CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

[2manytvs]

I aligned my PG6200 in a probably unconventional way.
It was original ceiling and when I got it,I changed it to floor.
But you need to align and converge after the change,and while it has been tolerable
it was never completely right.
I recently improved it in significant way but I've always wondered,
if the picture is misaligned how can those various grids and circles
as found in say,Video Essentials,help.
I got a real good deal at Fry's on SX50 canon and
fed a grid to both monitors and aligned the NEC to as near perfect
the Canon display on the same screen ,line over line.
It looks so much more uniform,but I couldn't have achieved that by staring
at circles and lines and guessing the correct settings.
How do pros do this task?

Thanks

[Curt Palme]

Well, the most important thing is, learn the manual for whatever projector you're setting up inside and out. A pro does not 'guess' what adjustment is needed. Without a thorough understanding of what each adjustment does, you'll never get any CRT projector adjusted correctly.

Second, NEVER turn any controls under the covers of an NEC.

Third: The pros usually use string with a measuring tape to make sure each square within the setup grid is level and the same size all over the screen. Tedious, but worth it. A number of people use the method you're using, having a digital projector project the same image as the CRT, and using the digital as reference, nothing wrong with that at all.

[Curt Palme]

Well, the most important thing is, learn the manual for whatever projector you're setting up inside and out. A pro does not 'guess' what adjustment is needed. Without a thorough understanding of what each adjustment does, you'll never get any CRT projector adjusted correctly.

Second, NEVER turn any controls under the covers of an NEC.

Third: The pros usually use string with a measuring tape to make sure each square within the setup grid is level and the same size all over the screen. Tedious, but worth it. A number of people use the method you're using, having a digital projector project the same image as the CRT, and using the digital as reference, nothing wrong with that at all.

[CasetheCorvetteman]

The digital projector overlay method is abit flawed if the screen isnt perfectly flat though.

[2manytvs]

Thanks so much!

Have a manual, but the info presumes an existing level of ability.

Did use level and tape measure,good to know acceptable.

Quote Spock, "We Learn By Doing"

[Curt Palme]

Have you read this?

http://curtpalme.com/CRTSetupGuide.shtm

I wrote that for the NEC XG, but most applies to the 6200 as well.

[Curt Palme]

Have you read this?

http://curtpalme.com/CRTSetupGuide.shtm

I wrote that for the NEC XG, but most applies to the 6200 as well.

[2manytvs]

I realize now that I used some of that info back several years ago when I got that set.
I forgot the source and only recently reacquainted myself to this site.
I however, did not review, absorb & appreciate the full amount of material here.
I was impatient then, to get it running and intimidated by what I see as the technical
and tedious work they require(all projectors) but especially ones that have so much ability
to adjust,the reward is a beautiful picture.

I was smitten to Projection in the early 80's by a friend who got a used Advent end table monitor.
When I couldn't afford it I bought a Zenith home front projector,much like the ones in the sports bars.
I used that set 13 years and it still works but is a coffee table only.It cost 2K,thought it was the first/last set I'd
ever get,'til they change standards.
It has tasked me on and off,but I have been, and always shall be, a friend to front projection.

I'm only dealing with this Nec now but ,I'm awed by the combined knowledge and dedication
at this site,to what I feel is a greatly under appreciated form of home viewing.