William said he will not calibrate due too many flaws in the design of Your beloved Ruby. I have seen the Ruby in action and the picture looks too dark for my viewing taste.
William has yet to prove alot he claimed about the Ruby. He always said the Ruby shows red sparkling on the DVI input. I've yet to see those. And as much as I respect Williams work on the JVCs, most of the so called "flaws" on the Ruby can be corrected. But it sure needs more than the 8 hours for the Meridian. Then again, the reward is a better looking projector.
Oh and btw, William was claiming exactly the same back in the days when the Qualia 004 competed against the JVC HD2k...
But to be honest, I'd probably say the same if I'd get money from JVC/Meridian.
What do you mean by too dark? What screen was used, what size and what was the throw distance, what Iris setting, to what level was it calibrated?
All of these are major factors when comparing projectors. I'm usually comparing projectors in the same room, feeding the same source after full calibration. Only that way you can properly judge the quality of equipment.