Yep. Owner here. Add a Lumagen and it's basically the same price as the 760 was at launch and the performance is otherworldy. Great review, though, very thorough. And obviously, you're not reviewing the performance of the unit with outboard processing and has to be looked at on the same terms as other projectors, standalone. Agree with @mb3195, though... to anyone who's getting one: Budget for a Lumagen to go with it. They are perfect partners and the results are EYE-MELTING.Thanks Steve, surprised you say it’s noisy, my 760 is almost silent at 80% laser and hardly audible at 100%.
I think any owner on here will admit that you need some form of external processing to maximise HDR performance, but add in madVR or a lumagen and its a stunning combination.
I thought the noise of the 760ES was notable when I saw it in action at @Rickyj at Kalibrate 's forum day; it wasn't too bad, but nothing like silent. And the changing fan speed due to the image brightness did draw attention to it a bit more than the constant drone you tend to get on lamp units.Thanks Steve, surprised you say it’s noisy, my 760 is almost silent at 80% laser and hardly audible at 100%.
I think any owner on here will admit that you need some form of external processing to maximise HDR performance, but add in madVR or a lumagen and its a stunning combination.
I thought the noise of the 760ES was notable when I saw it in action at @Rickyj at Kalibrate 's forum day; it wasn't too bad, but nothing like silent. And the changing fan speed due to the image brightness did draw attention to it a bit more than the constant drone you tend to get on lamp units.
Perhaps we were sat closer to it than you are.
Concur. All the up and down and whooshing and whining that is audible in a dead silent room is extremely quiet on 80% laser, and let's be honest, on 100% laser with content playing you can't hear it at all anyway. Not sure why anyone cares about noise level at all tbh. You couldn't even hear my vacuum cleaner with content playing at reference level.probably not mate, mine is pretty close to me. Dropping the laser to 80% (this is all I need now) and it is virtually silent. My AC unit on the lower setting is actually noisier.
If I recall, it was probably a meter back and a bit above head height, but not ceiling mounted. X7900 was next to it.probably not mate, mine is pretty close to me. Dropping the laser to 80% (this is all I need now) and it is virtually silent. My AC unit on the lower setting is actually noisier.
I disagree a bit. I think some of the benefit of top-notch electronics is lost when your room noise floor is raised, which is what these bits of gear in room do with their various wooshes. It does annoy me a bit when all the crash bang wallop dies down and you can hear the various bits of gear in the room instead of the silence of the content.Concur. All the up and down and whooshing and whining that is audible in a dead silent room is extremely quiet on 80% laser, and let's be honest, on 100% laser with content playing you can't hear it at all anyway. Not sure why anyone cares about noise level at all tbh. You couldn't even hear my vacuum cleaner with content playing at reference level.
None of the high-end PJs have HDMI2.1 yet, from Sony, JVC or Epson, and I'm not aware of any non-short throw DLPs either (I'm sure some exist somewhere though)Only HDMI 2.0 (for that money) is unforgivable
To be fair, I think you're confusing TVs with projectors. It's not 8K, and people don't buy these for 120FPS 4K gaming (and let's be honest, even an RTX 3090 is going to struggle to produce that sort of frame rate). These projectors are for home cinema. So until there is a wealth of 8K content and/or gaming machines that can actually produce 4K/120 reliably, HDMI 2.1 is completely moot.Only HDMI 2.0 (for that money) is unforgivable
You know what I meant. TVs want to push that tech even though it is currently of very limited use. HDMI 2.1 is for the TV market currently. And until there are native 8K projectors, that will remain the case.I fairly sure I know the difference between a TV and a PJ
When I demo'd the 760ES the X7900 was literally next to it and I thought there was a marked difference in the levels, so when I read what Steve wrote it did ring true. Having said that, if I'd had the budget I'd have probably gone for the 760ES at the time instead, it wouldn't have stopped me buying.
Phil had the same problem on the VW590ES he was reviewing, so it would seem the lens memory issues are more general.The lens memory problem would drive me crazy. Not good on such an expensive projector. Is this a known issue with this model, or could it just be the review unit?
Any thoughts on what this would be like in comparison to the JVC n7/n9
Interesting to note there may be two types of shift mechanism doing the rounds in these units.My memory positions work just fine, so I'm not sure what the issue might be. The manual does say something about improving accuracy by apply a larger 5cm movement first and working back from there. Not sure if that makes any difference?.