OK.. 2nd attempt.
Gerald, I have a number of issues with the Fuji but first I should mention that I am ULTRA critical. Everyone else who sees the screen generally goes "WOW!" and when I point out its 'failings' they think I am mad.
Ok, with that said my issues are as follows:
KEY:
Rating - this is not a technical rating, it is purely a personal rating on well well I think the panel does based on my idea of 10 being perfect.
Annoyance - this is how annoying I find it when it does happen
1) De-Interlacing. The de-interlacing on the Fuji can occasionally get it wrong, e.g. when the two main characters in House of Flying Daggers are running across the field I can see some combing (e.g. look at the guys head in
http://neuron2.net/LVG/interlacing.html for an example of combing). On DVD this doesn't happen very often but occasionally (e.g. on World Superbikes) it can happen enough for it to be really annoying.
Rating: 8/10
Annoyance factor: 9
2) Scaling. On occasion the scaling is really poor and there is visible pixellation. I do not see this at all with DVD material, only on low bitrate Sky+ channels. e.g. watching Britains Next Model last night was horrendous.
Rating: 9/10 (7 on low bitrate material)
Annoyance factor: 9
3) Posterisation/Banding. What should be smooth gradients of colour can show as stepped gradients instead (imagine a 256 colour .GIF as an extreme example or look at
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1755756#post1755756). Again this is most noticeable on Sky+ but is also noticeable on DVD as well as HD feeds from the PC @ Native Res (over DVI).
Rating: 7/10
Annoyance factor: 7
4) Rainbows/Motion artefacts. Hard one to describe this but on fast motion the image can look ropey, especially where there are areas of high contrast.
Rating 8/10.
Annoyance factor: 6
5) Fan noise. On very quiet scenes at 13' this is pretty noticeable.
Rating 8/10.
Annoyance factor: 4
Now... a Scaler should hopefully sort out 1 and 2 at least, and potentially will help a bit with 3 and 4. As such, if I could afford a scaler I would definitely buy one, and if buying new now would probably go for a PHD8+Scaler. (or Fuji+Scaler if I had the extra money)
Finally, I do love the Fuji screen, just that I would definitely be tempted to marry a panel with a scaler if doing it again.
Hope this helps,
Craig