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Topic: Eumig S938 Stereo
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Paul Adsett
Film God
Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted August 11, 2003 01:23 PM
I powered up my Eumig S938 Stereo projector last night, for the first time in many months. I was struck, once again, on what a truly excellent projector this is. In my opinion, the 938 gives the Elmo GS1200 a close race. The 938 uses the 150 watt lamp as opposed to the 200W lamp on the Elmo. I ran a side-by-side comparison with both projectors using f1.0 lenses ,adjusted to exactly the same picture size. The 938 brightness is about the same, or slightly brighter, than the GS1200 at the low brightness setting. At full brighness setting, the Elmo is noticeably brighter and whiter than the 938. On the sound side, I must say that the Eumig is, in my opinion, superior to the GS1200, with better bass and cleaner high frequencies. The recording and sound mixing control panel on the 938, with its sliding controls and beautiful level meters, knocks the pants off the awkward GS1200 conrols at the back of the machine. The 938 with the normal double sprocket film transport , handles film beautifully and purrs like a pussy cat (as opposed to the fan roar of the GS1200). Also the 938 has excellent light trapping, as opposed to the GS1200 which blasts light all over the ceiling, reducing picture contrast. The 938 weighs 18 lbs as opposed to the GS hernia inducing 36 lbs. Don't get me wrong, I still love my GS1200, but any impartial observer would see little difference in the performance of these two great projectors, and might even prefer the 938 because of sound quality. When you consider that Eumig sold the 938 at about half the cost of the GS1200 you begin to realize what brilliant Engineers the team from Vienna really were.
-------------------- The best of all worlds- 8mm, super 8mm, 9.5mm, and HD Digital Projection, Elmo GS1200 f1.0 2-blade Eumig S938 Stereo f1.0 Ektar Panasonic PT-AE4000U digital pj
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