Alright, first up, don't LAUGH - it WAS a Cinego. But at least it's DLP.
The environment: My neigbor's offwhite apartment livingroom wall.
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Final image size after positionng and keystoning: 50" diagonal(about half the projector's claimed maximum size image). 20min warmup period, though bulb was halfway through it's 2000 hour life since this was a floor model.
Gamma setting: Film.
Adjustment scale: 0-100.
Post DVE settings:
Contrast - 49
Brightness - 47
Color - 46
Tint - 53(green)
Sharpness - 11
Results:
Picture was actually a little "warm" as I said the paint job is flat offwhite paint, contrary to some reviews that the Cinego's color temperature was so high as to be unmeasurable.
Standard 480i NTSC through this thing - good enough color rendering but with a 50" image it was as blurry as drunk.
Built-in DVD: razor crisp image.
Overall light output - good for both NTSC input and DVD - I was going for the local cinema, not the noon sun with this thing. And the room did not need to be pitch black to render a decent image. So I did not do what is usually recommended for DLP projectors and for LCD/plasma flat panels - that is, run up white level to the threshold of crushing.
I felt I could relax watching a film on the Cinego and experienced no eye strain from over-brightness or trying to discern details.
Two pet-peeves though: First. The menu "window" stays up when adjusting picture controls - making it tough to align saturation & hue, but since it was dark enough in the apartment, I was able to get it evenly blue once the menu was gone.
Finally: Switching sources. This thing takes forever to switch sources! At one point it froze, displaying the CineGo splash with the word "searching.." underneath. I called the Shack, and they instructed me to power it down, unplug it for 5 minutes, then plug it in and power it up and see what happens. Problem solved. Hit "factory settings" then proceeded with above calibrations.
Oh well, my first projector - hope my next one is at least a recognized BRAND!!
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The environment: My neigbor's offwhite apartment livingroom wall.
Final image size after positionng and keystoning: 50" diagonal(about half the projector's claimed maximum size image). 20min warmup period, though bulb was halfway through it's 2000 hour life since this was a floor model.
Gamma setting: Film.
Adjustment scale: 0-100.
Post DVE settings:
Contrast - 49
Brightness - 47
Color - 46
Tint - 53(green)
Sharpness - 11
Results:
Picture was actually a little "warm" as I said the paint job is flat offwhite paint, contrary to some reviews that the Cinego's color temperature was so high as to be unmeasurable.
Standard 480i NTSC through this thing - good enough color rendering but with a 50" image it was as blurry as drunk.
Built-in DVD: razor crisp image.
Overall light output - good for both NTSC input and DVD - I was going for the local cinema, not the noon sun with this thing. And the room did not need to be pitch black to render a decent image. So I did not do what is usually recommended for DLP projectors and for LCD/plasma flat panels - that is, run up white level to the threshold of crushing.
I felt I could relax watching a film on the Cinego and experienced no eye strain from over-brightness or trying to discern details.
Two pet-peeves though: First. The menu "window" stays up when adjusting picture controls - making it tough to align saturation & hue, but since it was dark enough in the apartment, I was able to get it evenly blue once the menu was gone.
Finally: Switching sources. This thing takes forever to switch sources! At one point it froze, displaying the CineGo splash with the word "searching.." underneath. I called the Shack, and they instructed me to power it down, unplug it for 5 minutes, then plug it in and power it up and see what happens. Problem solved. Hit "factory settings" then proceeded with above calibrations.
Oh well, my first projector - hope my next one is at least a recognized BRAND!!
