You'd think on the 35k RS4500 they would have tested them to the point that I wouldn't be on my 3rd one next week since the first two had two aberrations OTB that would have been caught with relatively minimal QC testing.
I doubt we'll even see measurements for these units. We'll just have to assume they reach 200,000:1 native at telephoto, high lamp and irises closed.
Oh we'll be seeing them. I just got a tracking email. Stay tuned for more!
Kris, visually are you prepared to process 200,000:1 contrast, I hope your head does not explode
So you ponied up and bought one? Or is it in for review?
Alan was interested in getting some insight and measurements done and asked if I'd be willing. How could I say no??
Sooo have you got it yet?
Got it in late Thursday night. So I got a little time with it on Friday but my daughter arrived yesterday for her spring break, so won't get much time with it this week.
So spent a few hours this morning just going over the basics. No calibration or measurements, just getting it dialed into the screen and using the default pictures modes (natural and HDR). The unit has absolutely fantastic pixel focus. Probably the best I've seen from a JVC from edge to edge (not including the 4500). Not perfect, but VERY close. Zero convergence issues. On the right side of the screen is an ever so slight amount of red bleed, but I couldn't make it out more than about 1-2 feet from the screen. Black uniformity is also quite good. Small tinge of bright corner in the bottom right and a slight amount on the left side, but only after I sat with a black screen and absolutely zero light for about 10 minutes or more. Couldn't make it out at all in normal viewing. Very slight streaking with white on black, but again, probably one of the best I've seen in this regard. Overall this is exactly the type of performance I would expect from a "hand picked" unit and probably as good as the design is capable of with the basics.The Natural mode looked quite good out of the box (again, no measurements). Nothing looked "off" in terms of color or grayscale balance. The HDR mode looked pretty good, but the darker end of the image looks a bit crushed giving the image an overly contrasty look that I could see some actually preferring but at the expense of shadow detail (The Revenent was an excellent test for this and showed the lack of detail). Highlights and color saturation looked fantastic though. Again, I think only the super critical or those that just have to know that it is a calibrated projector would have any issues with the image I saw out of the box. I'll start in on the measurements this week and into the weekend and report back.
I'll start in on the measurements this week and into the weekend and report back.
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