RS2 Projector Screen Recommendations Posted on December 25, 2007 By Art Feierman 1. JVC DLA-RS2 1080p Home Theater Projector Review: Overview and Physical Attributes - Projector Highlights2. JVC DLA-RS2 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. JVC DLA-RS2 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour 2 - What the JVC DLA-RS2 seriously lacks, however, is a standard analog PC input4. JVC DLA-RS2 Picture Quality – LCoS Home Theater Projector Review - JVC RS2 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones5. Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - Black Levels6. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details7. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 28. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 39. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 410. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 511. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 612. JVC DLA-RS2 home theater projector: Sharpness13. JVC DLA-RS2 home theater projector: Sharpness 214. Projector Overall Picture Quality15. JVC’s DLA-RS2: Viewing HDTV - JVC RS2 Picture Quality - Bottom Line:16. JVC RS2 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - JVC DLA-RS2 Menus - JVC RS2 User Memory Settings - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector - Remote Control17. Adjusting the JVC DLA-RS2’s zoom and focus - JVC DLA-RS2 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - JVC RS2 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility 18. JVC DLA-RS2 Projector Brightness - RS2 Projector - Light Leakage - RS2 Audible Noise Levels19. RS2 Projector Screen Recommendations - RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration - accuracy for movie watching - The Natural setting20. RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration 2 - Color Temp set to High: - RS2 Image Noise - JVC RS2 - Other Features, Benefits and Issues21. JVC DLA-RS2 and HD-100 Projector Warranty22. Home Theater Projector Review: JVC DLA-RS2 LCD Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons23. JVC DLA-RS2 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Cons - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Typical Capabilities - JVC DLA-RS2 Summary: The Bottom Line No queston about it. The JVC RS2 pairs beautifully with my Firehawk G3. With my still off white walls, and some ambient light the RS2 handles my afternoon football games reasonably well, too. If you’ve got the right room – dark walls and ceilings, and all lighting is well controlled, though, the black levels are such that you really don’t need a gray surface screen. On my 106″ Carada Brilliant White, the image was eye-popping, although even the RS2’s extremely dark blacks are noticeably less black, due to the smaller screen and the white surface. I think a 110″ – 125″ diagonal screen like the Carada, or the Stewart Studiotek 130 in the right room, has got to make for a spectacular combination. In other words match the screen to the room. The projector is excellent enough to do great on either type, high contrast gray, or white surface. I wouldn’t use a plus gain white like those two, under 100″ size though. At 100 to 110 inches, if you feel it too bright, drop the lamp into low. RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration White (100 IRE) 6488K Light gray (80 IRE) 6444K Medium gray (50 IRE) 6397K Low gray (30 IRE) 6379K That’s about as good as it gets, out of the box. A very tight projector, with only only 109K difference between the warmest and coolest settings. The JVC’s output is slightly cooler (about 200K – 250K higher) when the lamp is in low power mode. As a side note, I normally leave a projector on, for about 30 minutes before beginning measurements, as I did when I first measured the RS2. A couple days later, I was rechecking some numbers, and was surprised to find that the same setup that generated, the 100IRE numbers above, measured about 300K higher, the second time around. Then I realized that I started the new measurement after the projector was only on about 5 minutes. Sure enough, I left the projector alone for a while, and came back, maybe 25 minutes later, and the numbers were again very close to the first measurements. The moral of the story? The color temperature of this projector (and no doubt every other one), changes a small, but significant amount over the first 30 minutes. (It likely continues to change, but only slightly). To verify that, I remeasured again, after about another 15 minutes, and the color temperature only shifted by about 20-30K. accuracy for movie watching White (100 IRE) 6530K Light gray (80 IRE) 6554K Medium gray (50 IRE) 6609K Low gray (30 IRE) 6444K Green was virtually dead on at all IREs. Please note, with the settings above, the projector dropped down about 20 lumens, compared to the low color temp setting, but other variations could just as easily boost lumens slightly. The Natural setting White (100 IRE) 7139K Light gray (80 IRE) 7174K Medium gray (50 IRE 7139K Low gray (30 IRE 7117K 1. JVC DLA-RS2 1080p Home Theater Projector Review: Overview and Physical Attributes - Projector Highlights2. JVC DLA-RS2 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour3. JVC DLA-RS2 Home Theater Projector: Physical Tour 2 - What the JVC DLA-RS2 seriously lacks, however, is a standard analog PC input4. JVC DLA-RS2 Picture Quality – LCoS Home Theater Projector Review - JVC RS2 Home Theater Projector: Skin Tones5. Projector: Black Levels and Shadow Detail - Black Levels6. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details7. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 28. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 39. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 410. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 511. JVC DLA-RS2 Shadow Details 612. JVC DLA-RS2 home theater projector: Sharpness13. JVC DLA-RS2 home theater projector: Sharpness 214. Projector Overall Picture Quality15. JVC’s DLA-RS2: Viewing HDTV - JVC RS2 Picture Quality - Bottom Line:16. JVC RS2 Home Theater Projector Review – General Performance - JVC DLA-RS2 Menus - JVC RS2 User Memory Settings - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector - Remote Control17. Adjusting the JVC DLA-RS2’s zoom and focus - JVC DLA-RS2 Lens Throw and Lens Shift - JVC RS2 SDE and Rainbow Effect, Pixel Visibility 18. JVC DLA-RS2 Projector Brightness - RS2 Projector - Light Leakage - RS2 Audible Noise Levels19. RS2 Projector Screen Recommendations - RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration - accuracy for movie watching - The Natural setting20. RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration 2 - Color Temp set to High: - RS2 Image Noise - JVC RS2 - Other Features, Benefits and Issues21. JVC DLA-RS2 and HD-100 Projector Warranty22. Home Theater Projector Review: JVC DLA-RS2 LCD Projector: Summary, Pros, Cons23. JVC DLA-RS2 projector, Pros, Cons, and Typical Capabilities - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Pros - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Cons - JVC DLA-RS2 Projector: Typical Capabilities - JVC DLA-RS2 Summary: The Bottom Line JVC DLA-RS2 Projector Brightness RS2 Projector Measurements and Calibration 2