johnmn
01-05-08, 09:49 PM
I have a DLP projector, Optoma HD7100. I love the picture, but I recently tried out HD DVD. The color saturation was too high, so I tried to adjust it using white balance (saturation control is grayed out on DVI). I turned RGB gains and offsets all the way up, all the way down, fiddled and fiddled, no luck--and then was told in this forum that white balance can't be used this way. (THANKS--this forum is the best.) I reset the white balance gains and offsets to the factory settings of "0" and returned the HD DVD player to Amazon.
But now I'm feeling paranoid. I remember hearing years ago that in CRT TVs you can actually permanently damage the CRTs by turning the RGB controls too high--some kind of burnout, I think. I assumed that that would not be the case with DLP, but these units are still a bit of a mystery to me. Could someone who really knows the science tell me if I've likely done any permanent damage by changing the settings so radically, though only briefly? Otherwise I'll drive myself crazy looking for little imperfections.
Much appreciated!
--John
But now I'm feeling paranoid. I remember hearing years ago that in CRT TVs you can actually permanently damage the CRTs by turning the RGB controls too high--some kind of burnout, I think. I assumed that that would not be the case with DLP, but these units are still a bit of a mystery to me. Could someone who really knows the science tell me if I've likely done any permanent damage by changing the settings so radically, though only briefly? Otherwise I'll drive myself crazy looking for little imperfections.
Much appreciated!
--John