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stefuel
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject: Zero H overscan on AmPro's??? |
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Has anyone figured out how to get zero horizontal overscan from a AmPro at 1080P? I can get zero top and bottom no problem but the best I can squeek out of the sides is about a 3 overscan. On screen this robs about two inches of usable video information from both sides. I did not even notice it until I used HD video essentials for the first time from my PS3.
PS Yet another in the list so far and few between "on topic" posts by me.
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tse
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Chip,
Short of using a scaler to increase the horizontal blanking time to match the projector's horizontal retrace time there isn't alot that can be done. If one could get power mosfets that could handle 1800V pulses without breakdown you could replace the 1100V parts that are on the horizontal output board. I don't know of any parts like that. Electrohome put three 600V parts in series to get the capability to have a short retrace.
The Ampro projector has a minimum retrace of 2.8us. 1080p needs something less than 2us.
I'm going to give up one of my secret recipes for determining deflection parameters. I don't think it makes much difference now.
Attached are three scenarios for 2.8us, 1.8us, and 1.5us retrace times. Look at the last answer for the "flyback" voltage generated with the different retrace times.
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Mark_A_W
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Whoa.
I only understand some of that...but whoa.
So you are saying, to push the beam back in under 2us, you need ~1800v applied to the yokes?
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tse
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To retrace in 1.5us takes about 1800V. Yep. The voltage could be less with yokes of lower inductance. Voltage would go down, current would go up.
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AnalogRocks
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Doesn't that add more stress to everything?
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tse
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Change the yoke inductance from 200uH (three in parallel gives 66uH) to 66uH, so the three in parallel are 22uH, and the current goes up from 21A peak to peak to 37App but the peak flyback voltage is now just over 1000V. I'll take that trade. Forget scanning at 15kHz, though.
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stefuel
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So how could we change the yoke inductance? or
could a daughter board be made off the horizontal board to hold the additional circuitry to provide the increased voltage required to reduce the retrace time?
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stefuel
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I would but I'd have to sacrifice the reliability I enjoy now. 
But really, the only time you will notice the missing video information from the sides is when you are viewing test patterns.
I can't speak for everyone here (and I'm sure I don't) I don't spend up a set of tubes looking at test patterns.
I don't invite a bunch of people over to watch Digital Video Essentials. I think my wife would have me commited. 
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