simion1989
Established Member
Hi all,
I am looking for some advice on my current set up. I have an Elite Screens Spectrum 100" 1.1 gain MAxWhite screen. This sits around 3.2m away from my JVC HD100 Projector, which is ceiling mounted around 100mm from the ceiling.
My room is painted (walls and ceiling) in a dark grey matt paint. I have dark furniture and mahogany parquet flooring which is not overly shiny.
I use a black velvet curtain to shut out light so my room is essentially 100% light controlled.
I have an issue with contrast i.e. blacks look a murky grey colour and shadow performance is not very good. I have done everything I can to give the picture the best possible chance of looking decent (light controlling the room and painting it grey) so I thought it must be a problem with the projector.
I bought an Optoma UHD51 (I know it's not as good as the JVC in terms of black) because it does 4k and is super bright. I thought this would produce a better picture. However, like the JVC, the black performance is poor. I had the grand tour playing from amazon in 4k and then stranger things, again the blacks look grey. As it's an optoma the blacks are going to be far from perfect but they shouldn't look that bad.
The only thing I can think of that could be causing it is the screen. The screen seems to just really illuminate when either projector is on, even in a scene which is flat black you can see the white of the screen lit up. The colours look fine but, for whatever reason, the blacks are being completely washed out. Could it be my screen? Is there anything I'm missing here?
Thanks a lot
Simon
I am looking for some advice on my current set up. I have an Elite Screens Spectrum 100" 1.1 gain MAxWhite screen. This sits around 3.2m away from my JVC HD100 Projector, which is ceiling mounted around 100mm from the ceiling.
My room is painted (walls and ceiling) in a dark grey matt paint. I have dark furniture and mahogany parquet flooring which is not overly shiny.
I use a black velvet curtain to shut out light so my room is essentially 100% light controlled.
I have an issue with contrast i.e. blacks look a murky grey colour and shadow performance is not very good. I have done everything I can to give the picture the best possible chance of looking decent (light controlling the room and painting it grey) so I thought it must be a problem with the projector.
I bought an Optoma UHD51 (I know it's not as good as the JVC in terms of black) because it does 4k and is super bright. I thought this would produce a better picture. However, like the JVC, the black performance is poor. I had the grand tour playing from amazon in 4k and then stranger things, again the blacks look grey. As it's an optoma the blacks are going to be far from perfect but they shouldn't look that bad.
The only thing I can think of that could be causing it is the screen. The screen seems to just really illuminate when either projector is on, even in a scene which is flat black you can see the white of the screen lit up. The colours look fine but, for whatever reason, the blacks are being completely washed out. Could it be my screen? Is there anything I'm missing here?
Thanks a lot
Simon
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