April 15th, 2012 Art Feierman
Greetings all, Well, I’ve finally come up for air. Most of the 1080p Home Theater Projector Comparison Report is up, and proofed, at this point.
JVC Home Theater Projector
Still will add a few things, and will try to get about 5-7 more direct comparisons added, mostly so far, it’s just two new ones, and a bunch of carry-fowards from previous years.
The Best In Class awards are up, so for those who haven’t been there yet, the short version:
Down in the under $2K range, carved out a special Best In Class award, 2D only, which went to the Panasonic PT-AR100 projector – PT-AR100U, here in the US.
For 2D and 3D capability, a tie. The Epson has the muscle with their Home Cinema 3010, and bright 3D, and great warranty and support. The Acer H9500BD, though, Read the rest of this entry »
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March 31st, 2012 Art Feierman
Greetings, the JVC X70 went live a few hours ago. Still needs proofing, some additional content and images. Enjoy.As many of you will expect, it’s a great projector – at least for 2D. 3D, not so much (still a bit dim). Unbeatable black level performance. $8K approximate street price, THX. Click here for the review. -art
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March 18th, 2012 Art Feierman
JVC DLA-X70 projector - 3D, and "4K"
Greetings,
I mentioned in the last blog, that the JVC DLA-X70 home theater projector has arrived, and Mike is calibrating it. It will be working in my theater not more than an hour or two after I return from travels this Wednesday night.
One of the “interesting things of JVC’s DLA-X70 – and the X90, (and also the identical DLA-RS55 and and DLA-RS65 home theater, projectors), is the claim of 4K resolution. None of those JVC’s though have 4K LCoS panels, instead they are doing some “pixel shifting” for lack a a precise term. The tech isn’t that important, what is of interest is how much truth is there in the 4K claim.
Mind you I’m not at all criticizing the performance of JVC’s X70, X90, and their twins the RS45 and RS55, just concerned about calling what they are doing “4K”. That said, if you want to see real 4K, Read the rest of this entry »
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March 18th, 2012 Art Feierman
Greetings,
I had to celebrate St. Patty’s day in Florida. I came down to Florida, primarily for business, but also a quick visit to family (the mom).
I attended EHX in Orlando. Sadly a smaller and smaller show each year, and I hear this is the last year, but I wanted a chance to catch up with a few contacts of mine I knew would be there.
Turns out, it was a far more successful show, for me than anticipated.
An announcement or 2:
1. Of interest to many of you. The JVC DLA-X70 Read the rest of this entry »
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March 6th, 2012 Art Feierman
I know you’ve been waiting for this quick look at Panasonic’s new super bright home theater and home entertainment projector, the PT-AR100U.
Greetings projector fans, movie fans, sports fans, TV fans, and the world in general. I’ve had a couple of days now with the Panasonic PT-AR100U. Not as much time as I would have liked, but that’s my fault. This weekend I had a tough choice watching a dozen or so hours on the PT-AR100U projector, or heading to Las Vegas with an old friend, to catch a concert.
But, first things first. Panasonic’s pricing has dropped dramatically since the PT-AR100U was first announced around the fall. A quick look on the web the street price is obviously right around $999, despite an MSRP of $1999. Panasonic is definitely getting aggressive, price wise.
Sorry folks, in this case, the PT-AR100U projector lost out. The band, btw, that Eddie and I saw, was Alan Parson’s Project. (Yeah, just about none of you have ever heard of them, even though they’ve had some huge hits over the decades. Hey, even a lot of folks from the 60′s don’t remember Alan Parsons. More about the trip below!
The Panasonic PT-AR100U isn’t your average home theater, or home entertainment projector. It is simply the brightest of them all, at least Read the rest of this entry »
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March 2nd, 2012 Art Feierman
It’s about time! At long last, a Panasonic PT-AR100U projector (click for specifications) has arrived for review.
I’ll start working with it tomorrow, should be fun. The PT-AR100U is a light canon of a projector.
For those who don’t recall anything about this projector, here’s a quick refresher course:
It’s really bright. Panasonic says the PT-AR100U has 2800 lumens under the hood. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 1st, 2012 Art Feierman
UPDATE: The BenQ W7000 calibration update has been posted! Read the review here.
Greetings BenQ W7000 and home theater projector fans everywhere!
I’m going to post our calibration settings tonight! These settings are the ones that Mike came up with for the old engineering sample. The “final” W7000 firmware, though has done some fixing, including the color tables. The anomaly with Cyan, seems to be gone. Mike’s Read the rest of this entry »
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February 18th, 2012 Art Feierman
BenQ W7000 Projector
UPDATE: The BenQ W7000 Review has been posted!
Greetings Projector fans,
As usual, I’m a day late and a dollar short, in getting out this blog. This time I can share the blame with our friends at BenQ. A promised Wednesday delivery turned into a Thursday afternoon one after they were a little slow getting an upgraded W7000 projector shipped out to me. Too bad, I could have driven up there on Tuesday… saved a couple days.
No worries though. I’ve been viewing the W7000 for several hours, primarily concentrating on black level performance Read the rest of this entry »
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January 26th, 2012 Art Feierman
UPDATE: The BenQ W7000 projector review has been posted!
Greetings all,
As many of you who have been waiting, knew, I had expected to have a replacement BenQ W7000 projector with the “final firmware” arrive right about now – a week or two after CES, to check on how good the W7000′s black levels would be.
I heard from BenQ back three days ago (sorry, I’m late with this), that Taiwan likely would not be able get the finished firmware out the door to the folks here at BenQ, before the Chinese New Year. (which has begun).
With the vacation time associated over there, with the holiday, etc., I would now tend to expect to have a W7000 back in my hands with the new firmware, probably the week of Feb 6th. It will take me less than 48 hours to assess, update the review, and alert all of you. Thanks for your patience. BTW, here’s a short piece I found online about the Chinese New Year – and the year of the Dragon:
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese year 4710 begins on Jan. 23, 2012.
Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.
Breathing Fire into the New Year
Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal’s year would have some of that animal’s personality. Those born in dragon years are innovative, brave, and passionate. Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Mary-Louise Parker were all born in the year of the dragon. (this from infoplease.com).
Hang in there – and Happy Chinese New Year! -art
PS. Year 4710 is a whole lot of years ago – to the start of the Chinese calendar, however Read the rest of this entry »
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January 7th, 2012 Art Feierman
UDPDATE: The full Mitsubishi HC7800D Review has been posted here.
Greetings projector folk, it’s time to give you a quick run down on the Mitsubishi HC7800D home theater projector, before the full review is ready.
Mitsubishi HC7800D 3D Home Theater Projector
But first – one more time: Happy New Year!
OK, to the Mitsubishi HC7800D projector. This projector (pre-production unit) looks to replace the HC6800 but it features a change in technology, from LCD to DLP, and of course, adds 3D abilities. The HC7800D I got to work with (for a week), I returned to them Thursday (two days ago), as they needed it for the CES show. They will return to me, either that HC7800, or another, with newer (hopefully final production) firmware, when we all get back from the show in a week.
The HC7800D sports an MSRP of $3995, but MAP – the minimum advertised price is $2495 (or was it $2499?). Sales are going to be through CEDIA dealers, that is, local, installing type dealers.
Let’s touch on some key points: Read the rest of this entry »
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