JVC RS3000

[Dylan Seeger]

Just had some family over to watch Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. I really liked the film, definitely up there with some of Tarantino's best. I was a little worried after reading online that people thought it was mastered too dark overall in appearance. But through the NX9 I never felt that at all. The more I watch this projector the more I fall in love with it. My NX9 review should be published in a few weeks, with lots of great things to say.

[AVSMike]

Just had some family over to watch Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. I really liked the film, definitely up there with some of Tarantino's best. I was a little worried after reading online that people thought it was mastered too dark overall in appearance. But through the NX9 I never felt that at all. The more I watch this projector the more I fall in love with it. My NX9 review should be published in a few weeks, with lots of great things to say.

I really love my RS3000/DCR/Lumagen combination. Best picture I have ever had in my room.

[Franin]

Just had some family over to watch Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. I really liked the film, definitely up there with some of Tarantino's best. I was a little worried after reading online that people thought it was mastered too dark overall in appearance. But through the NX9 I never felt that at all. The more I watch this projector the more I fall in love with it. My NX9 review should be published in a few weeks, with lots of great things to say.

Watched that film as well. DTM on auto never had an issue with any scene. Great film btw 

[Zsolt]

I am ready to pull a trigger for the RS3000 with DCR lens setup. Right now I have a Stewart Studiotek 1.3  2.35  curved 128 diagonal screen. What Do You think about this setup. Should I invest in new flat screen, I am little bit concerned about the size as well, should I go smaller screen size? My theatre is absolutely light controlled, dark walls as well.
Thanks for the advice

[DLCPhoto]

I am ready to pull a trigger for the RS3000 with DCR lens setup. Right now I have a Stewart Studiotek 1.3  2.35  curved 128 diagonal screen. What Do You think about this setup. Should I invest in new flat screen, I am little bit concerned about the size as well, should I go smaller screen size? My theatre is absolutely light controlled, dark walls as well.
Thanks for the advice

Regarding the screen type, this is from the Panamorph website:

• Go flat, not curved. A curved screen adds barrel distortion at the top and bottom of the image. A curved screen also scatters light onto itself which can reduce contrast.
• Go with a standard, light-absorbing border of at least 1.5″ (about 40mm minimum). This helps to mask variations in setup, residual edge distortion and slight variations in content aspect ratios.
• 2.4:1 is the industry standard aspect ratio. 2.35:1 movies stopped being made in 1972. All the leading screen manufacturers make 2.4:1 so ask them for it. But if you have an older 2.35:1 screen then at least the Paladin lenses can adjust for it.

As for size, that's partly personal preference and dependent on room dimensions.  I have the NX7 and DCR, in a decent room, but definitely not a bat cave, and have a 160" diagonal 2.35:1 SI Solar White screen (nominal gain 1.3).  I have no complaints at all about the brightness, nor about the visual pop and impact of HDR.  The immersion is awesome, and personally, I would not go to a smaller screen.

[Dylan Seeger]

Watched that film as well. DTM on auto never had an issue with any scene. Great film btw

I noticed that even though there were several aspect ratio changes, Tarantino kept them constant image height friendly. So even though I had the image zoomed on my scope screen, when it went to 4/3 or 2.0, the image height remained the same.

[AVSMike]

I am ready to pull a trigger for the RS3000 with DCR lens setup. Right now I have a Stewart Studiotek 1.3  2.35  curved 128 diagonal screen. What Do You think about this setup. Should I invest in new flat screen, I am little bit concerned about the size as well, should I go smaller screen size? My theatre is absolutely light controlled, dark walls as well.
Thanks for the advice

You will have plenty of brightness with either screen, but you will get barrel distortion with the curved screen. A flat screen is the correct choice with a DCR lens. I do not remember if you gave me the throw distance last week in your email?

[Zsolt]

The projector would be mounted 19 feet from the screen

[Dylan Seeger]

I really love my RS3000/DCR/Lumagen combination. Best picture I have ever had in my room.

Yeah, I agree. It's the best image quality I've personally seen from a projector. And dare I say, the best image for movie content a consumer can currently get for less than $100,000. In my opinion, there's really only two projectors that a consumer can purchase that will offer a better image starting at that $100K mark with the Sim2 HDR Duo Plus and then the Christie Eclipse. I talk a bit about this in my review. There are other projectors more expensive than the NX9/RS3000, but they trade contrast, color, or resolution for higher brightness to drive larger screen sizes.

[AVSCraig]

I am ready to pull a trigger for the RS3000 with DCR lens setup. Right now I have a Stewart Studiotek 1.3  2.35  curved 128 diagonal screen. What Do You think about this setup. Should I invest in new flat screen, I am little bit concerned about the size as well, should I go smaller screen size? My theatre is absolutely light controlled, dark walls as well.
Thanks for the advice

I have a 128" scope StudioTek 130 and a DCR lens ( and an RS4500 ). It's the perfect size and perfect screen in my opinion, for excellent HDR .

[Zsolt]

So now is the question to upgrade to flat screen instead of curved?

[AVSCraig]

So now is the question to upgrade to flat screen instead of curved?

If using a DCR lens, yes. 

[AVSMike]

The projector would be mounted 19 feet from the screen

Plenty of throw for the DCR lens. Your throw range would be 1.9 and 1.4 is the minimum, so no problems to use DCR with your setup.

[AVSCraig]

Yeah, I agree. It's the best image quality I've personally seen from a projector. And dare I say, the best image for movie content a consumer can currently get for less than $100,000. In my opinion, there's really only two projectors that a consumer can purchase that will offer a better image starting at that $100K mark with the Sim2 HDR Duo Plus and then the Christie Eclipse. I talk a bit about this in my review. There are other projectors more expensive than the NX9/RS3000, but they trade contrast, color, or resolution for higher brightness to drive larger screen sizes.

When is your review out ? 

[Dylan Seeger]

When is your review out ?

I'm pretty sure it will be published on the 21st this month. I'll post a link here when it comes out.

Not to give too much away, but I say the RS3000/NX9 is the best image a consumer can get right now for less than $100,000. Sure, there are projectors that cost more than the NX9, but I feel most of them sacrifice contrast and/or color performance in order to give you more lumens to driver larger screens. Pair this projector with an appropriately sized screen and you will own the best image for movies under $100,000.