8abel8
Established Member
Hi all,
In about one month's time I will be starting a dedicated outbuilding for Home Cinema use and considering an upgrade....
Currently have a JVC X7900, 2.7M wide Seymour XD screen 2.40 aspect ratio, HD Fury Vertex 2 (for LLDV from Apple TV, Zidoo Z1000 Pro) and PC with Madvr for movie watching. Although I'm impressed with the "tone mapping " of the Vertex 2 for streaming content and getting Dolby Vision(tbh I think it looks punchier than Madvr but that may be because I'm doing something wrong) I like what Madvr does tonemapping wise and especially with a 3dlut, but cannot tonemap streaming content, so:
OPTION 1:
I've been considering maybe a Lumagen Radiance Pro, abandoning the PC(can be frustrating to use sometimes and get the occasional crashes) and therefore get tone mapping for everything...
OPTION 2:
Upgrading projector to JVC N5 or N7 and get tone mapping for streaming content and probably keep the pc and madvr(heard that JVC is ok with tone mapping but not the best). Although initially i demoed the N5 against a epson 9400 before buying the x7900 and thought (contrast aside) couldn't tell too much difference between native 4k and Faux 4K on moving content(paused images there was a difference), I like what a read about the features and customization of the N series projectors.
OPTION 3:
Buy both a new PJ and Lumagen...but tbh probably don't have the budget for that (well not at least until I've finished the build and I'll know then what I have left over.
Bear in mind as I'll be looking to go to a larger screen size, probably 3.2m wide or thereabouts and will be looking also to upgrade the screen, thinking of Stewart Studiotek 130 G3 Micro perf for additional gain, so that'll already chew into my budget.
Any thoughts anyone?
Cheers
In about one month's time I will be starting a dedicated outbuilding for Home Cinema use and considering an upgrade....
Currently have a JVC X7900, 2.7M wide Seymour XD screen 2.40 aspect ratio, HD Fury Vertex 2 (for LLDV from Apple TV, Zidoo Z1000 Pro) and PC with Madvr for movie watching. Although I'm impressed with the "tone mapping " of the Vertex 2 for streaming content and getting Dolby Vision(tbh I think it looks punchier than Madvr but that may be because I'm doing something wrong) I like what Madvr does tonemapping wise and especially with a 3dlut, but cannot tonemap streaming content, so:
OPTION 1:
I've been considering maybe a Lumagen Radiance Pro, abandoning the PC(can be frustrating to use sometimes and get the occasional crashes) and therefore get tone mapping for everything...
OPTION 2:
Upgrading projector to JVC N5 or N7 and get tone mapping for streaming content and probably keep the pc and madvr(heard that JVC is ok with tone mapping but not the best). Although initially i demoed the N5 against a epson 9400 before buying the x7900 and thought (contrast aside) couldn't tell too much difference between native 4k and Faux 4K on moving content(paused images there was a difference), I like what a read about the features and customization of the N series projectors.
OPTION 3:
Buy both a new PJ and Lumagen...but tbh probably don't have the budget for that (well not at least until I've finished the build and I'll know then what I have left over.
Bear in mind as I'll be looking to go to a larger screen size, probably 3.2m wide or thereabouts and will be looking also to upgrade the screen, thinking of Stewart Studiotek 130 G3 Micro perf for additional gain, so that'll already chew into my budget.
Any thoughts anyone?
Cheers