Isn't this Art's big weekend?

Marshall,

Thanks for asking and yes, this is the weekend. The screen came in about 15 minutes ago. The G90's are coming at 7:00PM . I have a conference room at a local motel so we should be doing the mechanical set up tonight. I have my stepson and a couple of his football buddies for strong backs for moving the PJs. It looks like Sunday afternoon for the demo but, of course , that depends on how Ken Whitcomb progresses. These will be new PJs with a Faroudja 5000 with the JVC30 K and various DVDs. I'll post pics of things the best I can after as well as my thoughts.



Art

still blending with the Folsom?

Art:


Did you hear about the new CRT Sony is rumored to be bringing out? Much to my surprise, I hear the rumor is true. I hear it is going to use 12" tubes and blow away the G-90. The resolution capability is so great they've specially developed a line quintupler for it. But I shouldn't tell you more...I know you've got your heart set on the G-90s.

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This would be my fear....if there are 'excuses' then you may have doubts..


I wish they could have done the demo in your room on the floor - you could have compared the G90 on the bigger perf screen against your current setup with the smaller screen.. to see if you get at least the same punch factor....

QQQ,

Thanks again for your input. I guess I'll still be waiting for that among other things. I really used to be a fairly decisive person , honest. .


John,

So far so good on the ability to converge the PJs. We will look at DVD tonight at 960p. The HD memory will be ready by mid day Sunday it appears. ( plenty of punch on the 11' wide screen )


Art

I can't believe your getting a G90 stack....Amazing.


Please post a lot of pics, of the machines in particular!!


Nich

Well, it looks like my quest is over. I just saw the best images I've ever seen on a video screen. My goal was to be able to get to image quality as good as I have at home now but on an 11' screen but the DVD portion of the demo exceeded that by some margin. Very very sharp,awesome color and contrast and of course blacks. I simply could not criticize what I saw.


Tomorrow I'll see the HD but I know it will be icing based on the cake today !


Art

Congratulations Art. That's fantastic!

All I can say is wow and I can't wait to see the screen shots!

Art, when you see HD via the F5000/G90 combo, you will truly see the window effect. The icing will be much sweeter than the cake!

Congrats, Art! Glad the quest is finally over.

Hey Jorus, I see you're a dark side convert! They need you over here - they are dropping like flies.


Seriously though, what did you end up getting?


Hope you don't mind a little off topic Art.

Actually Art, I have a couple of serious questions since you will still get the chance to critically view this setup. I'm not sure if you got to see the Marantz 3 chipper long enough, but I remember that you were extremely impressed with the colors on that one. Can you tell us how the colors compare between that one and the G90s? Were the colors on the G90 as good as the 3 chipper? Better? Also, does the ANSI CR leave you wanting any more or is it really totally satisfactory on a second viewing? I know the very dark scenes will be much better on the CRTs than any under 4000:1 on/off digital, but I'm wondering about the CR in scenes with half dark and half bright. And as we've already talked about the 720p on the 3 chipper would probably not satisfy you at 1.1x. I'm just wondering how some of the other parameters compare.


Also, are you considering pushing the screen a little bigger now that you've seen the G90s?


Thanks,

Darin

Fantastic news Art!!


The image will only get better once HD-DVD happens..


I have to go and wipe all the drool off my keyboard..

Congratulations Art! Your search has been a long one and I am glad that you found the image you were looking for. I would propose that you now have THE reference system on the forum.