Darbee vision darblet - Page 186

Thanks....what device did the harmony recognize..And what process did you use to assign it to an activity? Did you have to manually Input the buttons? A friend has one I migh t borrow to ascertain wether it is the remote or a bad IR..appreciate the help you all are offering.

If you own a Harmony remote log into the software and then:.

Add new device...under amplifier....audio/video switch....darbeevision...and type in DVP-5000 for the model. Then you can add any buttons to any activity. On most of my activities I just added More Darbee and Less Darbee. on the touchscreen part of the Harmony One.

Thanks...will borrow my friends and set it up as you described...anxious to determine if,indeed,it is the remote or something else.

After you add the Darbee, at least to the 700 Harmony, there is nothing else you need to do unless you want to move around where the commands are. They are all there automatically. Hitting "ok" turns it on or off.

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Thanks...believe my buddy has an 1100 should work without any problems..

Update.....it is most definitley the remote.....the unit responded to the harmony remote flawlessly .... Larry from Darbee vision e mailed me to tell me he had sent 2 remotes and I should get them Mon....that is a-1 customer service...BTW,anyone here want to buy a remote?

Have had my Darblet for a couple of weeks now, got it on sale from Solid Signal. No issues with it at all. Have settled on Gaming 55 on my Sony 60A3000 LCOS set. Love this piece of equipment, has to be the most improvement I have seen for this amount of money. Watched Skyfall tonight on Blu-Ray and it was nothing short of amazing. Animation is absolutely breathtaking with the Darblet engaged. I watched Rango earlier and it was like looking through a window. Great product. Equipment chain is Pioneer BDP-320 >> Pioneer VSX 1120 AVR >> Darblet >> Sony KDS-60A3000 TV.

Anybody else got bored with their perfectly working Darbee? PM me please.

Bored? I would forget it was even there, excepting the Blue and Red lights poking out from under the cover I have over them. (To avoid calibration contamination.) Set at HD 70, and forgotten!

You can turn off the lights or set them at a lower intensity.

I've always felt that Blu-ray (and now the Darbee) were the perfect match for front projection and huge screens where even the slightest imperfection is clearly visible. I watched Armageddon (1998) Blu-ray last night - for obvious reasons - and the picture was nothing short of amazing and my Darbee is only set to 40% HD. It's been my 'set and forget' for everything.

Just wish it would retain settings within all activities....only complaint thus far and it is minor compared to what it does give.

I have mine at 45% now....but have been reading in this thread how some have had it much higher...gonna try that and see how I feel about it longer term...maybe go to 55% or 60%...

The reason I can set mine to 70% is that I calibrate my set with the Darbee On, and Inline.
Before 55% Max.

I am ready to throw my Darblet or my Denon receiver against the wall....

Could not get it to work with Comcast HD receiver on my Denon 1912 receiver.. Tried everything under the sun (adjusting all video settings on the receiver, trying different HDMI cables and different lengths, etc). Works fine with my Blu-Ray player but could never get it to work with the Comcast box.

I upgraded to a Denon 2113CI and SAME problem. Video conversion turned on or off, no go. Will not work. Tried Blu-Ray and it works fine.

I am at a loss. I guess the Darblet can only be used for Blu-Ray only if you have Comcast and Denon. I have received PM's from multiple people having the same issue with Darblet and Comcast with Denon and Marantz as well.

Not cool and buyer beware of you want to use this with cable and own a Denon receiver/Comcast.

Must be the Comcast box. The Darblet has always worked fine with me Denon 3313.

It is not the Comcast box, as that works fine with an older legacy Onkyo receiver and the Darblet. It is something between the Darblet and the Denon receiver. Unfortunately this issues affects both my Denon receivers. If I bypass the Denon completely to my projector, the Darblet works with Comcast.

HDMI sucks.

This probably has something to do with the ARC output/input on the Denon. With my Marantz sr7005, the Darblet only works with the HDMI 2 output (non-ARC). Unfortunately, the 1912 only has one HDMI output, and it's ARC.

I have a 2113CI now, but it only has one HDMI output as well. So you may be on to something there. Seems odd that the Denon works fine with my Blu-Ray player, but not the Comcast box.

Oh well. Good luck. I've had the Darblet since the first week of release and have had zero issues. So I can only go on what I have personally experienced.

I have a Denon 1712 feeding the Darblet with Blu Ray and a Dish 722 DVR. Works flawlessly.

My Denon model has no video processing - just pass-through.

I ditched Comcast about a year ago and have been happy with the switch, although I never experienced any compatibility problems with their HDMI boxes.

Can anyone out there using a Darbee with either a ST/GT/VT-50 comment on the PQ improvements? In particular does it help with the somewhat soft look of certain (lower quality) HD Cable content? and does it do so at the cost of an even more grainy picture than it can sometimes already have?
Edited by wattheF - 2/17/13 at 11:39am

HAS ANYONE used a monoprice 'redmere' high speed cable at or above 30ft with success? And can you mix non redmere cables with this AND the Darblet??? Just wondering b/c my 35 ft slow speed cable is having some issues with blurays. I know, this should be in the HDMI forum

I am also curious about this.

The consensus is that the better the source quality the better the Darbee enhancement. Good BD's look even better. Grainy BD's look more grainy although a lower setting on the Darbee helps in these instances. Well worth the $ IMO. Advice = buy from someplace with a good return policy, try it out and send it back if you don't like. Educated guess is 98% keep the Darbee.

I am using the darbee in pass through mode,HDMI Into a vt30 65 "...and love what it does....
If the source is great....the darbee will be as well andwith noticeable improvements....if the source is SD or poor,the Darbee does nothing,IMO,to improve.

I can't quite agree. A bad source does not benefit, in fact can suffer with the Darbee, there we agree. But with out hesitation a good SD source does indeed benefit from the Darbee, including both OTA like Antenna TV or DVD's can be improved. The series "The Fugitive" looks better with a little Darbee added as an example.

can you use a 35 ft DVI cable (with adapters) from the output of the darblet to the projector? Haven't had success with it yet without changing the PS3 output to 1080i. This, of course, is a temporary solution and will get a 40 ft redmere monoprice cable......

Review February 2013

1.+ Re calibration,(long overdue anyway) has solved this issue and Darbee at any but the highest setting does not affect the whites blooming but only improves the image.
2.- Yes agree, more of what is present within the image with Darbee engaged is presented and enhanced for better or worse.
3.+ Big yes.
4. Neither + or - I still concur with my first reaction. Still images are strikingly different and better via Darbee, I do not see that same striking in your face difference on moving images.

5. Neither + or - Same no 3D. I do not know what that gushing editor Gary Reber of widescreen review was doing prior to his review of this product that day but there is no 3D effect with this product .
6.+ I am now positively sure that the Darbee treated images are more satisfying to view, deep and richer than untreated images. Easily seen.
7.Neither + or - True.
8. Neither + or - Although this is again true.

But that is just for two pair of glasses. Also the 3D hardware purchase is restricted to 3D material only and 3D sources are pricey compared to their non 3D counterparts.
Only two people are included in this scenario, extra glasses $100.00 a pop. Batteries are $$$ that do not last long.
So 3D delivers more bang but less accessibility and versatility as the Darbee improves all images presented for all viewers. You cant have a 3D movie on for 8 and have two pair of glasses handy.

Out of my eight initial observations, 3 are positive.
For the increase in perception alone #3 supplied by this product is worth the price.
I am pleased with the purchase although there have been unforeseen HDMI compatibility issues that unfortunately will remain unresolved.
The HDMI compatibility issues with Darbee apparently only affect Marantz product.