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Just had a demo of A300!

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Old 20-05-2003, 11:00 PM   #1
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Just had a demo of A300!

Hey!

Just been into John Lewis and demoed an A300, and it looked very nice!

It was only connected through the phono jacks and the image (Shrek) was gorgeous.

How much more improved would the picture be if it were via prog scan?
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Old 20-05-2003, 11:25 PM   #2
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Hmm. You say phono jacks - plural. Do you mean the yellow composite feed or the red green and blue component connectors.

If the former - a fair bit (understatement )
If the latter - depends on the quality of the PS player.
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Old 21-05-2003, 12:34 AM   #3
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No it wasn't the Y Gr and X or whatever the component outs are labelled, it was the bog standard video outs, with the yellow, red and white leads.

I checked the rear of the projector and the component sockets were not connected.
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Old 21-05-2003, 1:31 PM   #4
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LOL, the Red and White leads, I bet that internal speaker sounded fantastic

AS Messiah says, component is more than a bit better

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Old 21-05-2003, 3:36 PM   #5
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Saw a AE300 today, not in perfect surroundings... A subjective viewpoint was to say - I was blown away!!!

They had it for sale @£2100, phew???

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Old 21-05-2003, 5:06 PM   #6
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Which John Lewis was this ?
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Old 21-05-2003, 5:12 PM   #7
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I presume you mean the AE300? The only reason I ask is that I spoke to John Lewis about projectors and they told me they would'nt/don't stock them....

I was keen to purchase through them because of there excellent customer care and (I guess) 2 year warranty which helps.

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Old 21-05-2003, 6:18 PM   #8
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man i like this board just found it yesterday!

my 60 lumin sharp xv finally blew it's bulb ( after some 5 years)and after reading the good word about the panny 300 I ordered one of this morning.

My sharp was ok (even at 60 lumins) a little dark obviously! but watchable....despite the screen door looking more like a barn door!....so now with 800 lovely lumens in the new pj I'm well excited!!!!!!!!! it arrives tommorow just in time for my superbit Gladiator dvd to hit the doormat too!

cracking price £1,461.50

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Old 21-05-2003, 6:42 PM   #9
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where did you get it from at that price moss?

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Old 21-05-2003, 7:40 PM   #10
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from these guys - Komplett, next day delivery too.

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?a...1&p=34894&s=fp
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Old 21-05-2003, 10:55 PM   #11
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Its John Lewis in Touchwood Court, Solihull.

There aren't that many in the country, had a fair trek to get there.

They had a Pan AE300 and a HS2.

The Panny was bar far the better of the two, with next to no screendoor visible, I was very impressed with what was;

A) bad lighting conditions and

B) not setup optimised (component out not used etc).

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Old 22-05-2003, 1:22 AM   #12
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Actually I was told that using component outputs effectivly doubles the resolution (not in reality, but in perception). As how a normal display device works is by scanning the even numbered lines on the screen, followed by the odd numbered lines, 50 or 60 times per second. So at any one time you are only seeing either 257 lines for NTSC, or 317 for PAL.

What a component fed image does is display all the lines at once, leading to a more stable, higher quality image.

Or so I am led to believe.

I have still yet to see a component fed display device.

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Old 22-05-2003, 1:38 AM   #13
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jeez... I'm glad I imported mine from Japan. Not only have I had the use of it for 6 months, it cost me around £500 less then Komplett's price
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Old 22-05-2003, 3:54 AM   #14
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Captain Chaos,

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What a component fed image does is display all the lines at once, leading to a more stable, higher quality image.
Someone is leading you astray !!

Component video separates the colour and luminosity components of the video signal - it has no effect on resolution or on the number of lines, or on whether frames are displayed interlaced or progressively. What may be influencing is that progressive scan images are output (from a device that is capable of outputting them) using component video.

An LCD projector displays it's image in progressive scan mode - i.e. it combines the frames of interlaced signals and displays full frames in succession, even if it's fed a composite video feed from a VCR or whatever. Some projectors don't perform this task very well, although there are some which are equipped with proprietary de-interlacing chips which do it excellently.

For further details on the mysteries of imterlaced and progressive scan signals, check out the prog. scan part of the forums and remember that Google is always your friend.

All the best,

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Old 22-05-2003, 7:42 AM   #15
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Component...ha...

Go digital man - it is the 21st century after all - the "digital age"

DVI is where it's happening (soon to be HDMI).

Yep, good post Sean. Component is better, prog. component better again & viewing any decent PJ with a lousy composite feed is sacreligious IMO. But being so impressed by composite only suggests you'll be blown away by a good PS component feed.

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Old 23-05-2003, 1:11 AM   #16
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Quick question,

Is progressivly scanned NTSC, as good as "native" PAL? - (not progressivly scanned)

Or is the prog scan NTSC better?
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Old 23-05-2003, 3:53 AM   #17
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Someone is leading you astray !!

Sean G.
Hey there Theritz!

Just read some of this...

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...e-10-2000.html

It does mention the part I was saying about "increasing perceived resolution"

Read the part near the top entitled; "Interlaced NTSC TV"

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