The "Winner of the Projector Shootout" thread is providing a lot of valuable information and opinions about what was demonstrated at Infocomm.
One of the highlights for me was the Sony demonstration of their G90 CRT ($37,000) which uses 9-inch guns. This is not a new model and it isn't digital either. However, the demo included a 10-minute clip from Lawrence of Arabia that had been remastered at 1080i and was played back through a Faroudja processor at 1080p.
I was impressed. Very impressed.
The campfire scene, moments before Omar Shariff burns Lawrence's military uniform, made me understand why folks here pay so much attention to black levels! If you have camped out and sat around your campfire in pitch black, you know what the experience is like. The G90 with the 1080p input rekindled those memories by producing a truly lifelike rendition. All this from a 1960s(?) movie. I hope High-Def DVD comes along soon.
This was followed by a 480p clip from the 9000ES which was good, but otherwise unremarkable.
I have not had much exposure to CRTs because of their impracticalities over digital projectors (price, size, light output, weight, installation, convergence, etc.), but this demo made me stand up and take notice. I can understand why CRTs are the reference by which all other display technologies are judged.
Having said this, I agree with all of the enthusiastic remarks about the QXGA D-ILA and the promising G150. JVC's 25-foot theater demonstration was nothing short of amazing. Of course, the G90's image would have evaporated at that size...
One of the highlights for me was the Sony demonstration of their G90 CRT ($37,000) which uses 9-inch guns. This is not a new model and it isn't digital either. However, the demo included a 10-minute clip from Lawrence of Arabia that had been remastered at 1080i and was played back through a Faroudja processor at 1080p.
I was impressed. Very impressed.
The campfire scene, moments before Omar Shariff burns Lawrence's military uniform, made me understand why folks here pay so much attention to black levels! If you have camped out and sat around your campfire in pitch black, you know what the experience is like. The G90 with the 1080p input rekindled those memories by producing a truly lifelike rendition. All this from a 1960s(?) movie. I hope High-Def DVD comes along soon.
This was followed by a 480p clip from the 9000ES which was good, but otherwise unremarkable.
I have not had much exposure to CRTs because of their impracticalities over digital projectors (price, size, light output, weight, installation, convergence, etc.), but this demo made me stand up and take notice. I can understand why CRTs are the reference by which all other display technologies are judged.
Having said this, I agree with all of the enthusiastic remarks about the QXGA D-ILA and the promising G150. JVC's 25-foot theater demonstration was nothing short of amazing. Of course, the G90's image would have evaporated at that size...
