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CasetheCorvetteman
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If Aussie_Al sees this he if qualified to give an opinion on picture quality from both my XG and CineMAX, he has seen Red on bluray here a few weeks ago.
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Spanky Ham
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | Yeah i think i did somewhere yeah. Just minor things really Keith, but with the apparent flagship machine i expect itll be perfect or closer to perfect than it is. I think i remember Spanky at some point posting a few months ago he would take a G90 any day, so he may also be able to shed abit of light on it with his experience too.
No question about the fact its a great machine, but there are enough short comings to drop it down a notch. |
Mine was only because of all the issues I had with the Barcos. Curt has said that others aren't as bad. Craig has also given me his reasons which IIRC he outlined in my thread three years ago. I should add that I am slightly biased as I just picked up another G90 two weeks ago, so I now have two G90s and two G70s. 
Oh and on the Moome, I see it is an external. Maybe that makes a difference. I have never compared them, but I do remember Mark_A_W saying RGB out from his HTPC was better than the Fury or Moome cards in his opinion.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Yes, and in my experience mate i feel he is correct there.
My CineMAX has always worked without a hitch, but its these little things that take away from the experience.
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Spanky Ham
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Cheers mate 
So where did you end up with it all apart front 2x G90s?
I was interested to see you thought the menus were so advanced, how would you compare them to those in the XG? I wouldnt say either one was any more sofisticated than the other, but the XG is much quicker and easier to navigate.
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Spanky Ham
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Life got in the way and I never got a chance to play with the Barcos enough to get a good feel for them. Plus, there was always problems with them. Since I started on the NECs, I always felt most comfortable with their menu, but I could see the potential with Barcos. If one wanted the best and probably where this was headed, then you could try using something like the GEO Tahoe chip. I saw it at VDC four years ago in an evaluation board. You could do damn near anything with it.
As for the fate of the Barcos, I sold one to Niktec and the other three to Curt. You would have to ask them what there eventual fate was.
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Curt Palme
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I've sold one, one sale is pending, and one ended up with Craig as a test set. All of those 909s had massive issues, all needed massive amounts of work, and one had a bad controller board.
It's funny, I've talked with several flight simulator companies that all agreed that the earlier 909/919s had issues, and Barco ended up swapping out a bunch of sets in earlier installations, but the later ones are solid as a rock. Of course, if they're working fine, I don't ever hear about them.
Since I've almost sold out of G90s, it looks like I may need to put up a 909 or two next year in my own HT. (of course I've been saying that I'll work on my own HT for the last 4 years, so just ignore that last sentence. )
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Lets see it done Curt, talk is cheap mate 
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