My humble first viewing.

Before reading further I want to say I have been disappointed with every lcos I have ever seen to date and really had my doubts going into this regardless the hype.


Ok heres my initial reaction to seeing the Ruby for the first time. Ive only spent 30 minutes with it so far. I will get a better feel for this over the next few days.

I do not have the hot corner issue. At least so far I do not see it. Only very little in the upper left near the boarder. My red is shifted up one pixel but the rest is perfect. Im feeding it 1080i HD and DVD scaled to 1080i via DVI to DVI. I do not think I would gain anything going into HDMI if my source does not originate HDMI. I clearly prefer iris auto mode but over time may watch some things with iris off. I did not like iris on.

I also have a mercury hd 3 chip dlp. This is the best 3 chip DLP I have seen. Its very clean and has a feature called saturation that paints the image on the screen giving it a thick rich crt look. Of course it has plenty of pop. This dlp has excellent blacks and punch. The Ruby matches the blacks. It is not superior in black level as some would have you believe but finally lcos blacks are as good as DLP. The dlp still wins with in your face punch at the upper end. The ruby still lacks something in bright scenes with a little flatness to it but still looks great. That haze is finally gone.


This is the best lcos I have seen to date. Period. Its quiet and stylish. I like the features. Its relaxing to watch. I found the Brightness visually to be on par with some of the brighter 1 chip DLPs. The bulb is still new of course. I do not like the wide grey boarder that spills beyond the image but masking will hide that.


Im really looking forward to spending a few days with this to really learn all the settings and maybe throw some filters at it to see what this can do.

I am truly excited about this machine. Most projectors I know within minutes if its not for me but this one has true keepers potential. I cannot envision anyone buying a mid priced 720 1 chip dlp over this. Does the Ruby clearly clean the floor with DLP as some say, 720 1 chip, in many ways yes, it looks damn good and for the money its a winner. I do think we will see sub 10k 1080 dlp 1 chip as a threat but its nice everyone will have a choice. Each technology will do some things better then the other.

In the past lcos could not be taken seriously but those days are gone. Hands down they are finally making progress with lcos. I cant wait to spend more time with this but I have to get it mounted first. I could live with this machine and be happy with it for the next few years.

Please remember everything Ive said so far came from limited viewing time. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate this at a 6 or 7 so far. For me this is a good score considering its rt out of the box.