JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT I THOUGHT I WOULD POST MY IMPRESSIONS OF MY SHARP Z9000 WITH NRS VS MY PREVIOUS RUNCO 852 LINE DOUBLED PROJECTOR.
SHARP..100" VUTEC GRAYDOVE RUNCO..156" VUTEC 1.5 GAIN
VIEWING DISTANCE 12 FEET 23 FEET
THE SHARP HAS A BEAUTIFUL, CRISP IMAGE WITH BLACKS THAT SEEM AS BLACK AS THE RUNCO AND NICE REDS. ITS ALSO BRIGHTER OF COURSE AND I CAN EASILY WATCH IT IN CINEMA MODE[600 LUMENS]. THE RUNCO WAS PROBABLY SMOOTHER BUT TAKING THE NRS DETAIL DOWN A FEW CLICKS HELPED THE SHARP. THERE WAS PROBABLY A HAIR MORE SHADOW DETAIL IN THE RUNCO ALSO. THE RUNCO WAS WAY NOISIER AND OF COURSE HAD TO BE CONVERGED ONCE A YEAR. DONT KNOW WHAT RAINBOW IS CAUSE I DONT SEE ANY AND MOSQUITOS, BANDING, ETC ARE PROBABLY NOT PRESENT IN ANY QUANTITIES TO BE BOTHERSOME. THAT DAMN EE IN SWE1 IS PDA THOUGH. ANYWAY THATS JUST MY UNDISCIPLINED 2CENTS THOUGHTS . I CAN'T IMAGINE THE IMAGE GETTING TOO MUCH BETTER WITH DVDS . ITS A REALLY NICE PROJECTOR AND THE VUTEC GRAYDOVE SEEMS RIGHT FOR IT. MORE GAIN ON THIS SIZE WOULD BE TOO MUCH UNLESS YOU WATCHED IN CINEMA MODE. SVS ULTRAS AND MONITOR AUDIO SPEAKERS ARE THE DANCING PARTNERS TO THIS SETUP. SWEEET NOISE!! ALL IN ALL I'D PICK THE SHARP
SHARP..100" VUTEC GRAYDOVE RUNCO..156" VUTEC 1.5 GAIN
VIEWING DISTANCE 12 FEET 23 FEET
THE SHARP HAS A BEAUTIFUL, CRISP IMAGE WITH BLACKS THAT SEEM AS BLACK AS THE RUNCO AND NICE REDS. ITS ALSO BRIGHTER OF COURSE AND I CAN EASILY WATCH IT IN CINEMA MODE[600 LUMENS]. THE RUNCO WAS PROBABLY SMOOTHER BUT TAKING THE NRS DETAIL DOWN A FEW CLICKS HELPED THE SHARP. THERE WAS PROBABLY A HAIR MORE SHADOW DETAIL IN THE RUNCO ALSO. THE RUNCO WAS WAY NOISIER AND OF COURSE HAD TO BE CONVERGED ONCE A YEAR. DONT KNOW WHAT RAINBOW IS CAUSE I DONT SEE ANY AND MOSQUITOS, BANDING, ETC ARE PROBABLY NOT PRESENT IN ANY QUANTITIES TO BE BOTHERSOME. THAT DAMN EE IN SWE1 IS PDA THOUGH. ANYWAY THATS JUST MY UNDISCIPLINED 2CENTS THOUGHTS . I CAN'T IMAGINE THE IMAGE GETTING TOO MUCH BETTER WITH DVDS . ITS A REALLY NICE PROJECTOR AND THE VUTEC GRAYDOVE SEEMS RIGHT FOR IT. MORE GAIN ON THIS SIZE WOULD BE TOO MUCH UNLESS YOU WATCHED IN CINEMA MODE. SVS ULTRAS AND MONITOR AUDIO SPEAKERS ARE THE DANCING PARTNERS TO THIS SETUP. SWEEET NOISE!! ALL IN ALL I'D PICK THE SHARP