Hi,
Cam, please come see my setup ASAP. Dinner is mine! http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif
Last night I saw Cam's Sharp 9000 720p DLP on a Stewart 16x9 GrayHawk wall screen. Video processor is a Faroudja 720p NRS and a Sony 9000ES DVD player. The projector is running in low-light output mode.
Not a good picture in my opinion. Picture is very noisy and over enhanced (EE and ringing). Color is dull. Red looks purple and fleshtone looks yellowish. Black level is worse than the LT150 (brighter) while shadow detail is lacking. Clipping in high contrast. White is too hot. And, the dithering and crosshatching type motion artifacts is still there like the LT150 and all other 1-chip DLP projector. I tried to do some adjustment in the 9000 menu but can't help much.
One the good side, rainbow is almost gone (according to a rainbow guy in the test!) and I can't hear the projector over my head 3' away, aka no fan noise.
Then we tried the LT150 from CKL. After some minor adjustment (brightness/contrast/color/white balance) on the LT150, WOW, a great picture on the Grayhawk. The Grayhawk definitely help to bring more shadow detail while keeping a good black level. Color is VERY smooth and accurate. Picture is very clean and 3D. In HDTV playback, the absolute resolution is a bit lower than the 9000 but the LT150 picture is free from edge enhancement. Picture dynamic is a bit weaker than the 9000 but a 1.3-1.5 gain screen should help the punch effect.
On the bad side, our rainbow guy saw TONS of rainbow now. And we can hear the fan noise on quiet scene.
All in all, the LT150 is still KING. NO other digital projector I saw does better HDTV than the LT150. And the LT150 is still the only digital projector I saw that produces CORRECT color tone compared to a CRT projector picture.
Enjoy! http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif And hope the 9000 can be improve with more calibration.
regards,
Li On
Cam, please come see my setup ASAP. Dinner is mine! http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif
Last night I saw Cam's Sharp 9000 720p DLP on a Stewart 16x9 GrayHawk wall screen. Video processor is a Faroudja 720p NRS and a Sony 9000ES DVD player. The projector is running in low-light output mode.
Not a good picture in my opinion. Picture is very noisy and over enhanced (EE and ringing). Color is dull. Red looks purple and fleshtone looks yellowish. Black level is worse than the LT150 (brighter) while shadow detail is lacking. Clipping in high contrast. White is too hot. And, the dithering and crosshatching type motion artifacts is still there like the LT150 and all other 1-chip DLP projector. I tried to do some adjustment in the 9000 menu but can't help much.
One the good side, rainbow is almost gone (according to a rainbow guy in the test!) and I can't hear the projector over my head 3' away, aka no fan noise.
Then we tried the LT150 from CKL. After some minor adjustment (brightness/contrast/color/white balance) on the LT150, WOW, a great picture on the Grayhawk. The Grayhawk definitely help to bring more shadow detail while keeping a good black level. Color is VERY smooth and accurate. Picture is very clean and 3D. In HDTV playback, the absolute resolution is a bit lower than the 9000 but the LT150 picture is free from edge enhancement. Picture dynamic is a bit weaker than the 9000 but a 1.3-1.5 gain screen should help the punch effect.
On the bad side, our rainbow guy saw TONS of rainbow now. And we can hear the fan noise on quiet scene.
All in all, the LT150 is still KING. NO other digital projector I saw does better HDTV than the LT150. And the LT150 is still the only digital projector I saw that produces CORRECT color tone compared to a CRT projector picture.
Enjoy! http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif And hope the 9000 can be improve with more calibration.
regards,
Li On