RE: (a bit OT) Video projectors

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I love to say yes and tell you how to do it but I'm afraid I don't know my
way around the service menus on the VW10 ... I'll see if I can find out
from
Gordon but I reckon - like myself - he'd be reticent to point you at them
for two main reasons.

Firstly the service menus are a scarey place t  be ... I believe that it is
even possible t  nuke the bulb from the VW10's service menu as IIRC there
is
a menu option for adjusting the bulb voltage to get what Sony consider t 
be
the optimum balance between light output and longevity.

Secondly (and I suppose this is a two pronged thing), the setting up that
Stereo Stereo do on the VW10s takes quite a long time and is usually
carried
out in the home anyway. (The furnishings and decor of a room affect the
perceived colour balance quite significantly.) This is why these guys don't
get int  discounting wars so it's kinda their "edge" ... also, t 
set the
greyscales and gammas correctly you *NEED* a good colour anayser which I
know is Gordons (and I believe cost him the best part of $15k) and I know
he
paid for himself to g  through an ISF certification course in the US
recently so it's not a simple process.

To give you an idea ... I *KNEW* the colour balance settings on my CRT
projector were p*ssed and so I wasn't worried about trying to fix the
imbalance by eye. That was six months ago at least and it is most
definitely
still not right. I'm gonna get Gordon t  make the trek down here and do my
projector and a friends at the same time and split his travelling costs -
however I still expect t  pay him probably in the order of £600 for doing
the job.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Cockerton [mailto:alancc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 July 2001 12:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
>
>
> Phil, do you have any info on how to calibrate a VW10HT, mine
> looks ok t  me
> but it would be interesting t  find out if it could be improved.
>
> Alancc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 11:33 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] (a bit OT) Video projectors
>
>
> > The little gathering that I've suggested that you come along
> with me t  is
> > at a shop in Glasgow called Stereo Stereo and is being arranged
by a
> friend
> > of mine, Gordon Fraser. It was he that showed me the VW10HT set
up
> properly
> > (i.e. properly calibrated and colour corrected).
> >
> > Out of the box the VW10HT's are *NOT* well set up and the box
> shifters may
>
>
>
>
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