Re: (a bit OT) Video projectors

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

Glasgow YAY!!1

ahem ... sorry

Phil Harris wrote:

> The little gathering that I've suggested that you come along with me t
 is
> at a shop in Glasgow called Stereo Stereo and is being arranged by a
friend
> of mine, Gordon Fraser. It was he that showed me the VW10HT set up
properly
> (i.e. properly calibrated and colour corrected).
>
> Out of the box the VW10HT's are *NOT* well set up and the box shifters
may
> be dropping ?500 or so off the price but on my opinion by buying one
from a
> box shifter you are not necessarily getting a unit which runs at its
best.
> Stereo Stereo calibrate each unit they sell and you can see the
difference.
>
> The VW10 I saw at W2FM was *APPAULING* ... the MT1 bettered it in
every
> respect apart from the fact that it was a 4:3 ratio panel. The VW10 I
saw at
> Stereo Stereo could have been a completely different model of
projector - it
> was that different.
>
> Phil
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 05 July 2001 23:32
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
>>
>>
>> Funnily enough my man that knows about such things said that the
VPL10
>> was better but was not worth paying another 2K plus for it over
the
>> MT-1!
>>
>> Good call Phil.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 05 July 2001 23:11
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
>>
>> I actually preferred the MT1 t  the VW10HT that I saw at W2FM but
I have
>> subsequently seen a better calibrated VW10 and it was superb ...
the MT1
>> however *IS* a great projector and I was *ALMOST* tempted t  can
my
>> thoughts
>> of a CRT projector and save myself some money by going for the
MT1.
>>
>> Given that there are some very good VP400QMs out there ... just
make
>> sure
>> that you get t  see the hours counter on the bulb and check it out
for a
>> green bias ... some of them had a strong green tinge. The
advantage of a
>> second hand one is that you can check them out for dead / stuck
pixels
>> and
>> they're unlikely t  develop more.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> <SNIPPED THE CRUD THAT WENT BEFORE>
>>
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