It's been a while since I've been on the forum so I just thought I'd share my most recent thoughts on the RS4500:I think it's just incredible that one can have the experience I've been enjoying in their own home. I discovered home theater in 1993 and when my wife and I married in 1994 we told all our guests that we were saving up for a large rear projection TV. Most of our guests jumped on this idea and we started our home theater with the TV and a laser disc player. A couple years later we were fortunate enough to move out of our apartment into a house and had a dedicated room in the basement for our theater. In 1997 we got our first projector - a Runco 980 CRT with an 96" wide screen (slightly larger than what it probably should have been for optimal viewing quality but we loved it). Along with some decent speakers and electronics it was our first big 'investment' in home theater. That Runco came with us when we moved 7 years later and became my first 'HD' projector when HDDVD and Bluray came on the scene in 2005. About a year or so later I discovered CIH and went digital with JVCs splash entry into home theater - the RS1. That with a high gain 11 foot wide 2.35:1 screen changed my home theater life forever!I became obsessed with the hobby and it wasn't long before I invested heavily into a Sim2 C3X1080 (3 chip DLP). I also bought an ISCO3 and a Cineslide. I had this setup for a blissful 10 years before replacing the Sim2 with the RS4500.While there is no doubt a different 'look' to the RS4500 compared to the Sim2 (which I still think looks very very good with its quality of color and ANSI contrast) the RS4500 has taken my experience to a level that I never thought would be possible. Sometimes I just giggle at how good the picture is and every day I think that I am a VERY lucky man.For the past week I've been ripping the remaining discs in my Bluray collection. I have close to 40 terrabytes on my movie server and not counting music videos or TV shows, I am close to 1600 titles.Life is good, very very good.
Nice shots! Must be a very good camera. What movie is that, Craig?
slightly OT but i went to the drivein the other night...and the picture was pretty darn good especially considering the throw distance was a couple hundred feet and the screen was at least 150' wide 2.35curious to the PJbtw saw emoji's (terrible)
Actually have an outdoor theater in my home town of McHenry, IL. A few years ago the owner had started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a new digital projector but, didn't get near the 130k that he needed. He actually ended up winning one through Honda!Good read. http://www.nwherald.com/2013/09/14/mchenry-outdoor-theater-wins-digital-projector/a6wd9x/
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