Darbee vision darblet - Page 189

No, what David did was inject himself (butt in) to a conversation with no useful info. His post was aggressive in tone, condescending in manner, profane, and intentionally insulting. All you're doing is piling on.

Many people in this thread literally can't find the menu button, or don't intuit it's usefulness. Many people who would spend money on the Darb have a light controlled room. If Tom was bothered by my post he didn't say so, which means either he wasn't, or if he was, he was man enough not to get all pissy about it.

Even though I think David was being a bigger jerk than he thinks I was, (oh, the irony) I respect his willingness to call it as he sees it, but I reserve the right to disagree. You? My dear departed Aunt Anna always said, "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit by me." Unfortunately, she's left this earth, so I can't go tell her what I think of people who pile on.

 

This is not useful.  Can we get back on topic and being civil?

HYSTERICAL! She wasn't from the South, was she?

Can we all just stick to helpful comments, please? That's what makes this forum great! Let's all move on...

Back on topic,
I'm thinking to add an IR extender so I can integrate my darblet into my Harmony 890 set up.
I have a single IR hardwired already serving the Sony PJ vw60, so swap that out for a double IR.


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Absolutely, but please note for future reference that I'm, replying to others posts. I'm not initiating contact.

No, but her mother (my maternal grandmother) was mean as hell, a full blooded Austrian, fresh off the boat, and hated just about everyone We had another aunt we had to hide when she came to visit because granny hated her so much.

Is anyone having an issue with the Darblet (connected after the AV receiver) passing on HDMI Link info to turn on a projector? It worked for me prior (Yamaha RX-V473 to a Epson 3020).

Two Questions:

(1) is there anything I could do/use after the AV output to make this work again? I read something earlier in the thread about HDMI savers? what is that?

(2) if not, and I only use one input device ... would it matter if I put the Darblet prior to the AV input? (instead of on the output) Would it affect video processing?

Try the Gefen HDMI detective plus.

^ would the darblet work just as effectively if I only have one input device anyway and put it in front of the HDMI output from the receiver?

Unless your receiver is up-converting and even then I'm not so sure, the only reason to put it after the receiver is to get all the inputs to the receiver to have the Darbee effect.

hope there is another promo code for solid signal soon, I want to get one of these, but not $300 worth!

I just picked up a "floor" model with box, manual, warranty for much less than $300 but I wonder about the software version. May have to send it in for an upgrade, depending. It arrives on 3/6. See if they've got another. Their ad didn't go away after I bought mine.

All units shipped since Aug 1, 2012, will have the following versions:

Software
2.8.2214

Firmware
1.3.21

The versioning may be found in the MENU.

-DD

Thanks for that info!

Did you snatch up that $199 unit on Ebay? I was tempted by that one.

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT
For Immediate Release

Lumagen® announces the first Radiance™ Video Processor with integrated Darbee Visual Presence™ Technology

Beaverton Oregon, March 4, 2013 – Today, Lumagen® announced the availability of the first Radiance™ video processor with integrated Darbee Visual Presence™ (DVP™) technology. The Radiance 2021™ includes all the video calibration and setup features of the award winning Radiance product line, with the addition of DVP™ technology.

Lumagen’s president Jim Peterson stated, “Darbee Visual Presence is a great fit for our video processor product line, which includes the CEA™ 2010 Platinum award winner for Video Product of the Year, the RadianceXE™. We are always working to improve the video quality available to our customers and see Darbee as a great way to add value to our products."

Larry Pace, DarbeeVision’s President, stated “Lumagen’s award winning products have consistently earned a reputation for enabling a superior video entertainment experience. Their very popular Radiance video processor line delivers cutting edge technologies, making them a natural fit to partner with DarbeeVision. DarbeeVision's proprietary technology takes video images to the next level of reality for the home theater. Darbee uses a unique and patented approach to deliver extremely lifelike images that make the original image seem dull and flat by comparison, and so is a fitting addition to the Lumagen Radiance product line.”

The Radiance 2021 supports four HDMI inputs, plus two HDMI outputs and a COAX audio output, in a 17 inch “1U” rack mountable case. Similar in input and output capability to the RadianceXS-3D, the Radiance 2021, by eliminating analog video inputs, is a nod to the all-digital theater that is becoming common in the industry. It supports input and output rates of up to 1080p60. The Radiance 2021 includes all the calibration, setup and processing features of the industry leading RadianceXS-3D video processor, such as 125-point linear-Gamma RGB color palette CMS, 21-point parametric gray-scale and Gamma, a host of setup features, Lumagen’s industry leading No-Ring™ scaling technology, and support for 3D scaling and conversion between 3D formats for displays and projectors that do not support all the common 3D formats. The Radiance 2021 has a USA suggested retail price of $2795.

