VIEWSONIC PJD7820HD PROJ 3000 LUMENS 1080p 3D using cheap d-link Glasses less than $700 - Page 3

I recently posted these comment in another thread:

No painted wall can match the performance of a projection screen that is perfectly smooth with optical coatings. It is a physical impossibly to duplicate the smoothness of a good screen with paint. It is hard to get a perfectly smooth surface with any paint system and to whatever extent there is texture on your screen surface there will be a corresponding loss of image detail. Any screen you buy should have a perfectly smooth surface with no texture. Most cheap screens have a textured screen surface which is inferior. The projector and screen are a system and the PQ is only as good as the weakest link. I would recommend the Vutec Eleganté fixed frame wall screen, with matte white surface if you are looking for a good cheap screen. I would stay away from gray screens. Gray screens used with current high contrast projectors are a solution to a problem that no longer exists. With a gray screen you sacrifice your whites, image detail and although the blacks will appear blacker if you carefully scrutinize the blacks of gray screen versus a white screen you will see the details in the blacks are crushed as well. Detail, fine graduations of half-tones, subtle shifts in color, intact gray-scale, pure whites and blacks with detail are what allows the viewer to perceive a flat image as having dimensionality. Because a painted wall cannot resolve this detail your image will not achieve its full potential.
Edited by leckian - 3/13/13 at 7:44pm

That is not a problem it can support a much larger screen. The short throw could be a problem for some...it was for me...I had to redesign my installation had to move the projector forward but it is all good because it allowed me to mount my Epson 8500UB in back of it. Gonna try to get them both in perfect alignment to I can watch them both at once.


Edited by leckian - 3/14/13 at 1:26pm

Yes but not with the projector controls...those are disabled...I got a LGBD670 3D blu-ray player that has few basic color and contrast brightness controls...between the 3D glasses and the color controls in the LG Player the picture is good...not as good as 2D but much improved and I am satisfied given the price of the projector. It is not an easy projector to get right in 2D mode because you have to use the CMS system to adjust the colors in HDMI mode. I will say this is not a good projector for someone who is bothered by RBE. I can notice it from time to time...it does not bother me,,,but I can see how others who are sensitive would not like it.

You have CMS System to adjust the colors....I have no DLP-Link Flash with in 3D with Okeba Ultralight Active Shutter Rechargeable Glasses. It is a little bit noisy granted. It produces a sharper picture than my Epson 8500UB.


Edited by leckian - 3/22/13 at 12:22pm

There are many more control features in the service menu including the ability to regulate the fan speed to reduce noise..enter main menu of projector and then simultaneous push the (source) and the (mode enter) button on the projector panel itself, and you will see 7 little boxes in the upper left hand side of screen.

This projector uses 3D DLP Link technology,update frequency of 120Hz in 3D. In my initial post I quite clearly stated this was not a home theater projector...simply stated that it had a lot of features for the money and it could serve as a starter projector. It is not unusual that someone with a limited budget will choose a business projector to get started. This is a good enough projector for people to find out if they like having a home theater with a projector. If they get bitten by the bug and as their budget increases they can upgrade. Anyone who depends on their projector for home theater fun should always have a backup because projectors are the most fragile of video displays.

Here is a review that properly categorizes it as a business projector but also states that it does a decent job for video.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/small-business/3436399/viewsonic-pjd7820hd-review-hd-projector-good-for-business/
Edited by leckian - 3/23/13 at 9:47am

Note sure if this answers your question:
According to this article:http://www.tlvexp.ca/2011/12/are-you-really-getting-1080p-99-of-people-are-not/
This is what the 1080P image should look like:


This is a picture of what the Viewsonic looks like which is exactly the same:


This picture taken with light streaming in from the window so it is washed out.

The top of the image is projected on the black border of screen...if you zoom in on the bottom of the screen on both images they look the same to me.

No luck there....simple color controls still disabled....not that they are absolutely needed.... Like to know what Kraine was sourcing with when he changed hdmi format to RGB. I tried that with HDTV source and picture turned magenta....tried it with Blu-Ray Player with the player's HDMI output set to RGB and the picture turned green. With the HDMI format set to auto the picture is fine and plenty sharp. I have had lots of other projectors including DLA-RS2, currently have an Epson 8500UB set up as well and the image sharpness of the Viewsonic is in the same ballpark.