NO sex needed any more, I'm having an eyegasm!

No doubt, Curt. And congrats on getting the 9" up.

I watched my old windows HD-media tonight on my 9000 and saw things I never noticed on the 8000. In fact, it looks better with 30 minutes of setup than my 8000 did with four months. lol


Btw, my "no doubt" comment is in reference to your statement of noticing problems with the system all of a sudden. Not in regards to your comment of " NO sex needed any more". I gotta disagree with that one.

ill never see anyones CRT set-up....especially one that outdoes the 6pg+....


I Love my PG+ and never wanna upgrade,as the tubes are minty fresh


im happy happy joy joy right were i am...


my eyes are now closed to this thread

Curt,

I had just come in here to post the same thing with one exception. I've had my 4600HD set up (table top) for a couple of weeks now on my small screen (72" 4/3) with the GT17 lenses. Last night I swapped out the lenses with 10L's supplied by Chuchuf. Now with perfect optical focus I have discovered that With the exception of HD content, I've gained nothing over my NEC 9PG plus. I think my NEC, after factory new tubes and two years of tweaking and even having a pro over to check my work has exceeded my source. I'm bummed now with the reality that the only way to appriciate what the 4600HD can do is to improve it's diet. I could tell that the NEC needed more than my Momitsu has to offer, even after the MP-1 mod. The best image I ever saw on the NEC was from my Panasonic DVD player/Quadscan Elite scaler. I'm sure the 4600HD is hungry for more than the QSE can feed it, so now I have to decide on a new scaler that can take advantage of the capability of the PJ.


Chip

Good Lord! You mean that we can suffer from upgrade-itis for years, finally get a dream PJ, get it tweaked to perfection, then get another for a duel stack, and then we have to worry about the damn content quality??? I'm immediately going to get rid of these Ampro 3600's and go back to the little Sony 1020Q that started it all for me. I still remember how I loved having an 80", super brite, SD image-- scan lines and all! You guys have made me feel sorry for Art!


If these things were women (or cars, or construction equipment), what would this madness lead us to do I just met the Pres. and V. Pres of the U.S. Caterplillar club which has 2500 members ( http://www.acmoc.org/ ). They had an small exhibition of equipment that dated to the early 40's, but everything was in original equipment condition. And we think a Barco is big and hard to get SAF for.

I don't think we need to feel sorry for Art or his setup. Two G-90s not withstanding, look what he has to feed them with. I would not mind being in that state of sorrow.


Curt, what is your source and what scan rate are you feeding it?


Chip

Congrats on getting the unit up. Hopefully this weekend is my turn with my 4600 that you helped save.

Curt,

That's exacty what I'm doing. I prefer a 4:3 screen and squish/mask for wide screen. Using a constant height screen when you watch a lot of SD material puts to much wear on the center of the tubes. For me constant width is the way to go. How good does the NEC work? What will it do with respect to processing, motion detecting and such? What about inputs?


Chip

"(and why the heck is PBS broadcasting turn of the century B/W pix in HD? What the $%*$$*$ is the point????)"


Assuming you're referring to the Broadway Musical program, I thought lots of the old black & white still photos looked very good in HD. The old films and videos really showed their age, however.


The limitations of most of our source material is readily apparent, even on projectors far below the 9" CRT class.


But that doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy the programs. I plan to be home tonight to watch the HD rebroadcast of the PBS show on Broadway Musicals. And if I miss that, I guess I'll have to watch my VHS tape (but on the 27" TV, not the projector.) Or I could rent the DVD set...

HD on the Ampro's are second to none, but trying to find a good scaler to keep up with it and make it sing is tough for some reason.


Curt, I know you sell the Lumagens, have you tried one of these yet?



David

Wasn,t the last batch of NEC's made by Faroudja?

Yes, I've used lots of Lumagens, never one at home yet though, and they are excellent. One bad power supply out of the box out of about 20 of them, the processors are perfect IMHO.


Curt

Quote:
squish/mask for wide screen? Could you elaborate on that a bit? Are you just saying squish it vertically (constant width) instead of squishing it horizontally (constant height)?


Seems to me like the constant-width approach puts too much wear on the center of the tubes if you watch a lot of 16:9 / 1.85:1 / 2.35:1, yes?

Great. Here we go again with the 9inch talk. Should I go ahead and pick up a Marquee 8500 untested with low hours or save some cash for another year and go with the 9inch? I'm currently using a 3101 with almost new 07MS tubes. So is it worth the wait or should I just dig in now?


Thanks,


John

And what exactly is an "eyegasm"? Must look something like conjunctivitis. What do you wear for protection, color corrected contacts for maximum enjoyment?


Chip