On the way home from Purolator I picked up a 2' x 4' piece of masonite painted white on one side, $3.94 at Home Depot. Gives me about a 52" diagonal when watching a 2.35 film.
Everything on the projector is set to "max dim" and of course the picture is still blazing bright. No visible hotspotting but the finish on the masonite is somewhere between eggshell and flat.
A 52" 2.35 image is WAY bigger than a 32" 4:3 CRT, startlingly so. Also brighter and sharper, of course, although when I go up to a 92" screen that will get roughly 3x dimmer.
Hmmm. Projector waiting for me at 90 Silver Star. Hmmm.
There is something very compelling about watching a wide-aspect screen. A 48" x 24" piece of hardboard isn't quite 2.35:1 but it was close enough to see the effect of a 2.35 screen, enough that I might be cutting the 4x8 "that way" (96 x 41) instead of "this way" (85 x 48).
My player (a Pioneer 578) only seems to output up to 480p, not 720p. This is a bit of a disappointment because the Sanyo is reputed to not have a particularly good scaler but is extremely good when fed a 720p signal. Have to read the manual again.
Is there anything new that beats out the Oppo 971, or is that still the way to go for great image quality at decent price ?
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