Went to VMI in Sunnyvale today to meet Brian Rutz the N Calif district sales manager for JVC digital video division. He had a 150cl "right out of the box" all settings on default set on a shelf about 4 feet off the ground. he was projecting onto a large 10 year old white screen. We could make the room very dark. We watched about 100" wide image. His set up was 1080i JVC mastered demo tape to NRS set to "bypass" or a JVC DVD player, component out to NRS to 5 BNC RGB cable to the projector. WE DID NOT use the DVI input. He felt that the picture would not be any better that way if we did. He was not aware of coming JVC PVR with firewire. He said that was "consumer division". The JVC DVHS does have a 4 pin firewire INPUT that he said will mate to future set top boxes. he also stated that this unit will play SOME prerecorded hdvhs material but not all and that they were working to release the "PRO" version with more licensing on the de-encryption. Clearly technology still in flux. he said they had inventory sitting in Cypress. CA and I could have one in 5 days (provided I wrote a check)
Well the picture first. The HD DVHS was stunning. No doubt about it. I asked about FIREHAWK he knew nothing about it. Said "we advise unity gain white screen" I told him I was going to talk to Stewart. He said "That was a probably a better person to ask."
I asked about pixel perfect if you input native resolution at 72hz. He said"It should do that" He was not more specific.
I asked if we could see DVD without the NRS he said "We do not recomend that and this set up is all wired this way in the show case." We started with Shrek. Very lively, Very filmlike. No "digital sheen" like some DLP I have watched. To be fair I have never looked at a Firehawk setup and i will do that as soon as possible.
Gladiator. Seemed a little dark and a little orange/red. Now I am red green color blind so ymmv
Fifth element. Better than the theater. man I can not wait to get a setup going if this is what I have to look forward to. Just brilliant.
Noise. Yeah some. Not an issue. My bar fridge makes more. The heat seemed more of a deal. I will need to keep that room cool if I get one of these.
Bulb life he said 1800 hrs. Talked about how unit will AUTOMATICALLY increase current to bulb over life to increase constant light output and increase life.Said bulb was between 800 and 900 dollars (OUCH)
price... i asked for a bid for the unit the dvhs deck and the nrs i will let you know.
Basically what i took away was Beautiful film like image especially with HD content (at least 1080 i tape was hot) DVD can be great. No idea on broadcast or sat. He said " Will only be as good a source." Seemed very easy to set up. Should be great with professional calibration. Will be hot and pricey to run. But image is smooth smooth smooth. I gotta see a seleco now so i can decide.
Well the picture first. The HD DVHS was stunning. No doubt about it. I asked about FIREHAWK he knew nothing about it. Said "we advise unity gain white screen" I told him I was going to talk to Stewart. He said "That was a probably a better person to ask."
I asked about pixel perfect if you input native resolution at 72hz. He said"It should do that" He was not more specific.
I asked if we could see DVD without the NRS he said "We do not recomend that and this set up is all wired this way in the show case." We started with Shrek. Very lively, Very filmlike. No "digital sheen" like some DLP I have watched. To be fair I have never looked at a Firehawk setup and i will do that as soon as possible.
Gladiator. Seemed a little dark and a little orange/red. Now I am red green color blind so ymmv
Fifth element. Better than the theater. man I can not wait to get a setup going if this is what I have to look forward to. Just brilliant.
Noise. Yeah some. Not an issue. My bar fridge makes more. The heat seemed more of a deal. I will need to keep that room cool if I get one of these.
Bulb life he said 1800 hrs. Talked about how unit will AUTOMATICALLY increase current to bulb over life to increase constant light output and increase life.Said bulb was between 800 and 900 dollars (OUCH)
price... i asked for a bid for the unit the dvhs deck and the nrs i will let you know.
Basically what i took away was Beautiful film like image especially with HD content (at least 1080 i tape was hot) DVD can be great. No idea on broadcast or sat. He said " Will only be as good a source." Seemed very easy to set up. Should be great with professional calibration. Will be hot and pricey to run. But image is smooth smooth smooth. I gotta see a seleco now so i can decide.