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[ecrabb]

Dude, you definitely suck. Nice machine, ya bastage. You got yourself a hell of a kick-ass machine there for 2 g's.

Start looking for a red C-element, too for redder (less orange) reds. Put that on the to-do list for when/if you decide to replace the green - which won't look bad at all as long as you stay within the wear (don't worry about maximizing rasters!).

Congratulations!

SC

[schmoe]

Thanks. I will wear the SUCK badge with honor and try not to disgrace it.

Hey, and a special thanks to you, ecrabb, for all the help you gave me on the other thread regarding my room layout.

[schmoe]

It alive, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I hung some BOC from the ceiling (temporary), did a quick table-top setup (also temporary) and dropped in a couple BluRays. It works! And it looks pretty good for a not-so-thorough setup.



The image above is at 1080p60 using HDFury2 and my BD player (Btw, my camera really sucks. The picture looks better than this). The screen size is 99" wide. It turns out I'm not going to be able to hit the suggested TD (actually, it depends on which version of the TD formula I use) so I won't be fully maximizing raster. I have very little wiggle room for projector placement, and if I bring the screen closer, it'll be too far into the room. Oh well, as it stands my quick setup is projecting beyond the burn area put on by the previous owner, and it's noticeable in bright scenes, so I have to bring the image in a bit anyway. Just kind of a bummer.

BTW, that ACON is one *handy* little accessory. I went into the service menu and did a full reset, and of course everything was out of whack at that point, and I was dreading having to converge the whole mess. The ACON isn't perfect, but it certainly does most of the heavy lifting, getting you 85% of the way there. Can't imagine owning a pj withone one.

[Nashou66]

If they were new tubes, then id worry about maximizing the raster but since you are going to stay in the wear area set up your throw distance for that. If you ever retube then you may have to rethink the whole set up. But it looks good for a down and dirty set up. Glad to see you figured out the Marquee on your first attempt. The built in Guide for set up really makes things easy.

Good luck with your new toy !

Athanasios

[ecrabb]

Wow, first weekend home with your new machine and you have a nice watchable image on a bed sheet, already. Kudos!

It could just be the camera, but it looks like you could use quite a bit more green (or less magenta - as in less blue and red), but other than that - NICE work!

Here's your image, and one I adjusted in Photoshop to have less red and blue... Notice how the whites on the boat are more white instead of pink.

SC

[schmoe]

[AnalogRocks]

On the Canon G2 ( 4mp ) I use for my screen shots I use TV ( time value ) to shoot my TV ( RPTV ), try a multiple of your refresh rate. Depending on the scene I use 4 seconds, 2 seconds 1 second, 1/10th. 1/30th etc... Play around with it.

[AnalogRocks]

On the Canon G2 ( 4mp ) I use for my screen shots I use TV ( time value ) to shoot my TV ( RPTV ), try a multiple of your refresh rate. Depending on the scene I use 4 seconds, 2 seconds 1 second, 1/10th. 1/30th etc... Play around with it.

[schmoe]

Hey folks, quick question just so I'm clear: in order to get a proper 16:9 screen I had to reduce v-size to 0, no more room to shrink but it was about right anyway. I've read a bit about the "anamorphic squeeze mod" - is this what it's supposed to do, give me more room to shrink the v-size even more?

My quick setup produced a screen size (99") that is slightly bigger then what I'll likely end up with (96"), so I'll need room to shrink it further (unless there's another way to do that).

Thanks.

[ChrisWiggles]

[ChrisWiggles]

[schmoe]

[schmoe]

[AnalogRocks]

Hooked on the CRT line. Just don't start colecting or you'll be a sinker.

[AnalogRocks]

Hooked on the CRT line. Just don't start colecting or you'll be a sinker.

[Nashou66]

[schmoe]

Why do you think the squeeze mod is most likely done? Because it's a late model marquee? I'll try to check when I get home (assuming that's easily do-able).

My VP is a DVDO Edge which unfortunately doesn't do custom outputs (I didn't know a crt pj was in my future at the time) but it does handle 24p inputs. I need to find someone who wants to swap for a VP50 or Lumagen perhaps.

[ChrisWiggles]

I was under the assumption the squeeze mod was done because Vidikron is an HT company, and they only sold these for high-end home theaters, not commercial use where 4:3 is prevalent.

. To do a 16:9 screen, normal for HT, you need the mod, so I'm assuming they did this. Additionally, I had no problem getting down to about 16:9 when I set it up, and it won't really get close to that without a mod done, so it appears to me to be modded. I didn't measure it though, so I'm not sure what the max squeeze is though. And I don't remember how far I was from the maximum squeeze when I set it up. It sounds like maybe it's not quite modded enough...?

[ChrisWiggles]

[schmoe]

[schmoe]

[Nashou66]