Picked up the NX9 earlier. It’s an absolute beast!!
First impression, throw ratio is tight…….TOO tight. I can’t fill my screen with 2.4:1 content, I’m left with a 2cm black bar too and bottom
Lens and convergence is very good. Lens is super sharp, very obvious with graphics and subtitles.
Blacks are very good to be expected. Deals with near black incredibly well, noticeably better than the Sony does.
Overall image quality is superb, although this didn’t surprise me.
Downsides against the Sony:
It’s noisier!! Even on low lamp, it’s noisier than the Sony on 80% laser. On high lamps it’s significantly noisier!! This is a potential deal breaker for me as my noise floor is as quiet as you can realistically get.
Image noise on non perfect sources - the Sony deals with this better, I had the same issue with my old x7900, I say issue, I didn’t realise until I saw the 760 how noisy the image can get, the NX9 is similar in this regard, although much better than the x7900.
Throw ratio - the Sony fits my whole screen!! It isn’t massively noticeable as it’s only 1cm top and bottom on 2.4:1 content, but it’s annoying nonetheless.
Going to watch a couple of films before making a decision which one to move on. Already got firm interest in both machines.
They’re both truly superb projectors, having the lumagen clearly benefits the Sony more than the jvc. I’d wager that if I swapped the projectors out during one of my demo days halfway through the day without anyone knowing, no one would comment other than perhaps the noise of the projector itself.