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Thank you for your understanding.

This post has been edited by jasonlky: Apr 18 2007, 09:23 PM

Bro,

When feeding the Epson TW700 with 1080p signal, the projector has to downscale to 720p, as such the "through" and other settings that allow a 1:1 pixel mapping will not ba available. I hope you understand what "through" setting is? It allows you to pass "through" the signal without any up of downscaling. Thats why when feeding a normal DVD signal which is 480i, you get a small picture. There is no point allowing the through setting for 1080p signal coz then you won't see the complete picture

Cheers

Your list of equipment has left me and I would guess many others salivating. Any chance for a site visit. We promice to good little boys and not break anything.

Just think about it, how can a native 720 projector display a 1080 picture? IF the through aspect is available, then you will not see the whole picture, i.e. only displya 720 lines out of the 1080 from the original signal.

Apologies if this is already obvious, can de Oppo 981 output a 720p signal? If can, I would feed a 720p signal to the TW700. Coz I dun think using the Oppo to upscale to 1080 and then the TW700 to downcale back to 720 does the picture quality any good. In addition the upscaling by Faroudja still cannot come close to a proper BR or HD DVD. Coz remember, standard 480 lines of standard DVD only has so much details. Faroudja cannot "make" more detail from that original signal.

This post has been edited by jasonlky: Apr 20 2007, 12:31 PM

Diden mean to say twice. Having flu now, so I diden even notice I press twice . Shy oni. The change in weather hot to wet and cold within a day for a few days.... then my kids sick.... in the end I also kena.

When it comes time to replace the TW700 projector, a year or more from now, there may be other more affordable large format viewing equipment... as such we do not have to stick to front projection. It is after all a means to an end.

Instead of LCD TV, you may be able to get LCD wall.... just pasang like wall paper!!! Must be the antibiotic and painkillas tokking now. Going to rest now.

Bro dirtrun, I am excited for you. All the pieces for your HT seem to be coming together nicely. Please pos pics of the screen.

Bro psp_boy, wanna give a description of your HT setup... the room I mean.

Talking about sticking at 720p.... actually we do not have any source for 720p material locally. My 720p material come from HDTV material off the www. So in reality, except for the projector, there is really nothing holding us at 720p technology. Standard DVD is at 480 and HD/BR at 1080. 720 technology seems to be in a sort of comfort zone... better than the rest but not quite up there yet. But upgrade we must.... but we will do so at our own leisurelah.

I have yet to hear from my designer since the last time I told her I want it MY WAY. Called her recently and she said she is "digesting" my ideas and proposal. She will put it all together "soon", guess this is what you cal artist's privelege, cannot hurry wan. Basically this is going to take more time than expected.

I did not get any new DVDs this week, so I am planning a run through Star Wars Ep. VI, V, and VI this weekend.

Totally understand dude!!

Bro Dirtrun,

I am interested to know more about this defect that you are getting from your unit. From my unit and the other units that I have helped others to acquire, the only issue is a very slight misconvergence of the 3 LCD panels. The extent og the misconvergence of the panels is as follows:
1. red shift downwards by half a pixel
2. green to the right by half a pixel.

Almost all units have this issue but only when viewed up close. At viewing distance everything is A-OK THe other thing that is starting to annoy me is the SDE, but only when the movie is boring and slow!!!

Bro Tim,

So have you decided to stick with the AX100 or move on up to the AE1000. I would have requested for a new unit for evaluation before I made a final evaluation. But please do not go back to 29"CRT. Tell us which way you have decieded to go.

I must admit the recent spate of talks about 1080 and HD/BR has got me hands itching and me wallet aching!! But I do not think the Minister of Home Affairs will approve of the upgrade, especially since she believes the setup is now perfect!

Cheers

I have no lopsided image from mine or any other unit. All corners of my image are of equal length and at right angles. Here is somthing you can check.

1. Verify that the projector and the screen is exactly parallel to each other. Take it from me, even if it out by 1/8th inch, the effect on the screen would be an inch or more.

2. The base of the projector must be level, i.e. don't angle the projector at all, just use the lenshift mechanism to move the picture to the correct position.

Good Luck.

To Jack28HT and peace228,

Wow, Home Theatre Projector veterans here.... an AE200 and an AE300 owner. Welcome to the discussion. I believe that your projectors have served you well...2.5k hours is very impressive indeed.

