My guess is, to save costs, the control board for the laser may actually be less refined than what's found in the 5000ES. This may be the cause for the crudeness of the laser dimming on the 885ES. We saw the same thing happen with LED control. Only OSRam with their RAPCUR module offered a powerful competent LED control module that offered fine step gradation and the speed necessary to act as a suitable replacement for a physical dynamic iris. The RAPCUR module was only found in the most costly LED based projectors.
Except ccool96 said the dynamic dimming is also not very good on the 5000 and that nobody used it.
Chris I know you dislike dynamic contrast systems, but subjectively do you find the RS4500 or 5000ES better of in terms of visibility and artifacts. I know JVC has released several firmware updates that have helped performance with the laser dimming. If you HAD to use one, which would it be?
Good to know. I really need to get around seeing the RS4500. It's really the only projector that's piqued my interest that I haven't had the chance to view here in my theater. I've kind of written off the Sony 4Ks. Personally I find the banding and posterization artifacts too much of an oversight on Sony's part especially considering they've had since the 1000ES to fix it. Having had a 285ES here recently, I know the issue is still present. I find that it takes away too much potential fine detail from the image.
Sounds like you need to take a short trip to Rochester.
Or buy one from Amazon, test it and return it! All 85.9 lbs of it!! I WANT loan you my credit card!
Haha I know! But I always have a hard time judging relative performance in a different room, on a different screen, with different source hardware and with different (often never before seen) source material. However, if I'm in the Rochester area I'll definitely stop by.
Does anyone know if “FattyKid” ever made it over here with us from the AVS Banned Club? I’ve got a question for him on a DIY build he did last year. Thx!
this aimed at you guys?? this is in classifieds stickied.....i get a kick out of "our members are treated this way" lol hat a joke"It has come to our attention that despite agreeing to our forum rules when joining, several members have been violating these by trolling the site for potential customers preying on our membership for a buck.The ONLY avenue for self-promotion on this site is with paid advertising through VerticalScope. Report all veiled attempts at marketing such as "PM/email/call me", "I sell these" and "see my site" to staff for immediate action. As always, this includes both public posts as well as private messages. We've had to terminate accounts in the last year and will continue to do so moving forward. Our members are not to treated this way. AVS Forum is and always has been a safe place for people to share information without the burden of used car salesmen tactics."
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