JVC review – not ready yet

UPDATE: The JVC DLA-RS25 projector review has been posted.

Just a quick note, we’re still behind.  Not all the images done, and I haven’t even started the all critical Image Quality page, and the summary.  It will publish tomorrow late afternoon.  For sure.  I promise, I think.

Sorry.

On the bright side, I lost the afternoon and early evening today, thanks to the expected visit of folks from Panasonic.   Read the rest of this entry »

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A Slight Delay: RS25 Review

UPDATE: The JVC DLA-RS25 review has been posted!

Greetings all,

Well, it seems, as usual, despite the best laid plans, the JVC RS25 review is not going to go live tonight.  Look for it tomorrow, probably late afternoon.  I’ve hit two snags, which is delaying the review one more day: Read the rest of this entry »

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Something different: VApex 106″ Diagonal Projector Screen – A bargain for the bucks

By Mike Rollett, November 2009

Intro, and conclusions by Art

Greetings all, this is one of those times I get caught between a rock, and a hard place, situations.  Several months ago, one of our larger dealer advertisers mentioned to me that they were introducing their own line of lower cost fixed projector screens.   Read the rest of this entry »

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JVC DLA-RS25 and HD-950 Projectors – A First Look Review

Greetings,

I’m a couple of days late, but hopefully this “first look” was worth the wait.  The JVC RS25 arrived, and headed over to Mike’s for calibration before I ever got it out of the box.  Mike took an extra day, playing with it, and got it back to me mid-week.  I’ve been watching extensively, but only in my main theater.  Still haven’t lugged the JVC DLA-RS25 home theater projector into the “testing room”/second theater.

Let’s start with the obvious.  The JVC DLA-RS25, and it’s “consumer division” twin, the HD950, pretty much Read the rest of this entry »

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Next Up A First Look at the JVC DLA-RS25, PT-AE4000 Update… Video

UPDATE: The JVC DLA-RS25 review has been posted!

Greetings people!

Ok, as usual, I’m a bit behind the curve.  I’m in the midst of the competitors page for the Epson review, and have some additional images showing the Epson tackling a pretty decent amount of ambient light, for sports viewing. Read the rest of this entry »

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Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB Finally Posted

Hi folks,  Well, I had intended to get the Epson review up for you all by about 7 or 8pm here on the west coast, but, just too much to do, to complete it, so finally, it made it live just after midnight.  Enjoy.

As usual, this is first pass, there may be some “artifacts” left over from the review I used as a template, Read the rest of this entry »

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Slight delay on Epson projector review publication

UPDATE: The Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB review has been posted!

Greetings all,

I had hoped to post (and mentioned in a previous blog) the Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB review this afternoon, but encountered a few difficulties. Read the rest of this entry »

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Epson Home Cinema 8500UB, Pro Cinema 9500UB – A First Look Projector Review

UPDATE: The Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB review has been posted.

Greetings home theater projector fans.

OK, here’s what I’ve got for you.  I received a sample (no, not production) of the Epson Pro Cinema 9500UB projector.  For those of you not familiar with Epson’s projector marketing, they have the Home Cinema 8500UB sold through authorized online dealers and local dealers to0.  The Pro Cinema 9500UB, which is virtually identical, on the other hand is sold only through local installing dealers.  The Home Cinema 8500UB is finished in an off white, the Pro Cinema 9500UB has a dark charcoal case.

Other differences:  The Pro Cinema 9500UB supports 3rd party anamorphic lenses, is ISF certified, Read the rest of this entry »

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October and November Home Theater Projector Reviews Scheduled

UPDATE: The Epson Pro Cinema 9500UB and JVC DLA-RS25 projector reviews have been posted!

OK everyone, this is just a quick heads up, As usual it’s crunch time in the projector review world as most new home theater projectors tend to ship each year, between September and January.

It’s getting exciting.  Here’s what’s up:

Although I barely got started on my review of the new Optoma HD8600, I’m going to delay that one a bit, and finish it as I can.

The Epson Pro Cinema 9500UB has arrived, and it top priority.  The full Epson projector review should post Read the rest of this entry »

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The Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB Projectors – The Eagle has Landed

UPDATE: The Epson Home Cinema 8500UB and Pro Cinema 9500UB projector review has been posted.

Greetings all,

The Epson Pro Cinema 9500UB - should be impressive!

No, this isn’t a first look blog.  Just a quick announcement, to let you all know that I just received, last night, a Pro Cinema 9500UB projector – an engineering sample, fresh from Japan.

It came in yesterday afternoon.  I got Mike to do a quick “rush job”, picking up the projector, calibrating it and getting it back to me later in the evening.  I’m just about to fire it up for the first time.  I took off last night to go hear Bob Dylan (and his band) perform in a nice, relatively small venue in LA (the Palladium for you locals).  Awesome concert, btw!  I would highly recommend catching him.  Great music, great musicians (including Charlie Sexton on guitar).  Don’t miss.

But, back to the Epson home theater projectors.  I expect the full review to post on Read the rest of this entry »

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