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  1. Patrick Bennett

    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    It definitely hurts - it's going to add additional delay to the video, and doesn't support HDMI 1.3, so none of the newer audio formats will be passed. Personally, I think the VP50 for an RS1 is kind of a waste of money. (and I've spent thousands on video processors in the past, so I'm...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    It's one thing to use the VP50 for sources not feeding 1080p, but I can't possibly see how going 1080p into your vp50 then on to the RS1 could possibly help you. You'd want nothing more than a straight pass-through - so at that point, the vp50 is adding nothing (and just adding more...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    No, you should be able to hook the pc straight to the projector. Using an external scaler wouldn't make much sense at all. It's very common for video cards to have to output to fixed-resolution devices (like Dell's 30" widescreen monitor - it only accepts 1 resolution) and scale any modes not in...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    For an HTPC, I'd just run 1080p to it (why wouldn't you?). You can set most decent graphics cards to always run at a fixed resolution anyway (automatically scaling if a game for eg runs at a lower resolution).
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    If you haven't bought a BluRay player, the Panasonic DMP-BD10A is coming out any day now and will be $600 *list* (so you'll be able to get it cheaper) and will come with *5* BD's in the box (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    Someone already posted the price ;) It was a darn nice price. I wouldn't have had the money for it when they first took preorders anyway, so I don't feel too bad about it.
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    My bulb was at the end of its life anyway and I had to reset its counter trying to limp along until the RS1 arrived. If I had purchased a brand new bulb even semi-recently that would have changed my mind a bit. Assuming it doesn't cost me a fortune to ship it (sure as heck not going to insure it...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    MVS's 'normal' price was about $5200 I think. AVS's price was about the same when I last talked to them. So effectively, I'll be getting about $500 for my G-11. Looking at past E-Bay sales of the projector, I'd be pretty hard-pressed to sell it for that much, if at all - not to mention the...
  9. Patrick Bennett

    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    Ok, I got my RS1 today, and... as I predicted: WOW! To start, the delivery guy showed up and had the box on the truck, wanting me to sign. Oh no you don't... I'm not signing anything until I see that box! ;) (Images of a box with a fork-truck hole punched through the side come to mind [seen...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    We're kind of getting the thread a bit off-track, but no, I hadn't planned on it. You're probably not the most unbiased person to ask, but do you really think there is much to 'get out of' this trip?
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    I don't think so. The RS1 has what's supposed to be one of the best scalers in the business built-in - the Gennum. *However*, reports are that it's not necessarily fully enabled. I've seen mixed reviews on AVS about the built-in scaling, but they're varied enough that it's hard to really say...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    Yup! p.s. I still have really fond memories of that first HTF Hollywood tour a bunch of us took. Ahhhhh, the good 'ol days.
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    You don't have to hide the price here Johnathan. This isn't AVS. What was the price?
  14. Patrick Bennett

    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    An exciting day indeed. :) The G-11 was, for its time, pretty much one of the best bang-for-the-buck digital projector around. I fondly remember your VPL-xxx threads (and it was in the running for a while because of you :>), but the G-11 was one of the earliest viable DILA (JVC's name for...
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    Impressions of my new JVC DLA-RS1 Front Projector

    Dennis called me and my RS1 shipped today. I'll have it Thursday! :) I'll be sending my G-11 back to him for the trade-in offer once I get everything set up and confirmed. It was a good deal overall, and if Dennis can find a home for my G-11, all the better. I probably would've had a hard time...
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