Richard wrote:sure haven't... thanks for the link.
BTW...
Richard...I'm eager to hear the Panny review.
Dude, you have one HUGE advantage... come visit me!
I would like that...
Richard, Check out this review from AVS posted from a "former" Ruby owner...The name of the thread is "The Day I decided to sell my Ruby"...(LOL)...
The day I decided to sell my Ruby (AVS forum...3000.00 and over projectors)
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It really began like every other day, but then I received a call from the local Sharp dealer informing me that he just received the new Sharp 20K.
As a long time Sharp customer (9K, 10K and 12K) I was very curious to see Sharp's new 1080P on my set-up and compare him directly with my Ruby.
I LOVE MY RUBY, but I just had to see the Sharp.
I must say that after 5 minutes or so with the Sharp I realized that I'm looking at a new level of picture, so to be sure I turned ON the Ruby and began testing
Details:
** Both projectors were hooked up via DVI to 2 identical JVC HD DVD streamers.
**Both projectors were showing on the 106" Da-Lite High Power screen (I covered the lens of the projector which was not tested)
**My Ruby has 900 hours on it, so using a light meter I managed to eliminate any light output advantage. I closed the Iris on the Sharp (H.contrast)+ Economy mode+ ND2 filter. The Iris on the Ruby was set (as always) to auto. In this configuration no one had any real advantage.
** I calibrated the Sharp very quickly with Avia, while my Ruby has been thoroughly calibrated using digital sensors (also using Darin's tweak for higher CR).
Findings:
On/Off Contrast
This was my major surprise. I was under the impression that the Sharp can not hold a candle to the Sony in that regard, but I was proven wrong. In fact, in most Fade To Black scenes it looked like the Sharp had better Blacks, and his clear advantage in uniformity (the famous Sony bright corners) came to play. This was close
Mixed scenes (Ansi Contrast)
This was not even close. All 3 attendees (long time projector owners) were overwhelmed by the differences. Dark scenes look fabulous on the Ruby, but the Sharp had deeper and richer Blacks with tons of detail which a big part was not visible on the Ruby. The Sharp always had this incredible 3D look to it, while the Ruby looked pale in comparison. I clearly remember a scene from Finding Nemo, the part were the Pelican swallows Nemo's father and his friend. Both fish end up in the pelican's stomach. . Only when you compare both side by side you realize that the Sharp is IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. The picture is vivid, sharp, 3D and has details which can not be seen on the Ruby.
Sharpness
This was something I expected. I was one of those that said that I don't miss my old 12K's sharpness when going to the Ruby. I said that the Ruby is plenty sharp. I was wrong. The difference is very big and once you get used to this razor sharp image , the Ruby looks disturbingly soft in comparison.
This is probably the difference between LCOS and DLP, but perhaps it's also a question of optics.
Video processing
I tested Sharp's new CIVIC 3 against the Sony and against the Sony+Lumagen HDP Pro. In both instances with NTSC and PAL the Sharp yielded better results. The 21K has very good deinterlacing and fantastic scaling, Panning never looked better and over all I was very impressed.
All this is not to say that the Ruby is not a nice projector, I think it's an exceptional unit, it's just not as good as the Sharp.
Ran
