Re: DLP showing Was Re: Master and Commander AR

Kram Sacul wrote:
> 
> "Jeff Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > We saw "Master and Commander" today in DLP at the Arclight in Hollywood.
> > Simply put, it looked awful.  Dark, muddy, poor contrast ratios (NO blacks,
> > of course).  Video artifacts galore.
> 
> Now I gotta see it there.  I've never been unsatisfied with any of the
> DLP shows I've been to, except maybe Finding Nemo at the El Capitan
> (lousy black level).  The black levels of the other DLP movies I've
> seen were excellent though.

DLP does not have excellent blacks and probably never will. Excellent
blacks are blacks that are black, not (dark) gray. The only technology
I know with black blacks are high end CRT projectors. The rest does
not measure up, whether it's digital or film prints.