I am a newbie here so please have patience. I have been voraciously reading this forum. The people here are a wealth of knowledge and I hope they can help me out....
I recently had a chance to see a S1 and S2 in the same room at my local dealer. He had the S1 last week and I returned this evening after learning he had replaced it with a S2.
I thought the S1 was smooth and very nice. When I saw the S2 it appeared a little brighter with better contrast if memory serves me right. Although the color was a little washed out to me so this could be a calibration issue (too bright). When I asked the salesman he told me it was set the same as the S1. I had no way of knowing if he was truthful. As I don't own any movies yet I had to go with what they had in the store - Dinosaur. (I saw this in my last audition too, so it was a good comparison).
In some scenes I noticed some artifacts and I don't know if they are in the source, the scalar, a cable problem (bandwidth) or all of the above. So please help me out...
In the beginning of the movie in close ups of the egg I noticed, for lack of a better term, pixelization. Kind of like watching a video on a low bandwidth internet connection - larger pixels and then smaller "normal" ones. I also noticed it again when static backgrounds where panned small distances on the screen. When I got closer to the screen I noticed it around moving objects against the background.
When I got close up I noticed the edge of the pixels where not touching. Was the PJ focused correctly?
And I also noticed the "dimple" in the pixel.
I didn't think I saw any rainbows, but there was a sense of "edginess" around the pixel when I got closer to the screen. And if I really paid close attention at the sitting position I could "feel" the edginess, but I had to concentrate on seeing it. Where these rainbows?
I spent about 30 minutes watching the movie and did not feel fatigued at all. So I need some help here. I like the Marantz, but I hope not all movies have this "pixelization" issue.
Any help is greatly appreciated....
- Dan
Equipment was:
Marantz DVD
B&K Ref 30 ( I think - could have also been a Marantz)
Component Video Connection to the Marantz
Screen Stewart of unknown type - salesman did not know.
I recently had a chance to see a S1 and S2 in the same room at my local dealer. He had the S1 last week and I returned this evening after learning he had replaced it with a S2.
I thought the S1 was smooth and very nice. When I saw the S2 it appeared a little brighter with better contrast if memory serves me right. Although the color was a little washed out to me so this could be a calibration issue (too bright). When I asked the salesman he told me it was set the same as the S1. I had no way of knowing if he was truthful. As I don't own any movies yet I had to go with what they had in the store - Dinosaur. (I saw this in my last audition too, so it was a good comparison).
In some scenes I noticed some artifacts and I don't know if they are in the source, the scalar, a cable problem (bandwidth) or all of the above. So please help me out...
In the beginning of the movie in close ups of the egg I noticed, for lack of a better term, pixelization. Kind of like watching a video on a low bandwidth internet connection - larger pixels and then smaller "normal" ones. I also noticed it again when static backgrounds where panned small distances on the screen. When I got closer to the screen I noticed it around moving objects against the background.
When I got close up I noticed the edge of the pixels where not touching. Was the PJ focused correctly?
And I also noticed the "dimple" in the pixel.
I didn't think I saw any rainbows, but there was a sense of "edginess" around the pixel when I got closer to the screen. And if I really paid close attention at the sitting position I could "feel" the edginess, but I had to concentrate on seeing it. Where these rainbows?
I spent about 30 minutes watching the movie and did not feel fatigued at all. So I need some help here. I like the Marantz, but I hope not all movies have this "pixelization" issue.
Any help is greatly appreciated....
- Dan
Equipment was:
Marantz DVD
B&K Ref 30 ( I think - could have also been a Marantz)
Component Video Connection to the Marantz
Screen Stewart of unknown type - salesman did not know.