CRM-114 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have just noticed the specifications on this projector have changed. It now boasts the 'senseye' technology, and an active iris (like the W10 000 I guess). This raises the contrast from 6500 to 10000. However, the pdf manual still lists the contrast as 6500. Has anyone bought one of these lately, and can confirm the above changes? If true, the price performance ratio is getting very interesting - at least making me re-think the HD1 or HC3100.... Thanks Philippe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 The only change is in the marketing This was brought up on AVSforum a few months ago. It's always had Senseye and "Active" Iris (which is different to a Dynamic Iris). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRM-114 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hello Foggy, I realise that you are the resident 8720 expert, but this is what I saw: "Advanced Continuous Electronic IRIS Advanced Continuous Electronic Iris utilises a variable lens aperture that increases contrast performance to a cinema-class, ultra-high 10000:1 ratio and optimizes light intensity for bright and dark scenes." check it out here - there is even a nice picture of a moving iris with the related picture 'light scene' and dark scene', wich makes me think this is real time adaption, not a light control preset as before. The same info is repeated in the W10000 and W9000 pages, and I belive these are known to have adaptive irises is BenQ lying to us Philippe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 is BenQ lying to us YES! here's a quote from Art's review of the W10000 on projectorreviews.com Before I provide general images, I'll start with this star scene. I use this in the other recent reviews, including the Panasonic PT-AE1000U and the Mitsubishi HC5000. In both cases, there are two images, this frame, and another with those projectors' menus open. The bright menus prevent the AI from partially closing their dynamic irises, and therefore the black levels get much brighter, and stars start disappearing. With the BenQ, there is no dynamic iris, so I have only provided the standard shot (no menu) for comparison with the other two, since opening a menu has no effect. This is word trickery from BenQ marketing. They have a variable iris which is easily adjusted via the remote, but it's not dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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