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1080p LCD projector
The Digital Bits has been right on the edge of the latest developments with the DVD format for ten years now. So it should be no surprise that we're in the thick of the high-definition format war either. But as active as we've been in debating the actual war itself, we've been slow to start reviewing a lot of titles in either Blu-ray Disc or HD-DVD format. Part of the reason for this is that we want to familiarize ourselves with the quirks of each format. We've also been upgrading our video displays such that we're now able to fully appreciate all the benefits that 1080p video can offer.
Here at west coast offices of The Bits, I've been using a Panasonic PT-L500U LCD front projector for DVD reviews in recent years, but for HD I'd reverted back to our old Mitsubishi 65" rear projection HDTV.
ISF Proves Merely Changing ONE Factory Preset Can Save Energy! (19 ...
The Imaging Science Foundation, working with ECOS Consulting, is currently deploying lab grade power consumption instrumentation to research how HDTV settings impact energy consumption. Since 1994, over 4000 top home theater experts have been trained to deliver ISF Calibration services and improve picture quality. ISF's initial estimate for power consumption benefits of ISF Calibration was a five to ten percent savings. Research has proven that estimate to be conservative. Examples from initial ISF research: A well designed Sony LCD used for ISF's Microsoft Media Center certification program had 100% superior black levels after calibration - and a 50% energy saving! A Sharp 1080p DLP projector set to "Eco-Quiet" mode produced over a 50% improvement in picture quality - and a 30% energy saving! A high-end Runco 1080p projector with ISFccc Certified Day and Night mode was flexible enough to optimize picture quality for evening ambient home lighting - and in ISF Night mode, a 30% energy saving! ISF understands that ultra-bright HDTV factory presets are needed to compete with ambient lighting in retail showrooms, but believes the price for that in energy consumption is severe.
Sloppy Thirds
With its midnight-blue velvet curtain and snazzily dressed elderly ushers, the newly opened SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall strikes a refreshing chord somewhere between pretension and impertinence. It's a smart showcase for the seventh art—not because of the fancy Sony digital projector (four times the resolution of HDTV, complementing two new 35 mm projectors) or gently raked house (impeccable sightlines everywhere), but because cinema was always a slightly tawdry enterprise, with one foot in commerce and the other in experimentalism and austerity. Are the movies getting a promotion, when they're allowed onto Mercer Street with the highbrow opera and ballet next door and the Seattle Rep and Intiman (both Tony Award–winning theaters) just down the block? Or are the performing arts being brought into line, their private enclave on the northern side of the Seattle Center invaded by their bastard niece? (Not to mention the Vera Project's new rock venue in the old Snoqualmie Room.) Whatever the case, SIFF Cinema certainly isn't leaving commercialism behind.
1080p LCD and Plasma TV Technology Posted By : Scott Smith
1080p LCD and Plasma TVs are the latest technology has available. If you're looking into new tv's and you're wondering what kind of technology might be the best choice, consider a 1080p TV. 1080p TVs give top picture quality, the best in HDTV standard. 1080p is also the digital standard for movies as well. When you go to the movie theatre to see the latest flick, you're actually viewing the movie on a 1080p digital movie projector. .
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