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Greetings, just a quick couple of notes – folks. We had received an Optoma HD8600 to check out their new dynamic iris software, but the unit arrived apparently freight damaged. A replacement arrived today. I hope to post my findings by next tuesday, as to whether Optoma has tamed Read the rest of this entry »
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Greetings! OK, I’m back from a 2 week vacation – part of it at Lake Tahoe, a gorgeous place, looks even better than some of those HD videos.
I figure it’s time to catch up, let you know what’s going on around here. First some of you probably have noticed the site look has changes slightly – that’s a wider center area for content, Read the rest of this entry »
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Greetings all,
Yes, I’ve been promising, and promising, so finally, here’s my two cents about the Vivitek 5080 projector. It’s iris behaves differently than the almost identical Optoma HD8600. The iris is actually rather Read the rest of this entry »
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3D Projectors were in abundance at Infocomm. Most of these were small “business” projectors aimed, first at the K-12 Classroom market. Although most of the new 3D projectors announced Read the rest of this entry »
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Greetings,
Sorry, wanted to get this up before the holiday weekend, oh well.
The really short version is the iris action is much improved. It’s still not the least visible around, but in some troublesome scenes the improvement is dramatic. Read the rest of this entry »
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Greetings and OMG,
No, this won’t be a religious discussion, despite the OMG. It’s been a 4 year struggle to convince Runco to let me review one of their projectors. Oh, I did review Read the rest of this entry »
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Greetings,
OK, as usual, I went out on a limb. As I have done with a number of awards in the past, I made a final decision on the value proposition of the InFocus SP8602 projector, based upon my dissatisfaction with the SP8602’s iris action. When discussing it with InFocus, they took the complaints I raised seriously, and as some of you following this know, promised to analyze and improve the iris action. And to do so quickly.
Well, last week InFocus let me know that a new firmware version would be up early this week, with among other improvements (no doubt), is the firmware for better dynamic iris operation on the SP8602.
I hope to download this evening, and install. If all goes well, I’ll log a good 6 or more hours on the InFocus with my eye on iris action. And, I’ll be sure to play the 3 or 4 scenes that tend to show off iris issues – my torture test – so to speak.
If all goes well, the iris operation will be a lot less noticeable, and I will have justified my decision, based on InFocus’ promise, to award the SP8602 our Best In Class, Runner-Up award for the $3500 – $10,000 class.
Stay tuned for a blog early next week on the results of my investigation, and maybe a hint, sooner (but it’s a big “family” weekend) so probably not.
The only real disappointment I will consider acceptable for the SP8602 with the new iris, will be that InFocus wants the projector back as soon as I’ve finished the iris investigation. Too bad! -art
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Greetings everyone. Hey, sorry I haven’t been around much the last 3 weeks. After I got the 1080p Projector report posted, I had to delve right into a Read the rest of this entry »
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OK, a group of you guys have been pounding me unmercifully to find out what differences there are between the Vivitek H5080 home theater projector, and the Optoma HD8200 projector we’ve already reviewed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Damn good question if you ask me. I primarily attended NAB (national association of broadcasters) last week, to learn what I can about 3D, relating to our home theaters.
I am pleased to say, I probably increased my practical knowledge at the show, by 2x. Unfortunately,that catapulted me into the “know enough to be dangerous” category.
On the downside, I’m now probably 4x as confused.
But, guys, Read the rest of this entry »