The Radiance Altera® Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based architecture has maintained its industry leading position due to its ability to add new architectural features in the field, long after purchase, by updating the FPGA program. The Altera Cyclone II™ FPGA allowed Radiance products to introduce frequent software updates that have included a number of hardware algorithm improvements. Among these are 3D scaling and calibration, and the new 125-point Linear-Gamma RGB CMS. The Radiance 2021 is the next step forward in this architecture. By using the Altera Stratix III™ technology to increase both performance and available FPGA resources Lumagen was able to add the DVP™ technology to the Radiance 2021, while maintaining all current RadianceXS-3D video processing features.

About Lumagen
Lumagen provides solutions for video switching, calibration, processing and scaling. Together these features allow knowledgeable integrators and enthusiasts to enable the best quality, and most accurate, video images available. Lumagen is a privately held video systems product company founded in September of 2001. It is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. For further information email sales@lumagen.com, call 503-574-2211, or visit www.lumagen.com.

About DarbeeVision
DarbeeVision Inc. was founded by Paul Darbee and Larry Pace to commercialize system products, discrete hardware, and embedded solutions based on Darbee Visual Presence Technology. DarbeeVision is offering its Darbee Visual Presence technology for consumer electronics product integrations. The privately held company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, USA. For information call 657-600-8241, email info@darbeevision.com, or visit www.DarbeeVision.com.

# # #

Lumagen is a registered trademark, and Radiance is a trademark, of Lumagen, Inc. Darbee™ and DarbeeVision™ are trademarks of DarbeeVision Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

NO! Crimony... was that a new warranted unit? I'll kick myself.

Went to the theater room to watch a blu-ray yesterday. The Darbee turned on at 100% Full Pop, and the red and blue LEDs were bright. I had left it at 55% HD with LEDs off. This is the first time anything unexpected happened in the seven months I've owned the Darbee.

Another reason would be to have the Darblet process the video based on whatever video processing you performed within the receiver

Yes... it should probably be the last device in the signal train before the display. Doesn't the User Manual provide some guidance on this?

I would like to, but having the Darblet after the receiver results in it not passing the HDMI CEC (HDMI Link) message to the Epson 3020 to turn on when using a Scene mode So now I'm forced to use the Darblet at the input

You should let Darbee technical know, it sounds like an EDID issue and they may have a fix for it.

I've experienced the exact same thing a few times, have not figured out a pattern to when it happened (and no I didn't have a power outage when it happened).

I'm considering purchasing this product. All the reviews I've read are amazed at the results. A few concerns:

1. Many people reported HDMI handshake issues, having to unplug/replug to eliminate it.
2. You have to send it in for firmware updates?
3. Anyone using this w/ a Logitech Harmony One, and if so how well's it working?
4. I'm unclear on the configuration: I have a 360/blu-ray player/Directv box all on separate HDMI inputs, but there's only one in/out?
Any comments/suggestions welcome...

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Works like a charm
4. You'll need either a receiver or a switcher to consolidate all your inputs as one input.

Man I hope the Darbee Cobalt comes out soon

Rightintel- I have had none of the handshake issues...I don't care that I might need to send it in for a firmware update....I first had it with the Harmony One and now with the Harmony Touch, both worked flawlessly...

Use your A/V rec as a switcher and you can have all of your inputs there with the video out of the rec going into the Darbee and the Darbee to your TV...

Still loving the Darbee here...

Thanx for all the replies. I don't have a receiver(no surround), so what do you all recommend for the switcher? Wouldn't going thru a switcher negate the improvements?

Many people with handshake issues? Of posts here seems to me it's a very few, and I think usually with a projector and/or a particular receiver in the mix. I have had zero issues with either of mine, on two different TV's.

I actually recommend using it with a Harmony, better than the OEM remote, it has been discussed in several posts if you want to read more..

There really is no magic in the signal going from the Darbee as far as how it passes through. One of mine goes through an HDMI one into two switch. In fact that one also goes through the audio/video receiver before reaching the TV. (the other output goes directly to the TV because my wife does not like using the audio receiver)