Wah tok until Ruby . Current King of the Hill is JVC's RS2... If strike lottery... I wil go and buy straight away...

Ihave seen the AW10 before, colours not nice, the pic abit dull.

Jason

Impressive list of stuff u got there.... Good price for the IN74 too. WHere are u from?

My screen can be found on ebay, shipped to Malaysia, it cost me RM180 for a 110" diagonal screen. I would say that It is on par with the branded screens that you have mentioned. If you want to kno exactly where, send me a PM.

The carpenter that did my Theatre is my Uncle. His price are reasonable, workmanship is very good.

One more thing welcome to the forum/thread.

Jason

The seller is found in ebay, link here. The seller says its matt white, which is supposed to have a gain of 1. But then says that it has a gain of 1.3. Confusing. In reality its a white screen with a slight silvery sheen to the threads in the material. So I think the gain is around 1.1 or so.

I do not like grey screens because they cause the whites to be crushed.. ie come out of white/greyish. The other colours are also not accurate. Have to calibrate the colours to get it right.

Jason

This post has been edited by jasonlky: Feb 29 2008, 10:25 AM

My pleasure for the link...

Is ur room lighting fully controlled or got ambient light?

Jason

Using the calculator, you have no problems with image brightness. At a throw distance of 9' and at full 1.10 zoom, you have plenty of brightness for an 80" diagonal screen

So go get any screen with a gain of 1.0 or less. It will be perfect for daytime viewing... but with curtains drawn. I.e not totally dark. U are getting 42foot-Lamberts... Most cinemas like GSC and TGV only manage 8-12 foot-Lamberts.

In my setup, I only get 21 foot-lamberts which is plenty bright.

Jason

This post has been edited by jasonlky: Feb 29 2008, 12:52 PM

Grey screen is to serve 3 main purpose:
1. Provide better colour contrast
2. Boost black levels
3. Reduce light reflections, especially when there is a light source shining directly at the screen.

But for me the grey screen makes the colours inaccurate and especially the white will become offwhite/grey. You will have to test the grey and white screens to decide for yourself.

Jason

Maybe he got some jalan to get grey screen at good price leh...

gey screens adjusts the colours, most noticebly the whites... look off white/greyish.

Totally agree.

Jason

More importantly the 4th Gen 1080p shud MORE affordable!!

Jason

On such a large viewing screens that we are contemplating using projectors, 1080 will defintely be better. How better? To me the main benefit is less pixelisation. The 720's screen door on the Epson TW700 is annoying when visible.... especially when the movie is slow going.

In terms of pricing 1080s will most certainly always be relatively more expensive compared to the 720s. Just like 720s are always more expensive then then 480s.

The important factor is will the absolute price of the 1080s drop to a level where its benefits exceed the asking price...

Jason

D smoothscreen technology is not everyone's cup of tea. I kept trying to focus and refocus the Panny AX coz it was just a little bit out of focus. ut of course its not due to the focus, but the smooth screen tech. Well not all 720p LCD projectors are the same, some chicken wire are more visible than others.

Jason

"at that time" meaning when moving from 480p to 720p?

That in itself would have been a great improvement. But no denying that smootscreen does work, if it was not just that little bit out of focus I would be all over it.
DIY Smooth screen.... works on every other projector... just unfocus ur projector.... home made smooth screen

Jason

This post has been edited by jasonlky: Mar 7 2008, 11:34 AM

woi... 1 full page of spam.

I will join BD, as soon as funds become available.... still recovering from CNY expenses.

Targeting an 80gb PS3. If anyone got good jalan... come and share share!!

Jason

Actually I do not have a concrete preference, but I remember reading about some new features available in the 80gb version. But more importantly, its because 40Gb is a tad too small, 60Gb is out of production so that leaves us with the 80Gb model.

RM1250... we do a bulklah, can or not?

Jason
Power to the People!!!

Monday Blues Rant

Thanks for the advise. Can explain a bit about IPTV?

Jason

Me too, no need to poisonlar. I am a staunch supporter of HD. Now waiting for funds and have to work up a strategy to bodek the wife.

Its not a question of IF I will buy, but more of WHEN... After BDP, next step is to move to a 1080p projector, this one is at least a year or 2 down the linelah.

Jason

Beh tahan liow.....

This peasant/elite thinking is a self imposed restriction. And u know what, while it may seem harmless now, this thinking will confine and hamper your aspirations more than u know. Nobody here puts you down, so why do it to yourself. I never noticed such a caste system in LyN, everyone is on par in terms ofwhat they aspire to achieve. Just different timing only. So don't beat yourself up just because u expect the others to do it to u.

Stay positive and visualise what you want. Believe me, when you wnat it hard enuf, you will get it.

Jason

support, support, saya angkat tangan

Jason

Congratulations, eager to see pics of the PS3 thru ur HD. Hope you will u be posting pics!!

My "When?" has not been answered yet...

Jason

You guys are too kind with your compliments. Btw I have a visitor coming for to my house to see the AV/HT setup this coming Saturday morning. I'd be happy to accomodate a couple more visitors. Please PM me if anyone here interested for a visit.

Jason

Dun have picture of the installation process. Here is a "sort of" step by step:
1. Cut cloth to correct length and width.
2. Apply contact adhesive 2 foot at a time. After you apply the a very thin layer of adhesive let it dry for about 2-3 minutes.
3. Attach the cloth, slowly stretching it as you stick it on to the frame. Using a smooth pice of wood/plactic/ruler rub it against the cloth to ensure there is good contact with the adhesive

Hope this helps

Jason