I recently bought the JVC 30000 over the internet. I wanted to set it up as soon as possible (to make sure it didn't have the defects mentioned in other threads on this forum), but my home theater was down for some upgrades. In the meantime, I asked my local installer to plug it into the system in his showroom so we could see how it looked.
The picture from the JVC was beautiful beyond description. Now, I'm accustomed to a pretty good picture--I have a Vidikron Vision One, and run a DSS hi-def feed through a Faroudja 5000 to convert the 1080i to 1080p. I've been known to watch thoroughly pedestrian program material for hours (you know, PBS programs on insects, travel shows on HDNet), just because I'm mesmerized by the beautiful pictures. The picture from the JVC 30000, run directly into a Christie 3-chip DLP projector and shown on a 12' wide screen, surpassed anything I have seen in my home theater (well, except for the blacks, but that's a projector issue). The material in the JVC demo tape is deadly dull, but gorgeous. The Motley Crue and Yes vidoes also looked great, although they do not have the same breathtaking colors as the demo tape. My installer asked if I could let him keep the JVC a few weeks for client demo purposes, while he ordered one for himself. He said he would be happy not to be limited to whatever happened to be on HDNet for hi-def program demonstration material.
I can't wait till the D Theater tapes hit the market!
The picture from the JVC was beautiful beyond description. Now, I'm accustomed to a pretty good picture--I have a Vidikron Vision One, and run a DSS hi-def feed through a Faroudja 5000 to convert the 1080i to 1080p. I've been known to watch thoroughly pedestrian program material for hours (you know, PBS programs on insects, travel shows on HDNet), just because I'm mesmerized by the beautiful pictures. The picture from the JVC 30000, run directly into a Christie 3-chip DLP projector and shown on a 12' wide screen, surpassed anything I have seen in my home theater (well, except for the blacks, but that's a projector issue). The material in the JVC demo tape is deadly dull, but gorgeous. The Motley Crue and Yes vidoes also looked great, although they do not have the same breathtaking colors as the demo tape. My installer asked if I could let him keep the JVC a few weeks for client demo purposes, while he ordered one for himself. He said he would be happy not to be limited to whatever happened to be on HDNet for hi-def program demonstration material.
I can't wait till the D Theater tapes hit the market!