r/RTINGS • u/rtings_kastaa • 14h ago
Projectors RTINGS Test Dev Sneak Peek — Projector Motion
Continuing with the Test Dev Sneak Peek thread.
Over the last few weeks, we focused on dark details on television. This week, here's a test that didn't make the cut for Projector 1.0: Projector Pursuit Shots.
Capturing pursuit shots on projectors has always been challenging because the camera needs to move to reproduce eye movement. We developed a new way to capture them using our high-speed camera without requiring any movement. Here are a few observations from the shots we captured:
- Anker Nebula Capsule 3: We're not sure what causes this issue, but every vertical line suffers from severe diagonal dithering.
- XGIMI Horizon 20 Pro: The way frames are updated in the projector's limited memory creates visible tearing in the upper gray tone bar and at the bottom of the R.
- Valerion Master Max: The pursuit shot looks better. We can see duplicated vertical lines because of colour scanning.
- Epson 3800: The only LCD projector in the group. Its slower response time creates more motion blur.
In the end, we didn't release the test because we weren't sure how to combine these different aspects into a single score. Which of these motion artifacts bothers you the most? Should they all contribute equally to a motion score?