But 3 years or more has passed and the world of projectors have improved 10 fold since. If funds are not an issue, then I would advice that you go straight for a 1080p projector. Full HD is right around the corner and if I were to purchase one today, I would go for 1080p... prolly the JVC RS1

I have the Epson TW700 which I bought more than 2 months ago. Seems like ages ago now. Currently clocked over 50 hours with no major complains. Picture is sharp as a needle, enough lumens to view in the afternoon with bright sunlight filtering in from the outside. Colours so amazing that it pops out of the screen... or wall in my case. With Blacks unheard of for LCD at this price.

The Epson TW700 uses the D5 organic LCD panel, but there has not been any report of burn in on this panel. Incidently Panny also uses the same panel but it has encountered many problems compared to the Epson. This is probably due to an inherent design flaw with the Panny.

The only gripe I have with my Epson TW700 is that its a 720p projector and as such SDE is visible but only when I go looking for it. However if the movie is exciting and I am fully immersed in the storyline, I dun notice it at all.

Not richlah, just saying if I buy today. But I ain't gonna change since I oledi have the Epson TW700. I will be staying with it for the forseable future... at least one year.

Staying with the AE300 also makes sense, especially since the dust on HD not yet settle. I also want to go HTPC route and wiring the whole house up. Still compiling data and researching now. No rush on this front.

Nothing much to report on the Home Theatre projector front. The TW700 is performing very well, nothing that I would like to complain about. The projector is used abour 2-3 hours every other day, a bit more on the weekends. I have received another draft design for my Home Theatre, it is simple and elegant but still needs some work. Started talking pricing with the contractor and they are trying to cut my throat.

Went to watch Spider-Man yesterday at the cinema and it was.... bleah. GO watch it and form your own opinion.

I thought Spidey3 is going the same way as the previous Batman franchise.... just trying too hard. The Batman Begins was a welcome "back to basics" that I thought Spidey 3 should have at least learned from. By the way, in the comics, Venom was one of the toughest opponents spidey ever had to face, but in the movie I though he was pretty easy to kill.

I am having no luck in getting my Avia DVD. Bought one thru ebay and it never arrived... someone in Pos Malaysia must be using it to calibrate his system. Luckily the seller reimbursed me. Now I am shopping around for another one.

If the hot spotting is not bothering you then just leave it. Hotspots usually occur at the center of the screen, but it may happen at other areas if the screen is not flat.

Note that the tweaked settings in AVS are specific for a screen and setup, so it may not have the desired effects since you have a different screen.

Let me weigh in on this....

I mentioned earlier that if I am buying a projector today, I would go for a 1080p resolution projector. If anything, just to guard against the investment of the initial outlay. 1080p is very quickly becoming the default. And the beauty of it is that you do not have to plonk another handful of dosh for HD or BR just yet. You can still wait another 6 months to a year then decide what to do on that front. But all the time you are safe in the knowledge that your projector is ready to go 1080. If you get 720p projector then if 6 months down the line you want to go HD/BR.... the initial outlay for the 720p projector is most probably sunk, plus you have another outlay to get a 1080p projector. Granted you may be able to get a 1080p at today's 720p prices... but there is no guarantee.

So in the end you may be paying more. That said, I am not sure if I would choose the Panny... go shop around. Not sure what your dealer carries.... Note that all 1080p do not have the high lumen output compared to the current crop of 720p.

TW700 is the same as the 810.

Not a problem dude. Glad to finally put have a face to go with a name. It is a pleasure to have met your lovely wife too. Don;t worry about my kid.... they get bumps and bruises all day long!!!

My AV room still got a long way to go, sorry for the mess.... diden even have proper place for you to sit.

Cheers

Glad that you are near a solution to the saga. Do tell which "another brand you are talking about....

kennot be pearl coz then how you watch Astro with lights on?

Me thinks.... Epson

dirtrun, our work is done, Tim has finally turned.....


Tim, welcome to the wonderful world of Epsonhood.

On a side note, I watched 300 and Monster House in one sitting on Saturday night. Both movies thoroughly enjoyable. I have watched 300 in the Cinema as well and the experience was very similar, actually better at home, coz at the cinema, there was a lot of noise in the picture, on the HT Projector, no noise visible.