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Tom Pfarr · 10-01-2006, 08:38 AM

Ok, It's been almost a week and my wife had not noticed that I had a new projector (the Pearl). Truth be told she does not normally use the projector herself so I was not expecting her to notice right away (but a week!).

She did mention that she had missed House this week and wanted to see it. Her Tivo was otherwise occupied with another show at that time. My MCE box recorded it in HD. So I said "Sure lets watch it on the big screen". After the first commercial break she said "This really looks amazing!, you must have fiddled with your projector.' In a few moments that included a head smack she finally realized that the projector case was different and said "How did you get the new one? I thought they were not available yet?" So I confessed that I had it a week and yes it looked great didn't it?

I showed her a clip from the HD-DVD of Sea Biscuit and she remarked at the beautiful texture of the costumes. Detail that was not visible in any previous system we had.

She also mentioned that "Oh that's why the Lord of the Rings clips you were looking at last night looked so good!" I was watching the LOTR extended edition which is split on 2 DVD disks (Fellowship of the ring). The bit rate on these transfers approach 10Mbs and are probably the best transfers ever. They look stunning upconverted using my XA1. I can't imagine what an HD transfer of these titles would look like. Bring em on!

Maybe the final eye candy was the recording of Saturday Night Live which is now in full HD video. The level of detail on this medium is in a complete different class than film transfers. It should not have more detail but probably because of color calibration or other such differences HD video (at least on NBC) just leaps off the screen into your lap. It's like being there.

Still very impressed with the projector and I've not even tried a calibration run yet (seems like it has a bit of red in the greyscale). I'll let the bulb settle in and probably do a calibration at 100 hours or so.

Back to viewing pleasure.

10-01-2006, 08:38 AM	#99 of 109
Tom Pfarr Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Local Time: 08:31 PM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 37	Re: 1080p Front Projectors Ok, It's been almost a week and my wife had not noticed that I had a new projector (the Pearl). Truth be told she does not normally use the projector herself so I was not expecting her to notice right away (but a week!). She did mention that she had missed House this week and wanted to see it. Her Tivo was otherwise occupied with another show at that time. My MCE box recorded it in HD. So I said "Sure lets watch it on the big screen". After the first commercial break she said "This really looks amazing!, you must have fiddled with your projector.' In a few moments that included a head smack she finally realized that the projector case was different and said "How did you get the new one? I thought they were not available yet?" So I confessed that I had it a week and yes it looked great didn't it? I showed her a clip from the HD-DVD of Sea Biscuit and she remarked at the beautiful texture of the costumes. Detail that was not visible in any previous system we had. She also mentioned that "Oh that's why the Lord of the Rings clips you were looking at last night looked so good!" I was watching the LOTR extended edition which is split on 2 DVD disks (Fellowship of the ring). The bit rate on these transfers approach 10Mbs and are probably the best transfers ever. They look stunning upconverted using my XA1. I can't imagine what an HD transfer of these titles would look like. Bring em on! Maybe the final eye candy was the recording of Saturday Night Live which is now in full HD video. The level of detail on this medium is in a complete different class than film transfers. It should not have more detail but probably because of color calibration or other such differences HD video (at least on NBC) just leaps off the screen into your lap. It's like being there. Still very impressed with the projector and I've not even tried a calibration run yet (seems like it has a bit of red in the greyscale). I'll let the bulb settle in and probably do a calibration at 100 hours or so. Back to viewing pleasure. Thomas Pfarr