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Having recently received a Vigatec Dune, I was finally going to have the opportunity of de-interlacing 1080I to watch the ultimate in 1080P. Unfortunately, my XG-1100 was not up to the task as the image was noticeably soft, and not as good as the 1080I. So, I drug out my old 9" GP-5000 and spent a couple of days tweaking every last drop out of it, thanks to the many previous posts in this forum. While the softness is 90% gone and the image is now better at 1080P than 1080I, I have to fight the very long warm-up time of this big beast before everything is "spot-on"!
For the last few days, I have been leaving the projector on, and just using the "picture mute" function to shut off the display. The convergence and focus drives stay on and keep everything at thermal equilibrium so there is no delay. There should be no tube burn without an image, and I figure the fans are good for 100,000 hours. While the heaters in the tubes are still on, at least they won't have to go through the thermal "on-off" shock. The biggest inconvenience I have found is that the mute function is a toggle, so I can't use it in a macro on my Pronto. Any comments?
Thanks,
Bob
For the last few days, I have been leaving the projector on, and just using the "picture mute" function to shut off the display. The convergence and focus drives stay on and keep everything at thermal equilibrium so there is no delay. There should be no tube burn without an image, and I figure the fans are good for 100,000 hours. While the heaters in the tubes are still on, at least they won't have to go through the thermal "on-off" shock. The biggest inconvenience I have found is that the mute function is a toggle, so I can't use it in a macro on my Pronto. Any comments?
Thanks,
Bob