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Topic: Mark's Steel Boxes.
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
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From: Cheshire, U.K.
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posted July 28, 2015 03:59 PM
Mark, in all my many years since seeing "Mad Max", far too young I may add, as kid, at my "spoilt" friends house on VHS, to seeing these boxes, all I can say is...WOW!
My good friend of more recent years brought around "Mad Max" on Blu-ray last year, and despite my reservations, I found the film beautifully photographed, engaging and challenging.
Only seeing this on 35mm print or Blu-ray can the audience appreciate what is being offered.
To some tastes, or not, but my goodness what a film when seen properly!
Forget formats; what a challenging and beautifully orchestrated piece of fiction when seen properly.
And I'm sorry, but Blu-ray and good HD projection (D-ILA) is the only domestic answer.
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Rob Young.
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posted July 29, 2015 03:29 PM
I remember bringing home the Z1, Andrew, with such high hopes.
Then of course the dust ingresion started, the failed pixels and the total lack of black level.
So I moved to one of the first DLP's, which whilst far from perfect, at least didn't project a new speck of dust every time you fired it up. It was a 4:3 panel and the 16:9 mode did introduce some noticeable jaggies, so I fitted an 16:9 anamorphic camera lens in front and it did well for many years.
Next an Optoma HD which was a nightmare. A 6x colour wheel reduced rainbow somewhat, but it is always there with single chip DLP (although newer LED light source versions don't suffer as the light source no longer needs to be split with a colour wheel).
Anyway, I had so many problems with it that I went to audition the InFocus competitor, but rainbow was awful (4x colour wheel).
That's when the guy in the shop recommended JVC and to be honest I nearly laughed out loud. JVC??
But they loaned me a demo model for a week and I loved it.
After a little research I learned that JVC had really mastered LCOS.
In fact, when The Phantom Menace premiered digitally back in 1999, some theatres ran it with 3 chip DLP, whilst others went with JVC D-ILA.
I looked at Sony LCOS, but it just wasn't as good.
I did worry about dust ingresion, but it hasn't ever been an issue.
JVC projectors have gone from strength to strength and when replacement time comes, I'd never go back to anything else.
Mine did need some calibration originally to get the colours right, but that's nothing unusual.
6 years on, I still love powering it up for a show.
Although, as you know, Andrew, I still love my Beaulieu too! [ July 30, 2015, 04:09 AM: Message edited by: Rob Young. ]
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Rob Young.
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Posts: 1633
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posted July 31, 2015 02:57 AM
From JVC's web site;
What is D-ILA?
D-ILA, or Direct-Drive Image Light Amplification, is JVC-developed technology that delivers unmatched performance, with natural color reproduction, an image so smooth that it rivals film, and contrast that does justice to the most demanding program material. Since our first D-ILA projector was launched in 1997, the technology has been employed where nothing but the cleanest, sharpest, most accurate image would suffice. Today, some of the industry’s most sophisticated projectors from the most respected manufacturers use D-ILA technology licensed from JVC.
"D-ILA is liquid crystal technology, but it’s very different from the liquid crystal display (LCD) technology found in many products today. D-ILA is what’s called liquid crystal on silicon, or LCOS, but JVC made several improvements to basic LCOS technology to develop D-ILA. At its heart is the D-ILA device, or chip, designed and manufactured by JVC. Every JVC D-ILA projector uses three D-ILA devices, one each for red, green and blue – the three colors that are combined to create the full color palette."
http://dila.jvc.com/
PS. I'm not trying to turn the 8mm forum digital...I still love film!!!
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