Official Sony VPL-HW30(A)ES Owners Thread - Page 87

Originally Posted by zombie10k

^^^^^ good deal, i'm glad the info helped. We just had guests over and I used the HW30 since I have the original Sony glasses, a pair of the kids glasses and a few of the MV3D's. I had all of them working at the same time which was great.

Originally Posted by gregoryborley

Yep, my situation exactly as well. The kid's glasses(br50's) are the only glasses I've found that fit my little one's heads without slipping off, plus since I have a boy and a girl, they love the fact their glasses are blue and pink

I got my folks a Panasonic 50 inch for Christmas last year and they haven't tried out the 3D yet since they don't have glasses. I think I just found a present for them in the MV3D glasses

Originally Posted by jtgrunden

This has probably been covered already but will just one MV Transmitter cover mulitple pairs of glasses?

Originally Posted by zombie10k

you can run many MV3D glasses from the 1 transmitter.

edit: I sent you a PM on your theater's black ceiling tiles. any info is much appreciated. thanks!

Originally Posted by Toknowshita

The top of the line sharp at the time had the benefit of the larger DMD chip and high end optics. DLP by nature appears sharper due to the single chip design of the projector. Trade offs for one tech vs another.
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The HW30 does however display a bright image with respectable contrast and it can do 3D. So I would say its a step up for for those that are considering 3D.

Originally Posted by zombie10k

Monster has a heck of a deal on these now:

http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=5938

Originally Posted by ScoHo

Thanks for posting this. With that code someone else posted (which still worked today) that is a great deal. I finally broke down and ordered two pair. I'm not crazy about the whole RF thing and having to plug yet another device in, but so be it. Those Sony glasses are the most uncomfortable hunks of plastic I've ever put on my face and Sony (or whoever manufactured them) should be ashamed of themselves. I'm debating ordering 2 more of the Monsters.

So how close does the the little IR receiver need to be to the Sony emitter? If I have the emitter up by the screen, can I have the receiver by the projector? I assume it at least needs line of sight?

Originally Posted by browerjs

I have my emitter above my screen and the monster ir receiver sitting on top of the projector, which throws at about 14 ft...

Originally Posted by ScoHo

Thanks for posting this. With that code someone else posted (which still worked today) that is a great deal. I finally broke down and ordered two pair. I'm not crazy about the whole RF thing and having to plug yet another device in, but so be it. Those Sony glasses are the most uncomfortable hunks of plastic I've ever put on my face and Sony (or whoever manufactured them) should be ashamed of themselves. I'm debating ordering 2 more of the Monsters.

So how close does the the little IR receiver need to be to the Sony emitter? If I have the emitter up by the screen, can I have the receiver by the projector? I assume it at least needs line of sight?

Originally Posted by Analog2112 

The 3D is awesome when it comes to DvD, I picked up Hubble and Meet the Robinson's and they both looked like I was at the IMAX theater, I loved it!
Unfortunately I'm starting to think that that is the only bonus.
To start with, Comcast 3D is horrible. ESPN 3D isn't too bad but its not like a DvD (not even close), HBO, Stars etc don't look good at all. It almost looks like its slightly out of sync (if that makes sense). With the DvD's looking so good and seeing a difference between ESPN3D and the other 3D stations is making me think its just the source and there is probably little I can do.
All this I could live with and still be happy but what bothers me the most is the 2D. Its not terrible and if this was my 1st projector then I would probably not even know the difference but I'm replacing my old Epson PowerLite (262A) and this Sony just doesn't compare to it. The Epson simply is much sharper and brighter.
I've been messing around with the settings trying to get a better picture, but I don't know what I'm doing. From the posts in this thread I've been able to improve the picture but it still falls a bit short of the Epson. Does anyone have any suggestions on what else I should be doing or looking at?
TIA!

Originally Posted by GabrielKnight 

Is anyone using Xpand x103s with their HW30?
Xpand website says the x103s are compatible (with workaround), but doesn't say what the workaround is?
Is there an adapter that can make the x103s sync using RF instead of Infrared?
If you have an x103 and HW30, what do you think of it?
Thanks!

Originally Posted by dtchung 

I think I know what you mean. I had this projector for about 2 weeks now. I'm just starting get used to it and finding its quirks. My old projector was a Pioneer FPJ1 (JVC DLS-RS2).
Same as you I was very impressed with BD 3D performance. Far better than what I expected. Any other 3D performance was underwhelming, except for top and bottom at 1080P/24 (looks almost as good as the BD). Its SBS 3D performance was very disappointing. I was able to minimize the crosstalk (is this what you mean by looks out of sync?). However, its resolution looks very bad. I think internally Sony is displaying SBS material at 480P output. Status information from the projector will say 1080P, but I call BS on that. I understand that horizontal resolution is halfed, but even vertical resolution looks reduced as well. If you popup a menu in this mode, you'll notice that menu box is twice the size as before. Anyway, going back to what you said about Comcast 3D. Does your cable box output real 3D signal or are you using SBS or TnB in the projector to convert to 3D?
As for 2D, I had to get used to Sony look from the JVC. My problem was opposite of what you were having. The JVC had that soft, warm, film-like picture that I really loved where as I thought Sony over-exaggerate the sharpness. As you can tell, I like the soft film look myself. I ended up turning down sharpness all the way down to Min to 4. To me this looked more natural, and took away the edge artifacts. I also like temperature to be warm. "Low1" setting suppose to give 6500K, but to me, it looked a little bluish. "Low2" was too low producing that green tint. I ended up using "Custom3", which starts out equivalent to "Low1", but I added more red and reduced blue. I'm quite happy with the result.
If you're used bright, sharp and poppy colors, then it may take some time get used to what you have now. I'm not saying that Sony can't get bright and sharp, not at all. With its high lamp setting, I thought was way too bright myself. Are you using this projector in your living room or a light controlled environment? It took me about a week of tweaking to get it to where I liked it. It doesn't sound like you're unhappy with the projector, just different. Unless, you have very short time-frame before you can return it; try it out for a week and see if you get used to it. If you can, try setting up your Epson side by side to run some comparison. I've been wanting to do this my JVC myself, but haven't gotten to it yet. However, I've gotten to the point where I'm happy with this projector now, so I may not need to do this anymore. I still think that JVC has an edge over Sony, but after some tweaking, Sony isn't bad. Also, it has brightness and 3D that I wanted.

Originally Posted by ScoHo 

I'm pretty sure there are many posts on this very thread about using the Xpands with the Sony.

Originally Posted by GabrielKnight 

I've searched the thread 3 times and found nothing about achieving the x103 'work-around'

Originally Posted by kingmag 

Anyone compared this Sony to the Epson 5010?