Panasonic PT-AE1000U LCD Front Projector
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Front Projector Review
Thank you for the review....anyone in the South Bay area of Los Angeles installing same these days?
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HQV Benchmark Blu-ray, Tested HDMI, 1080i via the Sony PS3
HD Noise Test A & B
While the Panasonic does have a generic Noise Reduction and MPEG Noise Reduction feature neither had any effect on the image beyond a momentary blip from turning the feature on and off. Due to the transmissive LCD technology there is already a softening of detail that helps hide the noise making this test somewhat difficult to perceive.
Video Resolution Loss - PASS
As noted in the review the Panasonic does not apply vertical filtering to 1080i content. The rotating bar passed.
Jaggies A - PASS
Jaggies B - PASS
Film Resolution Loss A Vertical - PASS
Film Resolution Loss A Horizontal - FAIL (marginally)
While none of the vertical resolution boxes failed as expected from the first resolution test the addition of motion caused the 1080 box to develop about a 2 pixel visible black vertical line on the left side and 2 pixel visible white vertical line on the right side when panning right to left only. For horizontal resolution the 960 and 480 line boxes flicker in both directions. When panning left to right the 480 box adds a flickering blue chroma error.
Film Resolution Loss B - PASS
Perspective
Due to the transmissive LCD technology there is already a softening of detail. Designing the scaler for optimal results with 1080i is in the best interest of that native response envelope.
HQV Benchmark DVD, Tested Analog component 480i via the Panasonic DVD-RP91
Color Bars (4:3) V-PASS, H-FAIL
Color Bars (16:9) same response
Luminance 720 horizontal block was rolled off significantly. Chroma 240 vertical block had slight flickering.
Jaggie 1 (16:9) FAIL
Jaggie 2 (16:9) FAIL
Flag (4:3) FAIL
Detail (16:9) PASS
Noise (4:3) PASS
Minor improvement with noise reduction
Motion Adaptive Noise (16:9) PASS
Motion Adaptive Noise (4:3) PASS
Minor improvement with noise reduction
Film Detail (4:3) PASS
Assorted Cadences (16:9)
2-2 30fps film - PASS
2-2-2-4 DVCAM - PASS
2-3-3-2 DVCAM - FAIL
3-2-3-2-2 VARI SPEED Broadcast - FAIL
5-5 Anime - FAIL
6-4 Anime - PASS
8-7 Anime - ? minor errors
3-2 24fps film - PASS
Mixed 3:2 with titles (4:3) PASS and FAIL
The final scene of vertical scrolling credits took a while to lock, long enough and easily seen to earn a FAIL
Digital Video Essentials
Frequency / Detail Response PASS and FAIL
Vertical response starts with a mottled pattern growing smaller and perfectly correcting itself within 2 seconds. Horizontal luminance and chroma had banding and the high frequency luminance test was very poor.
Test Material PASS
Perspective
This is an entry level display and for most entry level users an external scaler is either at the bottom of the list or not even on it. That works out great because the internal scaler will handle 480i video quite well for broadcast content even though it failed some of the tests. It is worth your time to compare this internal scaler to that of your broadcast source, cable or satellite box, provided it allows native scan rate output. For DVD you can do much better with an upconverting player.
HD Noise Test A & B
While the Panasonic does have a generic Noise Reduction and MPEG Noise Reduction feature neither had any effect on the image beyond a momentary blip from turning the feature on and off. Due to the transmissive LCD technology there is already a softening of detail that helps hide the noise making this test somewhat difficult to perceive.
Video Resolution Loss - PASS
As noted in the review the Panasonic does not apply vertical filtering to 1080i content. The rotating bar passed.
Jaggies A - PASS
Jaggies B - PASS
Film Resolution Loss A Vertical - PASS
Film Resolution Loss A Horizontal - FAIL (marginally)
While none of the vertical resolution boxes failed as expected from the first resolution test the addition of motion caused the 1080 box to develop about a 2 pixel visible black vertical line on the left side and 2 pixel visible white vertical line on the right side when panning right to left only. For horizontal resolution the 960 and 480 line boxes flicker in both directions. When panning left to right the 480 box adds a flickering blue chroma error.
Film Resolution Loss B - PASS
Perspective
Due to the transmissive LCD technology there is already a softening of detail. Designing the scaler for optimal results with 1080i is in the best interest of that native response envelope.
HQV Benchmark DVD, Tested Analog component 480i via the Panasonic DVD-RP91
Color Bars (4:3) V-PASS, H-FAIL
Color Bars (16:9) same response
Luminance 720 horizontal block was rolled off significantly. Chroma 240 vertical block had slight flickering.
Jaggie 1 (16:9) FAIL
Jaggie 2 (16:9) FAIL
Flag (4:3) FAIL
Detail (16:9) PASS
Noise (4:3) PASS
Minor improvement with noise reduction
Motion Adaptive Noise (16:9) PASS
Motion Adaptive Noise (4:3) PASS
Minor improvement with noise reduction
Film Detail (4:3) PASS
Assorted Cadences (16:9)
2-2 30fps film - PASS
2-2-2-4 DVCAM - PASS
2-3-3-2 DVCAM - FAIL
3-2-3-2-2 VARI SPEED Broadcast - FAIL
5-5 Anime - FAIL
6-4 Anime - PASS
8-7 Anime - ? minor errors
3-2 24fps film - PASS
Mixed 3:2 with titles (4:3) PASS and FAIL
The final scene of vertical scrolling credits took a while to lock, long enough and easily seen to earn a FAIL
Digital Video Essentials
Frequency / Detail Response PASS and FAIL
Vertical response starts with a mottled pattern growing smaller and perfectly correcting itself within 2 seconds. Horizontal luminance and chroma had banding and the high frequency luminance test was very poor.
Test Material PASS
Perspective
This is an entry level display and for most entry level users an external scaler is either at the bottom of the list or not even on it. That works out great because the internal scaler will handle 480i video quite well for broadcast content even though it failed some of the tests. It is worth your time to compare this internal scaler to that of your broadcast source, cable or satellite box, provided it allows native scan rate output. For DVD you can do much better with an upconverting player.