I ordered my X1 yesterday afternoon and it arrived this morning. The real problem is we had some bad weather here in Charlotte and no power. Talk about being really POed. A brand new projector and NO power!
Well, got power about 1 hour ago. So, here is my preliminary report.
Parkland Screen, 80 x 45
Viewing right at 15 feet
I wanted to start out slow, so I connected my old VHS VCR to the X1 using the single RCA plug. I was not expecting a lot, but WOW! Watched a few minutes of Men in Black and Twister. The picture is much better than my Hitachi 46 TV. Could not see any screendoor even in the credits. Again, the credits were very clear. To be honest, this quality picture was what I was expecting using my DVD. Not much else to say about the VHS but WOW.
Next, I connected my non progressive Toshiba DVD through the S-Video input. WOW!! Watched a few minutes of Armageddon. Picture was significantly better than the VHS. Sharper, a tad brighter, and still no screendoor at 15 feet.
I cannot imagine how the picture could possibly improve when I hook up the DVD via component, which I will do tomorrow when I get some cables.
As for the noise, I do not know it is there. AND, the X1 is sitting on a box in front of the sofa I sit on to watch!
I have not made any adjustments yet because I do not know what it needs. The colors out of the box to me seem perfect. I will play with that later.
Now for Screen door. When there is a light background and the credits are white, I can see screen door at about 8 feet on the credits only.
I am having Time Warner cable set me up with HD on Dec 16. Can't wait!
In the meantime, if there is anyone in the Charlotte area who has the Z1 and Time Warner cable, I would love to talk with you about a "shootout" between the X1 and the Z1.
As you can probably tell, I am a newbie to projectors. If any of you have any questions, please let me know and I try to answer them.
Now I am going to try to figure out how to move everything around so I can have sound. I will check back in a half hour of so.
patrick
Well, got power about 1 hour ago. So, here is my preliminary report.
Parkland Screen, 80 x 45
Viewing right at 15 feet
I wanted to start out slow, so I connected my old VHS VCR to the X1 using the single RCA plug. I was not expecting a lot, but WOW! Watched a few minutes of Men in Black and Twister. The picture is much better than my Hitachi 46 TV. Could not see any screendoor even in the credits. Again, the credits were very clear. To be honest, this quality picture was what I was expecting using my DVD. Not much else to say about the VHS but WOW.
Next, I connected my non progressive Toshiba DVD through the S-Video input. WOW!! Watched a few minutes of Armageddon. Picture was significantly better than the VHS. Sharper, a tad brighter, and still no screendoor at 15 feet.
I cannot imagine how the picture could possibly improve when I hook up the DVD via component, which I will do tomorrow when I get some cables.
As for the noise, I do not know it is there. AND, the X1 is sitting on a box in front of the sofa I sit on to watch!
I have not made any adjustments yet because I do not know what it needs. The colors out of the box to me seem perfect. I will play with that later.
Now for Screen door. When there is a light background and the credits are white, I can see screen door at about 8 feet on the credits only.
I am having Time Warner cable set me up with HD on Dec 16. Can't wait!
In the meantime, if there is anyone in the Charlotte area who has the Z1 and Time Warner cable, I would love to talk with you about a "shootout" between the X1 and the Z1.
As you can probably tell, I am a newbie to projectors. If any of you have any questions, please let me know and I try to answer them.
Now I am going to try to figure out how to move everything around so I can have sound. I will check back in a half hour of so.
patrick