Marky1973
Prominent Member
Hi all, been away for a while just enjoying my 1080p set up with the JVCDLA-HD350 in a small room with an 84 inch screen. The room is painted dark purple with dark purple curtains to cover shelves when watching a film, so it's is pretty dark.
I recently acquired a Panasonic 820 4k player which made me start to think about an upgrade. I can't do DLP, really struggle with rainbows, so was looking at LCD and mainly the Epson range 7000, 7400 and 9400 but, from reading up on a lot of this it sounds like I am likely to be disappointed in terms of black level response on the lower two Epsons and, while the 9400 sounds great, that is stretching the budget a bit too as I will have to upgrade my AVR as well.
How do the 7000 and 7400 perform in the dark? And is it worth an upgrade at this point or am I better off just getting a new bulb for the JVC and maybe saving up for anativr 4k JVC later next year? The current bulb is at about 1700 hrs so it is past its best.
If I don't upgrade I presume I can still use the Panny820 if I run an hdmi direct and bypass the AVR and run an optical into the AVR for sound? Or have I been away too long that I have really got no idea about this stuff anymore.
The JVC is a wonderful beast and I don't see the point of an upgrade (even if it is 10 years old) only to be disappointed....
I dunno, maybe I am answering my own question...
I recently acquired a Panasonic 820 4k player which made me start to think about an upgrade. I can't do DLP, really struggle with rainbows, so was looking at LCD and mainly the Epson range 7000, 7400 and 9400 but, from reading up on a lot of this it sounds like I am likely to be disappointed in terms of black level response on the lower two Epsons and, while the 9400 sounds great, that is stretching the budget a bit too as I will have to upgrade my AVR as well.
How do the 7000 and 7400 perform in the dark? And is it worth an upgrade at this point or am I better off just getting a new bulb for the JVC and maybe saving up for anativr 4k JVC later next year? The current bulb is at about 1700 hrs so it is past its best.
If I don't upgrade I presume I can still use the Panny820 if I run an hdmi direct and bypass the AVR and run an optical into the AVR for sound? Or have I been away too long that I have really got no idea about this stuff anymore.
The JVC is a wonderful beast and I don't see the point of an upgrade (even if it is 10 years old) only to be disappointed....
I dunno, maybe I am answering my own question...