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March 11th, 2010 Art Feierman
Finally! Yes, we’ve all been waiting for the BenQ W1000, their $999 1080p entry level projector. First question is, was it worth the wait?
This may surprise some of you, but yes, it was. My expectations – for the third of the $999 1080p projectors, this BenQ W1000, was for it to be another fairly unremarkable projector. As it turns out, I’ve impressed, and that’s doubly difficult Read the rest of this entry »
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March 7th, 2010 Art Feierman
Yes, the $999 BenQ home theater projector, the W1000, has finally landed on my doorstep (Friday afternoon). I watched it last night for the first time, Read the rest of this entry »
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March 7th, 2010 Art Feierman
The InFocus has left the building.
Greetings all. Actually, the review has gone quite nicely, but for one thing. The maximum lumens I have been able to measure with the SP8602 is 952, and that’s dynamic mode, lens at full wide angle, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 7th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings one and all,
Ahh, finally getting around to the JVC RS15 (aka JVC HD550 with only minor changes). As with my review this year of the JVC RS25, we’re dealing with evolution here, not revolution. True, the JVC DLA-RS15 sports CFI – creative frame interpolation, as a major new feature, but, Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings all, Bad news for those urgently waiting for the CF181D review.
Well, I’ll be late with it. I had said late tonight, for posting, but that’s not going to happen now. At least I have what I think is a great excuse:
Just got a last minute invite to head up to LA. AND it seems I’m heading to a famous LA (actually Santa Monica) music landmark, McCabes Guitar Store, where they’ve been holding small concerts for about 40+ years. (check Wiki)
Anyway, a friend, it turns out, knows Jorma Kaukonan from the “old days” (Jorma was theguitarist for Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, etc., and Jorma’s playing tonight in a room that will probably be not much more than 100 people at McCabes.
Sorry, can’t miss it. I’m an old, and huge fan of Airplane and Starship. And, I may even be having dinner with Jorma and friends. So, that means… I’m off to “hijack the starship – and carry 7000 people past the sun, to the cities of the universe” (ahh, the dreams we had…) that is, when I’m not “taking one pill that make’s you larger, or one that makes you small” not the one your mother gives you, that does nothing at all.” (coming back to any of you?)
Look for the LG CF181D review late Saturday instead. I’m down to about 4 or 5 hours work, before I can post it. -art
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February 18th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings,
Well, the most frustrating thing about reviewing the LG CF181D home theater projector has definitely been figuring out how to lay my hands on one. A two and a half month effort finally obtained me an LG to review. My hanks to the folks at Projector People (an LG dealer), who managed to come up with the contact names I needed to make it happen.
I’ll keep this short, since the full review is only about 48 hours off. Pictures are all taken, over 50 hours of viewing, including tons of Olympics. I’m mostly Read the rest of this entry »
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February 12th, 2010 Art Feierman
- BenQ W600 – 720p, DLP and 3D ready projector!
Greetings sportfans!
What have we here?
The BenQ W600 (which they sent me despite my best efforts to obtain the W1000 that everyone has been asking for), is a 720p projector that is 3D capable. It’s also incredibly bright!
It’s the first BenQ marketed as ready for 3D. Yep, 3D, and 3DTV is the big buzzword for 2010. Look for 3D content from ESPN and other Read the rest of this entry »
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February 6th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings all,
I’ve been remiss in terms of keeping you all posted as to what’s coming. So, here’s the plan, starting with the BenQ W600. That’s right, it’s 3DTV time!
I just hooked up the low cost W600 a few minutes ago (haven’t even fired it up, as I have to head out, shortly). Read the rest of this entry »
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January 28th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings all,
OK, to summarize, it’s been reported on avsforum, and probably others, that a small number of Epson 8500ub (and 9500ub?) projectors are sporting some vertical red lines and possibly other red artifacts. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 20th, 2010 Art Feierman
Greetings,
A Cine-what? Ok, stop that, this is actually their second projector. The first I saw a couple few years ago. I had originally planned to just blog about this Cinetron HD700.
Let me point out first that this is an LCoS projector. I’m not exactly sure Read the rest of this entry »
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