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WanMan



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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:39 pm    Post subject:
The point of the question at hand has changed from the cowsumer's ability to measure such marketed CR performance, to the ability of the manufacturers themselves being able to in order to safe harbor their arses from blatant lies.
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Spanky Ham



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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:10 pm    Post subject:
secstate wrote:
Spanky Ham wrote:
Oh, I forgot to add that I would check the JVC out. Supposedly the JVCs are holding up pretty good. I had a line on a cheap Pearl, but Darin mentioned that problems have surfaced. I may still check it out, but I will probably pass.


Yeah I saw something on the digital forums over at AVS that said the Sony SXRD projector panels were possibly degrading and causing the contrast ratio to drop overtime or something?


Ekkehart at Cine4home mentioned it, but I don't read his articles. None are in English and I don't like the translators. I am actually considering going ahead and buying it if it looks good. I could put a new lamp in it and get my money back. I have a friend that wants a pj that this would be perfect for.

MikeEby wrote:
I'm just not sure a used digital is a good value, unless it's super cheap. Panasonic just announced their new 1080p digital with 100,000:1 CR will have a street price of $1999. I would expect the other manufactures to follow. The CR rating is probably overstated I’m sure however the projector is also packed with lots of features for CIH that sound very cool.

http://www.projectorpeople.com/projectors/projdtls.asp?itemid=24987&itmname=Panasonic+PT-AE4000U&sid=GAPA&gclid=CNjQ0MK_tZ0CFSANDQodRBlXig

I'm committed to my CRT but when it dies it will be very hard to resist one of these.

Mike


I understand where you are going with that, but I think it would depend on the used digital. A lot of these low cost digitals are only getting a couple of thousand native on/off. I think the 4000 is in the same boat. Yes, the iris helps, but is no panacea. I think the RS1s are going for around $2k used. With a Lumagen to handle the color, one could get a better image than the LCDs.
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Brian Hampton



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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:11 pm    Post subject:
This post reminds me of an Uncle I had that used to always say "I bought a color TV but it don't play none" and "Have you ever got shocked clear across the room?"

RIP Ron.
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