just got back. a few interesting things i saw today.
- there were several pjs using the new hd1 chip from ti. marantz, seleco, dwin and sharp where the ones i saw. all look very good. here is the rub. i don't think there is any way to really understand how they look at a venue like this. they are all basically guts so i would not expect dramatic differences in pq. the real diff would likely be in scaling/deinterlacing. i say likely since NOONE seemed to be showing them scaling anything. everyone had the same high def football game on sencore. bright daylight and hd, well of course it looked great.
- dwin seemed to really get the joke. it is a transvision2. it has the scaler and pj as a two piece combo. they claim that since the two are built to work together the signal does not go through two scalers (external and the one on the dlp chip). automatic aspect detection, 10 video inputs (2 comp, 2 S, 3 component, 2 rgb and 1 DVI), two lense choices ranging from 1.5 - 3.5x and two lamp choices (150 and 270W). bottle opener, can opener, screwdriver... features wise it looked good and the pq was excellent with anamorphic dvd and hd.
- marrantz had some trouble in their theatre. i will go back tomorrow and hopefully they can turn the lights down (they lost their amx).
- jvc had a dahlia and it looked very good to me. short clip but it looked good. i am not an expert on dila so maybe someone with more experience will post.
- sony had a G90 running hdnet live. first time i've seen a g90. made me want to puke my guts it looked so good. for $42K it would have to do a lot more than look good though. i just did not see $30K of my money's worth of difference between it and the DLP's. definitely better but i value my money more than that.
- had a great discussion with one of the technical guys at the ti booth. pete broas was there also. they explained to me why the new 12 degree dlp chips give better brightness but not necesarily better contrast. dm3 is the way all of their chips will go in the future (even the non-video chips). if someone wants the details i will post. a little birdy told me (not pete who holds the party line) that they booted up the HD2 chip in the past week. don't expect anything until next fall and noone will talk about what it is other than some mumble about clever ways to improve contrast.
- i went into the atlantic technology booth and they had a dwin that they said was the new dlp and they showed a steely dan dvd. video source ntsc and it looked aweful. obviously they did not intend to show off the video but it thought it was interesting. deinterlacing/scaling is really the name of the game. all of these pj's are getting close. i wish i could see the marantz or seleco with crappy video fed to it.
- seleco had flown the 300 in from italy and turned it on for the first time last night. looked great like the rest. they showed a 3 gun then switched to the 800 x 600 16/9 dlp then to the 300. of course they showed progressive dvd through the svga unit and hd only through the 300. the svga unit had great color but i saw banding that i do not see at home with my much cheaper dlp and a good htpc.
- saw the vutec black screen. damndest thing i have ever seen. in broad daylight on the show room floor the blacks are black. put your hand in front of the pj and it is black. there are two catches. greater than 22 inches and there is a seam. will be a while before they can make larger sizes without the seam. also they are outragiously expensive. a 60" unit is around $5000. very cool though. really geared toward showroom floors and all.
i'm going back tomorrow if you want me to look at anything closer.
you should have come to indy cain. you missed a good one http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif
greg
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Why does he shake hands with that guy right after he sexed the alligator
[This message has been edited by indygreg (edited 09-07-2001).]
- there were several pjs using the new hd1 chip from ti. marantz, seleco, dwin and sharp where the ones i saw. all look very good. here is the rub. i don't think there is any way to really understand how they look at a venue like this. they are all basically guts so i would not expect dramatic differences in pq. the real diff would likely be in scaling/deinterlacing. i say likely since NOONE seemed to be showing them scaling anything. everyone had the same high def football game on sencore. bright daylight and hd, well of course it looked great.
- dwin seemed to really get the joke. it is a transvision2. it has the scaler and pj as a two piece combo. they claim that since the two are built to work together the signal does not go through two scalers (external and the one on the dlp chip). automatic aspect detection, 10 video inputs (2 comp, 2 S, 3 component, 2 rgb and 1 DVI), two lense choices ranging from 1.5 - 3.5x and two lamp choices (150 and 270W). bottle opener, can opener, screwdriver... features wise it looked good and the pq was excellent with anamorphic dvd and hd.
- marrantz had some trouble in their theatre. i will go back tomorrow and hopefully they can turn the lights down (they lost their amx).
- jvc had a dahlia and it looked very good to me. short clip but it looked good. i am not an expert on dila so maybe someone with more experience will post.
- sony had a G90 running hdnet live. first time i've seen a g90. made me want to puke my guts it looked so good. for $42K it would have to do a lot more than look good though. i just did not see $30K of my money's worth of difference between it and the DLP's. definitely better but i value my money more than that.
- had a great discussion with one of the technical guys at the ti booth. pete broas was there also. they explained to me why the new 12 degree dlp chips give better brightness but not necesarily better contrast. dm3 is the way all of their chips will go in the future (even the non-video chips). if someone wants the details i will post. a little birdy told me (not pete who holds the party line) that they booted up the HD2 chip in the past week. don't expect anything until next fall and noone will talk about what it is other than some mumble about clever ways to improve contrast.
- i went into the atlantic technology booth and they had a dwin that they said was the new dlp and they showed a steely dan dvd. video source ntsc and it looked aweful. obviously they did not intend to show off the video but it thought it was interesting. deinterlacing/scaling is really the name of the game. all of these pj's are getting close. i wish i could see the marantz or seleco with crappy video fed to it.
- seleco had flown the 300 in from italy and turned it on for the first time last night. looked great like the rest. they showed a 3 gun then switched to the 800 x 600 16/9 dlp then to the 300. of course they showed progressive dvd through the svga unit and hd only through the 300. the svga unit had great color but i saw banding that i do not see at home with my much cheaper dlp and a good htpc.
- saw the vutec black screen. damndest thing i have ever seen. in broad daylight on the show room floor the blacks are black. put your hand in front of the pj and it is black. there are two catches. greater than 22 inches and there is a seam. will be a while before they can make larger sizes without the seam. also they are outragiously expensive. a 60" unit is around $5000. very cool though. really geared toward showroom floors and all.
i'm going back tomorrow if you want me to look at anything closer.
you should have come to indy cain. you missed a good one http://www.avsforum.com/ubb/smile.gif
greg
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Why does he shake hands with that guy right after he sexed the alligator
[This message has been edited by indygreg (edited 09-07-2001).]
