edward
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Well, what a surprise! The display of the Sim2 DLP 3-chipper was certainly impressive, especially when the £4000 German lens was rolled in to place filled the massive screen (300 I think) with an amazing image. The presenter gave a chat about the merits of DLP over other technologies for those that knew nothing. Three points were especially interesting: Hollywood has mandated 3-Chip DLP for theatres; DLP gives a better colour range; DLP gives better blacks.
After having seen the Fujitsu LCD projector, three points became very clear: Firstly, Hollywood came to that decision when the difference between technologies definitely gave DLP the lead but things have changed its time for them to think again. Secondly, the range of colours becomes academic if the eye cant make a distinction. It would have been very interesting to have seen them both showing the same program at the same time in the same room, but by running from room to room (about half a dozen doors apart on the same floor), I couldnt see a colour difference. This brings up another point, the Sim2 was being shown in a much darker room the Fujitsu room had a lot more ambient light in fact it was subdued rather than dark and yet the image was still very bright, so the light coming back from the screen in the Hitachi room was probably greater, but then the size of the Sim2 screen was greater. Sim2 claim the CX3 puts out 2500 ANSI Lumens where the LPF-D711 is rated at only 1200. It might have been the screen size but I didnt notice major differences in brightness. Thirdly, the blacks the Fujitsu won hands down - I kid you not! Bruce Willis Tuxedo against the edge of the frame was completely black; the Blacks in the early scenes from Gladiator showed on the CX3 as distinctly charcoal by comparison. Its interesting too to see blacks against the shadow of people walking through the light path to the screen.
Both systems are outrageously expensive. The Sim2 starts at a lower price but I think it really does need that £4K lens to make it work at its best. I didnt find out what Sim2 now offers as warranty but the web has a few grumbles about their willingness to fix projectors outside warranty with very low hours (e.g. 370 hours) on them. Against this, the 3-year warranty of the Fujitsu is rather reassuring. If the service attitude is anything like Toshibas in the UK, this is very comforting indeed.
Neither of these projectors is exactly quiet, both have 250 watts of heat to dispose of, and the Sim2 is rightly known for the more stylish housings but if I was spending that sort of money, Id go for the LPF-D711 over the CX3, overcoming a long-held prejudice that favoured DLP over LCD - and that is a surprise.
After having seen the Fujitsu LCD projector, three points became very clear: Firstly, Hollywood came to that decision when the difference between technologies definitely gave DLP the lead but things have changed its time for them to think again. Secondly, the range of colours becomes academic if the eye cant make a distinction. It would have been very interesting to have seen them both showing the same program at the same time in the same room, but by running from room to room (about half a dozen doors apart on the same floor), I couldnt see a colour difference. This brings up another point, the Sim2 was being shown in a much darker room the Fujitsu room had a lot more ambient light in fact it was subdued rather than dark and yet the image was still very bright, so the light coming back from the screen in the Hitachi room was probably greater, but then the size of the Sim2 screen was greater. Sim2 claim the CX3 puts out 2500 ANSI Lumens where the LPF-D711 is rated at only 1200. It might have been the screen size but I didnt notice major differences in brightness. Thirdly, the blacks the Fujitsu won hands down - I kid you not! Bruce Willis Tuxedo against the edge of the frame was completely black; the Blacks in the early scenes from Gladiator showed on the CX3 as distinctly charcoal by comparison. Its interesting too to see blacks against the shadow of people walking through the light path to the screen.
Both systems are outrageously expensive. The Sim2 starts at a lower price but I think it really does need that £4K lens to make it work at its best. I didnt find out what Sim2 now offers as warranty but the web has a few grumbles about their willingness to fix projectors outside warranty with very low hours (e.g. 370 hours) on them. Against this, the 3-year warranty of the Fujitsu is rather reassuring. If the service attitude is anything like Toshibas in the UK, this is very comforting indeed.
Neither of these projectors is exactly quiet, both have 250 watts of heat to dispose of, and the Sim2 is rightly known for the more stylish housings but if I was spending that sort of money, Id go for the LPF-D711 over the CX3, overcoming a long-held prejudice that favoured DLP over LCD - and that is a surprise.