OT - What Firmware update is that, I thought the UB900 could always do SDR/Rec.709 without an HDFury. Or are you saying the UB900 can do SDR/Rec.2020 without an HDFury now?
I would never ever do that to anyone sir wifes (at least mine) don't have a say in these matters she can paint my living room purple with green dots, I don't care but don't mess with dads room
I actually use a hush box in my cinema, but over the years I've kind of opened it up as projectors got quieter - first I removed the port glass (improved ANSI CR) and then the front and back "doors" (improved airflow, which meant I could turn off the noisier cold air feed). I don't really want to go back to a closed box, particularly because of the port glass/ANSI issue...My hope is that the extra noise is of the broadband type that disappears into the background rather than any kind of pitched whining. My old Barco CRT used to scream when the image got brighter, yet, funnily enough I never really had a problem with it due to the wow factor of having a home cinema These days my tolerances are much lower...
A bit more testing;- Light output is actually pretty decent. Certainly higher than the RS600, although not 1000 lumens higher as you´d need to dial down the iris to -8 to maintain dynamics on the Z1, but I´d say 2-500 lumens more (needs to be measured)...- Colors and stability stellar... Outputting SDR / 4K / REC709 / 10-bit video from a Panasonic UB900 player (no HDfury is needed after last firmware update by the way...). Have not tested HDR / P3, but since screen is 14 feet wide I´d say those features would probably not be very usable... My guestimate would be that 10 feet width is the maximum for P3, and if you´d want to use today´s "TV HDR" as well; 5 feet max?? - Laser dimming mode 2 seems more visible than mode 1. Need to test this more, but the dimming certainly does wonders in terms of dynamics. - Sharpness and overall detailing is simply amazing, the V6 fabric really shines alongside this machine!! In summary I´d say sharpness and detailing are the two main characteristics differentiating this projector from the current RS-line. Although the Sony 4K´s are very sharp too, the Z1 seems even sharper. Dynamics are certainly good too, I really did not feel like it fell through in that regards either, and I´m a sucker for blacks... Not as good as the RS600 though, which is just amazing in terms of blacks and overall dynamics. So; good, but not best in terms of dynamics... Still, the added light output, the increased sharpness, and overall performance makes this a very nice unit indeed. I´d also say that it needs to run in high laser mode and as such be placed in a technical room if you´re using a screen width of more than 10 feet since you do need to dial down the iris quite a lot (-8 or more) to get the dynamics flowing.
Sure, but we were unable to get it to output 4K at the same time until we installed the last firmware, for all I know it might be another reason for it suddenly working... EDIT: If you would want P3 and no HDR you still would need to use a HDfury... As for getting 4K outputted while doing SDR / rec.709 it seems this has been working all along so I guess it was just coincidal it did not work until firmware was updated at our end...
Or buy the Oppo. No HD Fury needed. But Oppo does not quite provide as good of an image, but I am pretty sure after next firmware update it will. Oppo is supposed to be adding the slider adjustment, like the Panny.
I can't get over the feeling that i am losing some details in the black levels
Calibration issue...?
No because I have calibrated everything like it should be, I am a certified ISF calibrator so that end should be ok ;-)
3D LUT or just standard controls?
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