Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Three different materials side-by-side comparison. PJ: Epson EMP-TW1000. Source: Toshiba HD-XE1 @ 1080p. Calibration: DataColor SpyderTV Pro. Camera: Nikon D80. Software color correction: Photoshop Elements. (Took the shots a bit too dark) Phil
zapp1624705742 Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Hmm the one on the left looks the most clear...
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 Hmm the one on the left looks the most clear... The rest are pretty crumpled. Flattening them now. Phil
kzone Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 The centre one have more depth..., left one too flat already.. but very bright.. the right one is somewhere in between
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 The centre one have more depth..., left one too flat already.. but very bright.. the right one is somewhere in between Bingo! StudioTek 130 vs. GrayHawk RS vs. FireHawk G3. Phil
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 Round 2. Slightly flatter, zero ambient lighting and no Photoshop color correction. Phil
Phil1624705739 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 how about round 3 with some ambient lighting? Round 1 is with some ambient lighting. From e looks of it, an LCD PJ still requires a gray screen. Phil
Jag Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Go for the firehawk la............. cheap cheap screen.........
htfreak Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Haha.. must be wary of Jag's definition of cheap cheap. ;D
Phil1624705739 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Posted July 4, 2007 Go for the firehawk la............. cheap cheap screen......... I prefer Grayhawk. Phil
velocity1624705768 Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Get my studiotek lah...cheap cheap cheap.....
Phil1624705739 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Posted July 4, 2007 Get my studiotek lah...cheap cheap cheap..... After what I saw. Eeee.. I still prefer a gray screen. Phil
velocity1624705768 Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 No prob - to each his own. I have had a greyhawk before and had the same initial feel as you but have gradually prefered the studiotek over time and as I upgraded PJs. I have since sold my Greyhawk as I found the colours on a studiotek to be more accurate and natural. You have to recalibrate again for different types of screen material to be fair. The studiotek matches very well with the theatreblack 2 mode which has the most accurate colour rendition. With the high contrast ratios being reached by modern day PJs, the grey screen is no longer needed unless you have a fair amount of ambient lighting.
Phil1624705739 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Posted July 4, 2007 No prob - to each his own. I have had a greyhawk before and had the same initial feel as you but have gradually prefered the studiotek over time and as I upgraded PJs. I have since sold my Greyhawk as I found the colours on a studiotek to be more accurate and natural. You have to recalibrate again for different types of screen material to be fair. The studiotek matches very well with the theatreblack 2 mode which has the most accurate colour rendition. With the high contrast ratios being reached by modern day PJs, the grey screen is no longer needed unless you have a fair amount of ambient lighting. Yes, to each of his own. After much research online, Studiotek will be good if you have total light control and minimal light reflections. As for the black level of LCD, lets just say that they are pretty good but still no where close to pitch black of the CRTs. Hence, some enhancements will be nice. My Epson is calibrated using DataColor SpyderTV Pro. Phil
kzone Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Both the firehawk & greyhawk are grey screens right? Remember reading somewhere on stewert website that the firehawk was deisgned for DLPs. So does that among the grey screens, firehawk is more suitable for DLPs while the greyhawk is for LCDs?
blackburn Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 actually the different models are designed for the various room conditions and requirements, though the firehawk model is one of their later iterations
FookLai Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Yes, Studiotek was one of the earliest version and was design specifically for CRT that time. Subsequently when LCD and DLP came out, Stewart designed Greyhawk and Firehawk to compliment it. So it is not really advisable to use Studiotek with LCD or DLP projector unless you have an extremely high contrast projector, total light control room and non white/light color wall and non reflective material. Fook Lai
Guest jonlee Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 The gererations are greyhawk, firehawk, greyhawk RS. Firehawk has a higher gain (about 1.2), thus recommended for dlp which are typically not as bright as lcd. Greyhawk RS is much more ex compared to firehawk.
blackburn Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 the more recent one is the designed specifically for 1080p projections to give it a more film-like quality.
wen1624705757 Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 i find that my firehawk with the sharp z10000, produce a brighter center then the corners.. is that normal or something i need to tweak?
kzone Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 haha.. many Gs liao...I'm still using firehawk, 1st generation i think.. the one with the metal frame. Wonder if I can upgrade just the frame to the velvel one... One thing abt my screen is that the theatre black 2 mode on the epson PJ does not gives very nice colour even if no ambient lighting..
blackburn Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 i find that my firehawk with the sharp z10000, produce a brighter center then the corners.. is that normal or something i need to tweak? OT: if i am not wrong, your projector is at the almost extreme end of the wide-angle zoom. can you confirm ?
Phil1624705739 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Posted July 4, 2007 how much would any of these screens cost? 4K+ Phil
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