[Daniel Hutnicki]

Taw has finally announced some of the specs on their version of the Dila. Its going to have a built in panny lens and dvi input. Its target price is 19,500.

 

[thebland]

It is gonig to be a LCOS!

 

[Daniel Hutnicki]

Right


Dila and Lcos are one and the same. Dila is the brand, LCOS is the technology

 

[BizarroTerl]

From the post I saw at tawforum it looks like the $19K is for the projector and the scaler isn't included. Can anyone confirm?

 

[MrWigggles]

Wasn't this supposed to have a special new sulfur plasma light source.


Phil said it was going to be a show stopper at Cedia, 2001 that is.


-Mr. Wigggles

 

[QQQ]

Runco type rebadge or a real TAW product?

 

[Daniel Hutnicki]

BizarroTerl


I think you are right, I re read Taws posting and I think the matching Rock isnt included in the price. I think I misread it the first time, sorry.

 

[Tom Cambell]

In reading the announcement he states the processor that sells with the unit so I assume thats another 6 to 10k for a total of near 30k.


Buy a G15 9k, panamorph lens 1k, FE CS 1 processor with DVI out 2k

calibration 1k=13k.


Hitachi 6k, these are very quiet and same panel,panamorph 1k, FE CS-1 2k

no calibration=9k


Now Taw says great blacks, Until someone sees this thing I bet its no better than any other digital projector. Taw states everything they sell is better and while they make nice products (no better than anything else out there) maybe they mean to say bigger is better because their price keeps getting BIGGER so it must be better.

 

[JeffDM]

Quote:

Originally posted by QQQ Runco type rebadge or a real TAW product?

I thought Runcos already were rebadges of a sort, or tweaks on other company's products.

 

[QQQ]

Quote:

Originally posted by JeffDM I thought Runcos already were rebadges of a sort, or tweaks on other company's products.

???. I am asking if the TAW product is an LCOS product designed and built by them (TAW) or if it is a rebadged JVC or Hitachi product, aka the way Runco rebadges (improves?) other manufacturers products.

 

[Tom Cambell]

I wonder what the dead pixel policy will be for 20K.

 

[Morbius]

Quote:

Originally posted by Humey Right Dila and Lcos are one and the same. Dila is the brand, LCOS is the technology

Humey,


No - the Hitachi 5500 is an LCOS, but not a D-ILA.


D-ILA is JVC's trademark for their version of LCOS.


When you say "D-ILA" - it really means the unit is of JVC parentage.


The Hitachi 5500 uses LCOS technology - but not JVC D-ILA chips. [The chips in the Hitachi are different than JVC's -

they use different polarizations. ]


Albeit, in the common vernacular the use of tradenames is rather sloppy - witness the use of the word "Kleenex" even

if the "tissue" in not made by the "Kleenex" company.


Greg

 

[DaViD Boulet]

does $20 k get you a native 16x9 home-theater oriented chip?

 

[Scott B]

Given that the TAW is said to come with a panamorph, I doubt that it is 16x9 chip.

 

[Michael Grant]

Indeed, from TAW's forum I see that it's a 4:3 chip, 1365x1024. So with the Panny you get either 4:3 or 16:9.

 

[Daniel Hutnicki]

Morbius.


I stand corrected, but to me you are arguing semantics. Dila is the JVC brand of Lcos technology and while Hitachi has their own version of the technology, its like telling people not to use the words Scotch tape when buying tape from another company

 

[anthonymoody]

Or 'Coke' for cola...


(sorry, just a shameless attempt to boost my post count)

 

[Mark Hunter]

I think that the important question here is...IS the TAW projector indeed a D-ILA brand LCOS or another LCOS?

 

[Mark Hunter]

Also...


"Band-aid" for an adhesive bandage

"Q-Tip" for a cotton swab

"Xerox" for a paper copy

"Escalator" for a moving staircase


These companies can actually lose their trademark if it becomes "genericized" like Escalator did.

 

[Daniel Hutnicki]

Milori


Whats the generic name for an escalator? Just curious