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Originally posted by gpshumway
I'm just guessing, but he's probably got the older liquid filled panamorph model which squeezes 1.33 to 2.35. It's been out of production for some time. I believe it was discontinued before the liquid filled 1.33 to 1.78 model. |
Shawn, gpshumway is right. If I recall correctly, it was called a 561 Panamorph. It was rather expensive and risky to preorder. From time to time they show up in videogon.
It is not perfect, that is for sure, but from the times I have used it, it satisfies me and my crowd. {Still using an LT-150, to give a frame of reference
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I would have to experiment to see if I would prefer to use it or just always leave the 16:9 in front of the pj and just use black bars, masking, and maybe zoom to get the aspect ratios.
I am not sure if DIY liquid filled lense discussion is allowed around here, but I understand that materials can be rather inexpensive, and I recall seeing some techniques to cancel out barrel distortion.
Also, I just want to add that I did not intend to slight any pjs in my earlier post with the comment about just masking a 4:3 chip to make it 16:9. From what I have read, they made other improvements to the models that make them well worth consideration, and I would be very happy to have one.
As far as cr, my theater is a black hole, so I would imagine that might make my actual pj cr requirements a little less, to achieve the same black level.
Berklines are on the way, and I do not want to do anything too permanent when locating the LT-150 on the ceiling, where it will have to go. I would really prefer to upgrade before doing anythign to affix the lt-150 to the ceiling.
Best Regards,
Doug
