Darbee vision darblet - Page 57

Jive Turkey,

I saw your post and was dissappointed to see that you are having problems. As I recall, The MOT DCH boxes were some of the first HDMI set top boxes and from what I'm seeing, it appears to be some sort of timing issue between the two devices.

One thing you can try is to access the service menu in your comcast box by hitting the menu button on your comcast remote while the box is off. Once in service mode, find the color space choices and select RGB and retry. Unfortunately, Comcast in my area resets my box to a default configuration every time the box is power cycled, so I couldn't confirm this color space test. Maybe you will have better luck. Let us know what you find out.

For me, I'm going to find the MOT model number that will work and get Comcast to swap it out. Hopefully AVS members will come to rescue with some model numbers.

I have the color-space issue (green screen) with my Netgear NEOTV550. When I force my TV to RGB, the picture is normal.

Mark

My Darblet is working with my Apple TV2.

Mark

We come from left field and tore up text books.
Some don't fully understand the ramifications of what it means to be able to treat digital images as a technology.
Making fidelity to the scene is wonderful, but is incomplete for our visual systems.
You cannot argue that our vision biology is meant to process images without phase information.
With conventional image capture, all the phase information of the ambient light array is thrown out.
The defocus and subtract approach with disparate images (phase information) is so simple that it is really a forehead slap.
Simple and really a discovery more than an invention.
The discovery is that you can put 3D phase information into 2D image scenes and yield a gratifying result.
Your brain thanks you for preconditioning the image with some of what it was expecting, phase information.
The inventive part has been in making the process practical to implement.

Even though I got locked out of HTS, all 104 (so far) comments are fully viewable due to a very clumsy page redirect mechanism.
A very interesting read.
We actually value all the commentary (good and bad, in 7 languages around the world now) as it helps us make the product better for the long haul.

-DD

Hey...isn't that why we're over here at AVSForums and not in some other alternate universe?

Here is a discussion thread about HDMI sync issues with ATV products.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2600405?start=0&tstart=0

We have a refund policy if you cannot get it working to your liking with the equipment that you have.

-DD

Gents,

I thought it best to consolidate all the reports of Radiance compatibility, as this thread moves pretty fast. We have reported color space compatibility issues with the Radiance Mini-3D, Radiance XD, and now the Radiance XS.

Thanks.

Mark

Our current solution should cure all Radiance product interop illnesses. The fix is now shipping to Radiance owners who have discovered the issue and is being implemented as a running change/update for all product that is ready to go out. Yes...we are reprogramming the entire balance of the production run with the new code.

-DD

I was thinking that it would be appropriate to have a separate sticky post that users can post with their issues. I'm thinking it has to be detailed enough to describe their full hardware setup in detail, and possibly, whatever settings they are using for input/output in the areas of color space and sync and anything else others think appropriate. And most importantly the symptoms. And since we all have to bring at least one HDMI cable into the mix, it might be useful to indicate whether we've done any cable swapping to eliminate that as an issue. I'm really hoping power sequencing isn't in the mix, like it sometimes it seems to be in the world of networking (you know the drill, power everything off, then power the cable/dsl modem, then WiFi router, etc.). Does this sound reasonable? If so, who can set this up on the forum?

What a pleasant surprise. My Darbee arrived today. Gonna break it in with the Lockout blu-ray. Looking forward to getting Darbletized.

So did my second one!

I now am using one exclusively for Directv and the other with Blu ray 2D and 3D. Both HDMI inputs are now covered....

I received my Darblet today and set it up without my Radiance XS-3D, which I have not connected yet, as I am still waiting on my RS35 to arrive. Anyway, I wanted to try it out, as it is pretty simple to set up. Here is the HDMI distribution path:

Moxi DVR, Netgear NEOTV550, Apple TV2, and Dish Network ViP211K Receiver.
**To**
4x4 HDMI Matrix switch
**To**
Darbee Darblet
**To**
45-Foot Standard Speed HDMI cable (Blue Jeans Cable BJC Series 1)
**To**
Denon AVR-3312 CI
**To**
Pioneer PDP-5020FD (9G Pioneer 50" 1080p Plasma)

Here are the reports of HDMI compatibility with my devices in my setup:

Moxi DVR - Good

Netgear NEOTV550 - For this device, I got a green screen in the normal configuration with the PDP-5020FD set to "Auto" for HDMI Color. I need to force the PDP-5020FD to accept only RGB, and then it was fine.

