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larryp · Joined: 24 Jan 2012 Posts: 252 Location: eden prairie mn

Replaced my 15 year old Sony 1272 with my "new" spare 1272 I bought years ago.
Tech came over set it up. Not to hard getting the old one off the ceiling & the new one up on the ceiling. He Did a great job. He set up my first set to

The increase in brightness & contrast is amazing. Black level is perfect Picture is fantastic. I was pleased with my old pj, but really wowed by the newer one. Has 2000 hours on great shape crt's. I think the old one had like 7-8000 hours on it. It worked ok but there was a over current on a crt that left burnt lines on the crt's. Guess I'll keep it for parts.

I hope the new one last as long. Picture looks better than a $4000 Digital I saw in a store

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

ecrabb · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:38 pm Post subject:

The Sony 12xx sets were capable of a pretty amazing picture considering the build quality, ES focus, plastic lenses, lack of Scheimpflug, etc. If somebody works at setting them up, the results were damn impressive.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it would look better than a $4000 digital in a store unless the 12xx and installation were exceptional and the digital or installation was seriously pooched or had a terrible source on it... But, if you're happy, that's all that matters!

SC

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

What Crabb said. $4k nets you a JVC RS400. Outside of a 9" pj, i would take the JVC.

larryp · Joined: 24 Jan 2012 Posts: 252 Location: eden prairie mn

ok ok you guys win, my projector is a piece of crap. But I'm not rich, I spent $300 getting it setup instead of $4000 on a new pj. shoot me

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

I'm different from some people. I prefer the picture quality of a CRT and a 12xx is more than good enough for me to prefer its picture to that of any digital i've yet seen.

It also helps that the 1272 is sure to outlast multiple generations of digital projectors, starting from today, and not even counting the MANY generations of digitals it has ALREADY outlasted.

I had a 1272 for a little while. It was just a great projector, easy to use and easy to set up once you understand Sony's system of menus and buttons. NICE picture, very "warm", not at all "cold" like digitals offer.

I'm a Marquee man, and thus when I have encountered a Sony machine I eventually sold it or gave it to somebody else, but
they're really good projectors. If they're HD capable, then I'd take any of them over any digital I've yet seen.

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central