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RS-1 prebuy idiot here....

2417 Views 7 Replies 8 Participants Last post by dreamer, Jan 15, 2007

Caspyr

Discussion Starter · Jan 12, 2007

OK, So I am on the prebuy list. Last night the bank, errr.....I mean beloved wife, asked me how much it was. "Ummm, errrr, I forgot honey". Guess I better call Jason

Also, I have 20' to work with on my ceiling to mount this thing.

I have a 123" Firehawk, very dark, almost bat cave (Wife calls it the dungeon) dedicated 99% light controlled room.

Anyone else going RS-1 with a screen this big or bigger? How far away will you be mounting it?

Some of these threads have me concerned about brightness with a screen of this size.

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Nasty N8

· #2 · Jan 12, 2007

If it is that dark I would not worry about it at all. I have the Pearl on a 104" screen in a non light controled room and it is more than bright enough. Actually has a window and a sliding glass door and with all lights on daytime HD football is extremely bright in high lamp mode. I watch movies with shades and at night so it is very dark in low lamp mode and I would have no problem going that big in a total controled room. If the RS1 is any more than the Pearl than you will be just fine. MY .02

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ZoomAir

· #3 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by Caspyr /forum/post/0

OK, So I am on the prebuy list. Last night the bank, errr.....I mean beloved wife, asked me how much it was. "Ummm, errrr, I forgot honey". Guess I better call Jason

Also, I have 20' to work with on my ceiling to mount this thing.

I have a 123" Firehawk, very dark, almost bat cave (Wife calls it the dungeon) dedicated 99% light controlled room.

Anyone else going RS-1 with a screen this big or bigger? How far away will you be mounting it?

Some of these threads have me concerned about brightness with a screen of this size.

Why Firehawk if you have a dedicated room, a Studiotek 130 would IMO be much better.

The Firehawk is a compromise that doesn't exist in the "creation" of a movie and thus preferably should not be there for the "playback" of a movie if you want it as "correct" as possible.

Just my 2c

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Wet1

· #4 · Jan 12, 2007

It's going to be slightly on the dim side by the time you put a few hours on the bulb. You'd be better off with a white and/or higher gain screen.

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Tom Bley

· #5 · Jan 12, 2007

I really don't think he will have a problem with that screen running in the high lamp mode or even low lamp mode in a light controlled environment with darker interior colored walls, ceiling etc. The Firehawk has a spec'd 1.3 gain but, it actually measures closer to 1.1 because of the gray base material. I'd say experiment first and if your not happy then switch to a different material.

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krholmberg

· #6 · Jan 13, 2007

If you already have the screen, just try the PJ and see what you think. If it gets too dim (or dims after a while) buy a new bulb or sell your screen and get new high gain white one. Why worry... life is too short.

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lovingdvd

· #7 · Jan 13, 2007

If you are mounting at min throw you may be able to get away with it. But if you are mounting closer to max throw I think it'll be quite a stretch to get a punchy picture out of it once the lamp ages.

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dreamer

· #8 · Jan 15, 2007

I'll be mounting my RS1 about 18' away from a 123" Vutec Bright White screen. I think the Vutec is 1.1 gain.

My room is not completely light controlled, and this same arrangement has been fine with my G1000 for the last 6 years. Since the RS1 is considerably brighter than my G1000, I am not concerned.

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