I've been reading this forum for quite a while and I'm sorry my first post has to be a request for help!
I've had my HD70 about a month and a half and have been super frustrated by it's performance. At times the picture is stunning, other times the picture is so fuzzy it's almost unwatchable. I'm probably going to call Optoma tomorrow, but wanted to see if anyone may have some suggestions.
I have a DirecTV RCA DTC210 HD receiver connected via HDMI/DVI and a Panasonic CP72 DVD player connected via component. Both sources have been very good and very bad. The PJ is ceiling mounted and displayed on a 92" Dalite High Contrast Matte White screen. I've calibrated the PJ using AVIA and applied some of the "tweaks" I read from the thread here.
Was watching Superman Returns on DVD last night and the picture was so blurry it was almost unwatchable. About halfway through the movie, I realized the picture had cleared up and was suddenly awesome! I even rewinded the movie and some of the fuzzy scenes I viewed earlier were now clear. Then I turned on the football game in HD and again, a stunning picture.
A while later back to blur. Very frustrating. The change appears to be slow and subtitle, then suddenly you realize, everything looks a bit off. Hidef will look like a poor quality DVD and a DVD becomes almost unwatchable.
There appears to be little rhyme or reason as to when it happens. I tried different cables, inputs (DVI, component, and even VGA) and even swapped out my DVD player with no improvement. I don't have another HD receiver to swap, but I doubt it would make a difference.
Is my unit just defective or is there something more I can do.
Thanks everyone,
Bill
I've had my HD70 about a month and a half and have been super frustrated by it's performance. At times the picture is stunning, other times the picture is so fuzzy it's almost unwatchable. I'm probably going to call Optoma tomorrow, but wanted to see if anyone may have some suggestions.
I have a DirecTV RCA DTC210 HD receiver connected via HDMI/DVI and a Panasonic CP72 DVD player connected via component. Both sources have been very good and very bad. The PJ is ceiling mounted and displayed on a 92" Dalite High Contrast Matte White screen. I've calibrated the PJ using AVIA and applied some of the "tweaks" I read from the thread here.
Was watching Superman Returns on DVD last night and the picture was so blurry it was almost unwatchable. About halfway through the movie, I realized the picture had cleared up and was suddenly awesome! I even rewinded the movie and some of the fuzzy scenes I viewed earlier were now clear. Then I turned on the football game in HD and again, a stunning picture.
A while later back to blur. Very frustrating. The change appears to be slow and subtitle, then suddenly you realize, everything looks a bit off. Hidef will look like a poor quality DVD and a DVD becomes almost unwatchable.
There appears to be little rhyme or reason as to when it happens. I tried different cables, inputs (DVI, component, and even VGA) and even swapped out my DVD player with no improvement. I don't have another HD receiver to swap, but I doubt it would make a difference.
Is my unit just defective or is there something more I can do.
Thanks everyone,
Bill
