Thanks for all the sharing of experiences in this thread. I'm also thinking of going the projector route in future so the info here is very useful, a few questions:

1. Is there anyone who can provide calibration service in Malaysia? I understand this is needed to get optimal PQ.

2. To control the acoustics in the HT room, do you think I should carpet the floor? What else needs to be done?

Bro dirtrun, pixel sructure - SDE.  I can see it sitting 10ft from my 100+inch picture... only when I look for it.

Bro Timothyy, if the 1080p TW1000 can get at TW700 prices I'll be the first to change up!! U joking or wat?  In addition the "Lady in da water" is full of suspense... where got horror?

Bro psp_boy, sounds like you had a nice time, how come diden invite uslah?  Your description of it is so nice make me wanna come.... in both sense of the word.  Is the shoot out still on or was this it?

Three years ago you had to pay upwards of $30,000 to get a 1080p projector. The fact that the Home Cinema 1080 is now available for just $2,999 illustrates how rapidly the prices have collapsed.

Hi,

Some pics ...

They are lousy,  I know ... I told you, dat I was a lousy photog :



And my HT ...










Cheers
Dirtrun

Hi Jason,

Thanks for de replies...

Just to add -
I cannot toggle auto when I am on HDMI(oppo 981 as source) setting , I am allowed normal and through(I think it is normal - must go back and confirm) only 2 settings the rest  are greyed out. I dunno why as I have not touched de memory feature yet( not confident to do any tweaking yet, besides might as well wait for de screen to be installed before calibrating/tweak or else have to do again once de screen comes...)
On de Pioneer 380, I can toggle thru all de aspect settings and only zoom will give me de same size pic as de one from my oppo de rest all makes de image smaller and at first I thought it was 'ahem' dvds too but then I used a R3 Con Air dvd and it did exactly de same thing - smaller images on all except ZOOM , I'll try and use summore old ori titles I have to check when I am free.
I guess this isnt much of a problem since I have found out how to get de biggest image available even though it is from one setting only from a component source, maybe I ll go ask in AVS and make those guys laugh a bit ... what, you still use components where you come from...

Bro L -- My screen is being constructed by a carpenter - I am no DIY sifu... but I have given specific insructions on what I want, even to de extent of bracing for de frame and painting of internal bare wood (which they never do unless you specify but it keeps de bugs away) I am also taking his advice on using a form of presprayed board as de screen first ( he gave me an option tat he can still mount my black out cloth material if his version turns out unacceptable) ... anyway I shall see how it turns out first.

Cheers
Dirtrun

Hi Bro Tim,

I have no problems wif de oppo 981 as it is already giving me a full image(except I cannot toggle de aspect versions except for normal and thorugh , small problem tat) its just dat for de old pioneer 380 somehow it cant give me a full image unless I use de zoom in aspect all de auto/normal will give a shrunk image of de oppo(approx down to 6.5ft across from de oppos 8ft image) and de setting for both dvdps is in 16 : 9 already, tats de first thing I checked when I couldnt get a full image - uhm and for de pj it is already a 16:9 model how to set it at 4:3 - even de test pattern comes out in 16:9 format one...

Maybe Ill go bug de epson customer service(but I dont expect much from them thou')

Cheers
Dirtrun

No no bro,

Wat I mean is HT pjs are already at 16:9 how to set it at 4:3, bro?

If I play 4:3 discs I still get full height pics but of cos de bars at left and rite are there unless you toggle de aspect and stretch de image - tat much is all in de manual so dat I understand. Anyway 4:3 pics are left wifout stretching, stretching it looks weird, IMO...

My question here is if it can play full size on hdmi setting, why is it smaller in a component source?

BTW I have posted an email to de CS guys at epson and also at AVS, lets see what they say, ya...

Thanks for reading and all ur help...
Dirtrun

No no bro,

Wat I mean is HT pjs are already at 16:9 how to set it at 4:3, bro?

If I play 4:3 discs I still get full height pics but of cos de bars at left and rite are there unless you toggle de aspect and stretch de image - tat much is all in de manual so dat I understand. Anyway 4:3 pics are left wifout stretching, stretching it looks weird, IMO...

My question here is if it can play full size on hdmi setting, why is it smaller in a component source?

BTW I have posted an email to de CS guys at epson and also at AVS, lets see what they say, ya...

Thanks for reading and all ur help...
Dirtrun

Egg crate cannot be used in soundproofing but it may actually provide the opposite effect, resulting in enhanced sound.

Hi bro,

Tats just it , I thought all along dat through means letting de dvdp do de scaling and at de current way normal means de epson does de downscaling ... Okay one question is there no way for me to check on a pure 1080p image from de epson ?I should be happy just getting a 720p image and believe me it is great but at de back of my mind I would like to compare...

How about broTims Ax100, anyway tat ur sony dvdp(can it upscale to 1080p?) upscaled pics come out wifout downscaling from ur pJs processor?

Thanks for all de inputs, guys...

Cheers
Dirtrun

interesting thread on Projs:

looks like for now the top 3 "budget" 1080p projectors would be

Mitsubishi LVP-HC5000 LCD Projector
    * Featuring Full HD C2 Fine(tm) LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
    * Brightness: 1000 Ansi Lumens
    * High Contrast Ratio: 10000:1
    * HDMI, Component, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
    * Support these HDTV resolution inputs : 480P/525P/576P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

Panasonic PT-AE1000E LCD Projector
    * Featuring Full HD LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
    * Brightness: 1100 Ansi Lumens
    * High Contrast Ratio: 11000:1
    * HDMI X 2, Component, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
    * Support these HDTV resolution inputs : 480P/525P/576P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

Epson EMP-TW1000 LCD Projector
    * Equivalent to model PowerLite Pro Cinema 1080 in North America
    * Featuring Full HD C2 Fine(tm) LCD panel (Resolution: 1920 x 1080)
    * Extremely High Contrast Ratio: 12000:1
    * 1200 Ansi Lumens
    * Equipped with lens-shift function
    * HDMI (Version 1.3), Component, D5, HD15, S-Video & Composite Input Terminals
    * Support these HDTV resolution input : 480P/525P/625P/720P/750P/1080I/1125I/1080P/1125P

I believe all should be going for below RM10k "street pricing"

Looks like you have been given the usual run-around crap. Tai chi. So no one is taking the responsibility give you full refund.

But if they are willing to sell you the Ae1000 at 5k discount .... isn't that about the same as your AX100 price?

Hi,

Poor poor Tim... Looks like youll be getting de short end of de stick huh...

I doubt very much Eu*o*oin is gonna do tat and refund you their profit
so if you do get a refund it will be de distro figure only...

If I were you I'd live wif de PJ la ... problem pj oso better than 29in tv la... IMO

On another note my screen is up but now I am at work and dead tired cos have to clear up de mess those guys made after they left... we'll see how it goes later tonite...

I have oso noticed a slight defect on my image too - just noticed it after de screen is up but I guess I'll live wif it(there was a case of this in AVS too) cos its minor and de pics are really no comparison coming from  34inch crt...

Feel really sorry for you , bro Tim..
Dirtrun

Timothyy, Don't understand why the refund or upgrade is the only options. What about actually fixing the problem in 1st place? They can't do that even? If so, that's bad of Panasonic's image.