Apple TV2 - Good

Dish Network ViP211K Receiver - Good, but it will not display the Darblet's menu or OSD when set to only output 480i; I had to set it to 1080i before I could see the Darblet menu or OSD. I had it set to 480i, as I only use it for international programming that is in 480i.

I don't need to try it with the Radiance to know that won't work, as we have the reports already. So, I will need to send this in for a firmware fix, but it would be nice to figure out what is going on with the Media players as well (Dune, NeoTV550, etc.)

Mark

DarbeeDr,

Do we actually need to hook it up to discover the issue, or are the documented reports here sufficient? I do not have my Radiance installed in my system yet, which is the reason why I am asking.

Thanks.

Mark

That's good. Will be waiting for your review.

Lol

Mine is on its way hopefully next week.

Dual Darbee's. That rocks! What do you have each set on?


Better make sure I have enough malted beverages in the fridge.

HA.... I don't feel like such a degenerate. Checking out new HT gear always goes better with some cold ones. Gotcha had none but I helped myself to 3 of his while showing him the Darblet and he....me, the eShift and MPC on his RS55 with it. As everyone else has said it's a great combo.

And Waboman NICE setup!! And the audio gear All the McIntosh components are freaking gorgeous. (need a couple bow down icons like on my Lakers forum)

I have been liking Blu ray on Hi Def at 45% and DirecTV sports on Full Pop about 70%. Shows like Dexter or Walking Dead get Hi Def at about 55%.

Dual Darblets makes life easier since I don't have to switch back and forth. Since I love Blu ray players with Dual HDMI outputs I have always used both HDMI inputs on my projector (HDMI 1 is for the Onkyo- DirecTV, 360, PS3 and Security cameras/HDMI 2 with my Sony 790 blu ray).

Definitely +1

I got my Darblet today.

I like it. I'm unsubscribing from this thread. Thanks for everything guys.

Here are a few pics.

Darblet 0%


Darblet 50%


Darblet 100%


I haven't seen any unboxing photos so here you go...

Thanks to all you Darblet guys for jumping on this so quickly.

 

My new version is in to FedEx; thought I might be lucky and get it today, but probably will on Monday.   I'll report my results asap.

Got my 2nd one today too. If I might offer a suggestion.....as this all picks up and more and more public awareness builds....and being that no signature is being required, they just leave the package.....I'm not sure of the purpose and whether it's wise or not to put "Darbee Darblet" right on the label. I've always loved the anonymous double boxed shipments from AVS. Maybe you should rethink putting a look at me I.D. on the package?

Second one already, still waiting for my first one to arrive.

Well I ordered the 2nd one right after Opening Ceremonies in London after trying the first one out on my 61" LED DLP Sammy. I was talking to Mark Haflich on the phone a year ago this past February.....so 18 months ago.....to order a 2nd lamp for the RS50 to be calibrated, pulled out, and saved for only demo purposes. And Mark was the first one to tell me about Darbee and what he saw at CEDIA in 2010. I have been following them ever since and had my 1st one within 3 days of the first customer shipments.

Hi Mark, went off on vacation. Will call you when I am back mid week. Definitely want one of these babies.

Well im looking forward to it. Hopefully it turns out as well as many as the positive reviews I read.

Darbee working just fine with my Motorola DCX3400 DVR (aside from the colorspace issue with known Darbee bug for Lumagen users). I used to have the 3416 box. If the DCX3400 is available in your area IMO its a much better box and your hard drive capacity will be a lot more. I think I went from like 160GB to 500GB when I upgraded my DVR to the 3400.

Well tonight I decided to watch a movie and changing inputs on my Duo over to my Bluray player it gave me no image. So I changed back to my DVR and I got the greenish screen but it was also squeezed into a 4x3 image instead of 16x9. It was an HD station. I toggled HDMI inputs on my projector and the image returned to normal with 444 passing and in 16x9. Switched back to my Bluray player and it was OK. Thank god! Hopefully that was just a random glitch. I had forgot to turn on the Darblet before I turned on my projector so maybe that caused the miss handshake. I hope! If I keep having this problem I may have to send my Darblet back in too.

Ron