Screenshot War!!!!!!!! - Page 70

How do they look in person? Judging by the screenshots, overall, the digital looks best to me.

The CRT blend is unbeatable for low APL scenes. The CRT plus the stacked digital is super-bright and has really something for high APL scenes.

In summary:

- If I know beforehand that the movie doesn't have any blackouts or low APL scenes, I'd use the CRT blend plus the digital... that would give me the best performance for high APL scenes.

- For everything else... the CRT blend is way better.

I know you can buy very bright projectors that would comfortably light my screen, but their performance in low APL is not there yet. I wish they were. Setting up the blend is a steep, really (unless you have anybody super knowledgeable who can do it for you) - it has taken me about 1 year or so of tweaking and learning it, and I am not completely done yet (I still want to try those CLB mods, ).

Hi Andreas, I just want to make sure its the VIM not the CLM causing the problem. So far running the modded(took 12 22uf caps out) with my un modded VIM its been fine.
I'll need to mod my opther VIM and test it that way first before I sign off on the final modded CLM.

Athanasios

Athanasios - I knew you would read that!

LOL I havn't forgotten you buddy, just waiting for the part to make my extender card so it's easier to scope the vim. once i am sure its the vim i'll move forward with doing my mods to the 20035-02p vim then the 03p vim once I am happy with that I'll give the go ahead for using the CLM mods with modded Vims. if it does give issues I'll have to come up with a toned down version for use with highly modded vims. I'll have to try a few things.

Athanasios

BTW, I currently have two modded 02P VIMs in the projectors (Mikrons I think they are called) and two unmodded 03P VIMs... I still haven't decided which ones I'll be using. I really want to do a side by side test of modded 02P vs. unmodded 03P.

Yes that be neat to see, I dont think we ever had any screen shots of the two from the same machine for comparison, I kow for sure the lower level details will be better in Mikes modded Vim, that is the one thing I noticed most in My own mods. I still havnt mastered Mikes resolvability of his Vims but thats ok , I am just having lots of fun learning as I go.

Athanasios

Damnit, replacement hvps is faulty too. Now I need to wait for a second replacement.

Bummer. Those reliable CRT projectors :-(

What's a pain are these marquee's which have are known being great due to availability for spare parts, and at present Curt doesn't have any HVPS nor does he know when any are coming. So rather than waiting indefinitely, I'm buying another 8500 Ultra to have as a spare machine (which I'll be converting into a 9500 Ultra ) So much for CRTs being cheap... you don't want to know how much $$ I've put into my CRT hobby!

Now the waiting continues yet again.

I think the 8500 Ultra is a great move.

I got mine (which I converted into one of my 9"s) from GL and a big help from Clarence who helped shipping.

Ok, well I've got the 8500 Ultra organised, so that will be shipped out to me next week. Thanks Tim!

Few more plasma screens

OMG, look at the detail on this one!




Mr Bob

A few CRT screenshots from yesterday...

Clarence,


What source are using for Blu-Ray?

Doc

those are PS3 -> VP50

Clarence your G90 is looking really good. Cliffs caps have that extra pop but yours are not to far behind.

Got 'ya!

What you are actually seeing in Clarence's new screen shots is Don's NEC 6PG Xtra running at 720p72. Pretty smokin', eh?


Ken Whitcomb

Speechless..

Ken rocks. period.

wallace

I still say IMHO AC units have a pinch more crispness to them vs LC in general, but I wouldn't give up LC benefits for it

-Gary

This one is my favorite.




Ken Whitcomb

Not only are you lethal at your work but you have good taste. That shot gets me every time.