitely not super soft being a somewhat shorter pile.

There is also a very similar, but not quite as nice quality wise pattern from Shaw.

We went 7.1 with the sides pretty much right in between the two rows of berklines.

The front of the counter is about 18' from the front of the screen. I could have probably shifted everything forward a little if i had to, but not much given my screen size and the spacing I wanted for the seats. You could probably do it depending on what to pick for seating, riser dimensions, and distances from the screen.

I insulated all of the interior walls. I simply didn't drywall/finish the inside of the equipment rack/closet and you are just seeing the regular fiberglass insulation.

As for the yellow stuff... that is the insulation the builder used in the ceiling and along the exterior walls they built. I simply left it in place instead of replacing it.

Poster frames came in... 3 out of the 6 frames had issues with the plexi and I'm going to have to contact the manufacturer. Good enough to put the posters in, but definitely bad enough to need the plexi replaced.

They look pretty good overall.

I put five of them in the hallway that connects the kitchenette, bathroom, utility room and stairs. The sixth is in the back of the theater between the rear speakers until I can find a good media shelf to put there.