Thomas J. Norton

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CEDIA 2015
Seen too Often
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 17, 2015  |  0 comments
This isn't the best way to showcase the best image quality your screen can provide, even it it's a light rejecting design.
Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Self/Less
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 01, 2016  |  0 comments
Picture
Sound
Extras
Damian Hale, an extremely wealthy and self-centered businessman (is there any other kind in the movies?), is in his late sixties and dying of cancer. But he’s found an escape in a secretive company that has developed a way to transfer the contents of someone’s brain into a younger, healthy human body. They call the process shedding. It succeeds on Damian, but with complications he didn’t anticipate.
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A/V Veteran
Serenity in a Star Wars Universe
Thomas J. Norton  |  Nov 02, 2005  |  5 comments

The DVD of <I>Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith</I> hits the video stores this week. Fox didn't send us an advanced screener. Perhaps they read the rather negative review I wrote last summer during the film's <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/thomasjnorton/505tjn/index1.html">thea... release</A>! I'll have more to say about the movie, and about the DVD release, in the upcoming November 2005 <I>UAV</I> eNewsletter, scheduled to be mailed out next week. You do subscribe, don't you? (If not, simply <A HREF="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/newsletter_subscribe/?Your%20E-mail"> click here</A> to sign up. It's free.)

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CEDIA 2014
Seymour-Screen Excellence
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 12, 2014  |  0 comments
It's no coincidence that manufacturers offering screens that reject ambient light use bright images to show off their wares, often either animation or sports. There's no way such a screen, on dark movie scenes, can compete with a conventional screen in a darkened room. But such light-rejecting screens, if used properly, can be of real value in some installations. Seymour-Screen Excellence introduced its first light rejecting screens this year, including this Ambient Visionaire 1.2 model. As shown here, fixed frame at 116-inch diagonal 16:9, it will cost you about $3500.
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Projection Screen Reviews
Seymour-Screen Excellence Reference Series Enlightor 4K Acoustically Transparent Projection Screen
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 04, 2014  |  0 comments

Performance
Setup
Value
PRICE $2,773 (varies with size and configuration)

AT A GLANCE
Plus
Places center dialogue where it belongs
Good sound transparency
Minus
Light easily passes through it
Needs a bright projector to look its best

THE VERDICT
Acoustically transparent screens aren’t for everyone. None of them is totally transparent to sound, and all of them—this Seymour no less so than others—allow some light from the projector to pass through. But if your system demands such a screen, the Seymour is well worth a close look.

At the 2013 CEDIA Expo, many of the home theater demos used acoustically transparent screens. And a number of them—including those from Wisdom Audio, Datasat, and Digital Projection—used screens from Seymour-Screen Excellence.

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CES 2011
Sharp 3D Projector
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2011  |  0 comments
While I don't have a great shot of Sharp's XV-Z17000 DLP 3D projector, it looked bright and beautiful on a 100" screen with a stated gain of 1.0. It was clearly one of the best 3D projectors I've seen so far, and also the least expensive at about $5000.
LCD TV Reviews
Sharp Aquos LC-46D85U LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 03, 2009  |  0 comments
Price: $1,800 At A Glance: Superb color and resolution • First-rate standard-def video processing • Mediocre blacks and shadow detail

From Sharp Minds

Sharp is a prime mover and shaker in the flat-panel business. The company has been dedicated to LCD technology from the beginning of the beginning—all the way back to the earliest LCD pocket calculators.

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LCD TV Reviews
Sharp AQUOS LC-52D64U 52" LCD Digital Television
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 28, 2007  |  0 comments

Sharp has been in the LCD flat panel television game as long as anyone. Its huge and ongoing investments in R&D and manufacturing facilities have paid off with a strong worldwide sales position and an enviable reputation. If someone mentions LCD televisions, the first word that pops into your head might well be "Sharp," Followed closely by "AQUOS."

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LCD TV Reviews
Sharp AQUOS LC-52D64U 52" LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Oct 15, 2007  |  0 comments
Sharp has been in the LCD flat panel television game as long as anyone. If someone mentions LCD televisions, the first word that pops into your head might well be "Sharp," Followed closely by "AQUOS."
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LCD TV Reviews
Sharp Aquos LC-52XS1U-S Limited Edition LCD HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Apr 09, 2009  |  0 comments
Price: $12,000 At A Glance: Superb blacks • Exceptional resolution • Inaccurate color

Ultra Black and Ultra Thin

Less than two years after I accompanied a group of American journalists on a visit to a new Sharp factory, the company has developed yet another new plant. This one can support an even larger mother glass. On that same visit, we also witnessed examples of the company’s cutting-edge R&D, including new, ultra-black technology.

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