DAX!

This blog is put on hold for a while, as my new project DAX restoration is under way...

Screen!

The screen arrived yesterday and I'm seriously impressed by its quality, considering the below €400 price.


Good, sturdy frame, nice tension system.
First projections with total darkness were jaw dropping.

Noisewise, the projector is by no means quiet, it's on the table in front of me after all. When installed in its permanent position (when I decide where that will be :) ), things will get better. I always use it in the low brightness-low fan speed mode, fan noise character is not bad, but it's too loud for me.

I'm watching about 10 DVD-Laserdiscs per day, not paying much attention to the movie, but black-white levels and color temperature and gain!

New projector

I got a new Epson EMP-TW600 1280x720 LCD projector last week. The Screenline 183x103cm 82inch screen will arrive on Friday. I'm temporarily using a canvas with a sheet!!! to project on, hanging in front of my old RPTV.

Initial impressions are very positive with video, the warm colored walls being the main problem. The projector needs cooler than 6500K (8000K) settings to compensate. My Laserdisc collection's newer (after '95) additions are a pleasant surprise, definitely watchable. Older ones are so and so. DVDs are, as expected, wonderful! SDTV through satellite is also watchable, even pleasant.

PC sync is bad, fonts are a real problem with the old 5700 graphics card, much better but not good with the 6600. Tweaking doesn't improve things much, but we'll see when the screen arrives...