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Ken Whitcomb is your man. He is in Indianapolis , he set up and maintains my G90 stack. Excellent at his work, and reliable.
Art
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I'll second that. My wife and I made the trip to see Art's uphoria and I had to have a custom sling made for my jaw! I just couldn't seem to get it to close back up!
Ken is an awesome guy to deal with and he takes great pride in his work. You don't hear all that much about him. He is truely one of the hidden secrets of this forum!
Mike
Ken is an awesome guy to deal with and he takes great pride in his work. You don't hear all that much about him. He is truely one of the hidden secrets of this forum!Mike
Talked to Ken last night and he said about 2 weeks before the big day! He sounded like 4 to 5 hours should do the trick for my setup.
Is 106' screen to big for a hot dial on a 1292 and if anyone knows what the ideal throw distance is. Right now I'm at 154' and am having some slight focusing issues in the left and right corners
Greg
Is 106' screen to big for a hot dial on a 1292 and if anyone knows what the ideal throw distance is. Right now I'm at 154' and am having some slight focusing issues in the left and right corners
Greg
Is it mounted already? Floor or ceiling? Ken will determine the proper throw according to your set up. I am running a 54X96 (110" diagonal) and it handles it with no problem. Some say you start to lose PQ if you go any bigger. I can't wait to get him in to set mine up. I am still waiting on my modded boards from KBK. It shouldn't be too long though. KBK's normal turn around time is about 2 years and I have been waiting for 1 and 3/4 now! You won't be disappointed with K. Whitcomb and please report back after he is done.
Mike
You won't be disappointed with K. Whitcomb and please report back after he is done.Mike
The 1292 is mounted in the middle of the screen since I don't have ceiling with duck work and my room is only 12 feet wide. I thought about the floor but seating is a problem. The X factor is 100lb Giant Schnauzer that is 10 months old and very mischievous!!!!!
Any suggestions on placement is greatly appreciated.
Greg
Any suggestions on placement is greatly appreciated.
Greg
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106" what? Wide? Diagonal? If diagonal what aspect ratio?
I find that a HTPC+theatertek with settings that allegedly produce .7V @ 100IRE (haven't scoped it personally) feeding a 1292 works well on an 87" wide 1.3 gain screen with a contrast setting of 85 and factory throw distance. If you like the same sort of picture you could probably go to 92" wide (106" diagonal) screen at the same gain. At 106" wide you'd probably want a 2.0 gain or better. At unity gain 80" might be better. YMMV.
Factory throw distance between lens center and screen center is 1.41 widths. You can use trigonometry to arrive at your horizontal distance especially if you are not using the standard projection angle (13.6 degrees). Or pjcalc.exe. Or interpolate from the installation tables in the dealer/install manual. The phospher border is big. If you have fresh tubes with no wear you might go closer. With wear you might need to go farther.
Your focus problem is probably Scheimpflug - the 1292 adjustment mechanism is NOT user friendly, and in some cases neither pjcalc.exe nor the manual values for the L+C rings are correct.
| Originally posted by greg1292 Is 106' screen to big for a hot dial on a 1292 and if anyone knows what the ideal throw distance is. Right now I'm at 154' and am having some slight focusing issues in the left and right corners |
I find that a HTPC+theatertek with settings that allegedly produce .7V @ 100IRE (haven't scoped it personally) feeding a 1292 works well on an 87" wide 1.3 gain screen with a contrast setting of 85 and factory throw distance. If you like the same sort of picture you could probably go to 92" wide (106" diagonal) screen at the same gain. At 106" wide you'd probably want a 2.0 gain or better. At unity gain 80" might be better. YMMV.
Factory throw distance between lens center and screen center is 1.41 widths. You can use trigonometry to arrive at your horizontal distance especially if you are not using the standard projection angle (13.6 degrees). Or pjcalc.exe. Or interpolate from the installation tables in the dealer/install manual. The phospher border is big. If you have fresh tubes with no wear you might go closer. With wear you might need to go farther.
Your focus problem is probably Scheimpflug - the 1292 adjustment mechanism is NOT user friendly, and in some cases neither pjcalc.exe nor the manual values for the L+C rings are correct.
Just hooked up Leeza HD with Panasonic Sdi and the picture is great. Seems to be sharper and more detail after initial hook up.
I have Ken Whitcomb coming in 2 weeks and I am alot closer to the throw distance. Should have it ready by the weekend. It will be the first time to have a properly calibrated projector with great processing and dvd playback. There must be a God!!!! NO, It is my wife writing the check!!!!!
Greg
I have Ken Whitcomb coming in 2 weeks and I am alot closer to the throw distance. Should have it ready by the weekend. It will be the first time to have a properly calibrated projector with great processing and dvd playback. There must be a God!!!! NO, It is my wife writing the check!!!!!
Greg
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