My 2300MP arrived today... The price was excellent for a projector with these specs and the vast majority of reviews I found were positive..
I also did some research into the different pj technologies.. I understand what the rainbow effect is on a DLP and was expecting to see "some" rainbow effect. Even some of the glowingly positive reviews of this projector mentioned "some" rainbow effect.
So after setting the projector up and putting on a DVD i notice that the "some rainbow effect" i was expecting is more like a disco! theres colour flickering everywhere! I spent about 20 minutes reading the manual and playing with settings in the hope i could find something that could reduce it, then started getting a headache and feeling sick..
I've literally only had the projector for a few hours so i'm not ready to start complaining to Dell, surely theres something I can try tweaking?
so the question is: is there some kind of calibration i can to do to help reduce the rainbows? i haven't seen many other posts regarding this, am I just one of those "special" people who are particularly sensitive to it? (and my girlfriend, who also started feeling sick and had to leave the room)
Maybe its you, maybe its the projector. Make sure it is factory default settings. Try looking under the menu resetting it if its not. Also, check to see that the video source is hooked up properly, and try the video source on a tv, to ensure that it is being broadcasted properly. If not, your projector might just be broken, and Id recommend calling technical support.....
EDIT: Also try having someone else look at it to ensure that its not just you or your partners eyes.... just a thought please dont be offended
Message Edited by countryboy03 on 03-29-2006 06:13 PM
I've only tried it with my sony dvd player, which has no problems when running through my tv, through both component and s-video .. one thing i didnt try is running the dvd player in progressive scan mode. I don't know if that could make a difference.
I played with all kinds of settings, brightness, contrast and reducing the white intensity etc.. then used the factory reset to undo all my fiddling
Tried the projector in different rooms with longer and shorter throw distance.. tried sitting closer or further away.. different lighting levels in the room (the brightness on this projector is fantastic)
I haven't had anyone else look at it yet, but that's a good point.. it would prove if its the projector or just me (us). I do find computer monitors running at 60Hz hard to stare at for long so it's possible it is me being hypersensitive..
I'll contact tech support and see what they can tell me.
rainbow effect is caused by the spinning color whell, that is how dlp's get there color on the screen. it should only be slight and rare and only if you jiggle your eyes back and forth quickly while looking at the screen. your color wheel may not be spinning fast enough, thousands and thousands of rpm's a minute.
It used to be very visible to me but I've trained my eyes to not see it anymore, but I still see it every once in a while. Your eye movement & blinks affect how badly you see it.
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Posted March 29th, 2006 21:00
Message Edited by countryboy03 on 03-29-2006 06:13 PM