Vladman
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Right, finally had a chance to take a couple of photos of the Hitachi in action, and also experimented with some different settings, with interesting results. The DVD player (and recorder) is Panasonic DMR-E65, and it's connected to the Hitachi using a good quality component lead.
I created a custom setting for the Hitachi (I called it CKL), using the settings recommended at http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200512/HitachiTX200/index.htm. I used his RGB, Gamma, iris and sharpness settings, all on Auto1, brightness 0, contrast +7. I'm aware his settings might not be the best for me, as I don't have a proper screen (just an Ikea blind!), but I thought I'd give it a go anyway, it was fun!
The pictures have just been cropped and resized, and the camera (Olympus C-770UZ - 4 megapixel) has been positioned just above my viewing position and set to custom white balance prior to taking the pictures, with timer, to avoid shaking. I only really took the last picture to check I've got the focus right, as it's kind of hard to tell, when standing 3m from the picture, in a dark room! It is a 1024x768 crop from about 5-6 times zoomed-in picture (and it hasn't been altered in size, so it's 1:1 as my camera has taken it). The pixel grid on it is obviously very noticable (the more noticable it is, the better the focus) because of the zoom used, but as you can see on the other pictures, this is not an issue from normal viewing distance.
I personally like the "CKL" settings the best, even though, interestingly, I don't think they look the best on these pictures. Cinema-High is too contrasty and warm for me, and Cinema-Low is pretty good, just a tad washed out maybe...
I can't decide whether I like the PJ doing the progressive scanning more, or the DVD-player. I think the PJ might be doing it a tad better (judging from these pictures)! The difference between the interlaced and progressive (either one) is very obvious though.
I created a custom setting for the Hitachi (I called it CKL), using the settings recommended at http://www.avbuzz.com/audio-video/200512/HitachiTX200/index.htm. I used his RGB, Gamma, iris and sharpness settings, all on Auto1, brightness 0, contrast +7. I'm aware his settings might not be the best for me, as I don't have a proper screen (just an Ikea blind!), but I thought I'd give it a go anyway, it was fun!
The pictures have just been cropped and resized, and the camera (Olympus C-770UZ - 4 megapixel) has been positioned just above my viewing position and set to custom white balance prior to taking the pictures, with timer, to avoid shaking. I only really took the last picture to check I've got the focus right, as it's kind of hard to tell, when standing 3m from the picture, in a dark room! It is a 1024x768 crop from about 5-6 times zoomed-in picture (and it hasn't been altered in size, so it's 1:1 as my camera has taken it). The pixel grid on it is obviously very noticable (the more noticable it is, the better the focus) because of the zoom used, but as you can see on the other pictures, this is not an issue from normal viewing distance.
I personally like the "CKL" settings the best, even though, interestingly, I don't think they look the best on these pictures. Cinema-High is too contrasty and warm for me, and Cinema-Low is pretty good, just a tad washed out maybe...
- T2 scene on CKL setting
- same T2 scene on Cinema Low setting
- same T2 scene on Cinema High setting
- 5th Element (Superbit) scene on CKL setting
- same 5th Element (Superbit) scene on Cinema High setting
- 5th Element (Superbit) scene with progressive scan OFF on both the PJ and the DVD-player (CKL)
- same 5th Element (Superbit) scene with PJ doing progressive scanning (CKL)
- same 5th Element (Superbit) scene with DVD-player doing progressive scanning (CKL)
- another 5th Element (Superbit) scene (CKL)
- zoomed up same 5th Element (Superbit) scene, taken for purposes of checking the focus (CKL) - WARNING! Don't open if you hate the screen-door effect!
I can't decide whether I like the PJ doing the progressive scanning more, or the DVD-player. I think the PJ might be doing it a tad better (judging from these pictures)! The difference between the interlaced and progressive (either one) is very obvious though.