Benson R
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I thought I would chime in here about my experience with my brand new x1. I know there are already tons of threads but I thought my experience might be of interest to someone with limited amounts of space and money.
Before a few of months ago I would not have believed I could add FP to my very humble setup. I have only been out of college for about 6 months and still live in my parents house. I had setup up small hometheater in my bedroom consisting of a 32 in rca tv, a 500 watt pioneer reciever and some fairly low end speakers. My room is a decent size, 10x15, but with a large desk, computer, bed and other furniture this hometheater was pushing the limits of this room. However with the popularity of the x1 and its low price for that much screen size the temptation was too great and I had to give it a try and boy was I impressed.
My setup is probably one of the most illconcieved yet it still works great. I have my seating directly in front of a shelf on which the x1 sits. To shoot the image above the existing 32 in tv on the white wall I had to put it on a high shelf and put a small book under the back of the x1 to tilt it down(I used the keystone to correct this).
Sitting 10 feet back I am watching a 6 1/2 foot wide image. The immersion factor is incredible and the resolution to my eyes looks better than my local crappy multiplex. The blacks could be a little deeper but they are about as good as the local theater if not better. This is all on a white wall with plenty of nicks and scratches so hopefully when I get a chance to build a screen I can improve on this.
The only problem is the rainbows which I definetly see though I didnt experience any eyestrain or headaches. My first movie I sat all the way through was Alien DC, and many of the white lights in the ship against black background produced slight rainbows. However they did not distract me and I have a feeling if I hadnt read all these threads prior I wouldnt care at all. However I did find the credit sequence to be very distracting, but this was not a big deal with me.
The x1 is by far the best value I have purchased for my hometheater. The total cost of all my equipment for this setup is about 1700. So if your on the fence about going the fp route I am proof it is doable in almost any room. And as far as rainbows which is the biggest negative with the x1, my belief is most people probably can see them, but most of those that complain are people that are willing to pay for the best and are not going to settle for less then perfect.
I just ordered the vesa adapter which I plan to use with my liteon 2001 and I plan to start building a screen next weekend. I'll reply again here once I have those things in.
Before a few of months ago I would not have believed I could add FP to my very humble setup. I have only been out of college for about 6 months and still live in my parents house. I had setup up small hometheater in my bedroom consisting of a 32 in rca tv, a 500 watt pioneer reciever and some fairly low end speakers. My room is a decent size, 10x15, but with a large desk, computer, bed and other furniture this hometheater was pushing the limits of this room. However with the popularity of the x1 and its low price for that much screen size the temptation was too great and I had to give it a try and boy was I impressed.
My setup is probably one of the most illconcieved yet it still works great. I have my seating directly in front of a shelf on which the x1 sits. To shoot the image above the existing 32 in tv on the white wall I had to put it on a high shelf and put a small book under the back of the x1 to tilt it down(I used the keystone to correct this).
Sitting 10 feet back I am watching a 6 1/2 foot wide image. The immersion factor is incredible and the resolution to my eyes looks better than my local crappy multiplex. The blacks could be a little deeper but they are about as good as the local theater if not better. This is all on a white wall with plenty of nicks and scratches so hopefully when I get a chance to build a screen I can improve on this.
The only problem is the rainbows which I definetly see though I didnt experience any eyestrain or headaches. My first movie I sat all the way through was Alien DC, and many of the white lights in the ship against black background produced slight rainbows. However they did not distract me and I have a feeling if I hadnt read all these threads prior I wouldnt care at all. However I did find the credit sequence to be very distracting, but this was not a big deal with me.
The x1 is by far the best value I have purchased for my hometheater. The total cost of all my equipment for this setup is about 1700. So if your on the fence about going the fp route I am proof it is doable in almost any room. And as far as rainbows which is the biggest negative with the x1, my belief is most people probably can see them, but most of those that complain are people that are willing to pay for the best and are not going to settle for less then perfect.
I just ordered the vesa adapter which I plan to use with my liteon 2001 and I plan to start building a screen next weekend. I'll reply again here once I have those things in.
); that if you change it off of that mode it doesn't use the clear segment of the wheel, and reduces rainbows. 
