Recent content by David Payne

I know it's been a while, but I thought I'd update you on what happened. I did try running in full mode for a few hours, and it made a difference. The flickering still appeared now and again, so I repeated the process, and haven't seen it since. It's been quite a while now, so I'd guess it...

Leo, thanks for posting that info. It was all new to me, and I had no idea that the current limiting circuitry was either present or necessary. I'll certainly take it on board. The only issues I've heard about before are to do with the lamp temperature and cooling system. (And if it helps I...

If by "hotspot" you mean an area that's brighter than the rest of the image, then no, I haven't seen anything like that. I haven't noticed the fan doing anything differently, but I'll check. Can you explain what you mean by ballast? I should probably also point out, if it helps, that the...

Hi, I've had an intermittent problem with what seemed to be a flickering lamp on my projector. I even started a thread about it here some time ago. After a few months of observing the issue, I'm less convinced it's a problem with the actual lamp/projector, so I've started looking elsewhere. My...

That's good news. And I'm starting to wonder if my problem is actually to do with the electricity supply. I noticed that the light in another room starts flickering in a similar way and then stops.

Let me know what happens. Oddly enough my flickering problem came back today (coincidence that I had the red light the other day?). This time I left it running after the movie finished and noticed it goes after a while. Maybe it's not temperature related but something else?

That's worrying. What were the symptoms leading up to it buring out? Mine has been fine since I started this thread, and I've become convinced it was just a temperature problem (we were experiencing some extreme heat here at the time!). But I did have a panick the other day though, when the lamp...

But is there any offical word on why the black levels/apparent colour saturation appear to be different between the two versions?

Thanks, the difference is certainly visible on those shots. Especially viewed at full size. I've never noticed the framing before though, but looking at the screen caps I see what you mean. And yes the transfer was always dirty, even the old one is vary grainy (I've just watched Star Trek 3...

I'm suprised more people in R2 haven't noticed this. The difference between the two versions is pretty big, and it's an obvious thing to notice. Even the R2 DVD review sites don't mention it. (Which just shows how useless online DVD reviews can be sometimes!). The UK VHS was the same as the...

Am I still the only one who has noticed this?

This is something that's been bothering me for a while. The region 2 barebones edition of Star Trek Generations had an anamorphic transfer (unlike the region 1). When they released the SE, all regions got a new anamorphic transfer. Aside from the differences in the quality of the transfers...

Nice to know I'm being listened to! :) But can you show me the original link? Does the new version have a new transfer?

That's espeically weird about episode 1, since the other movies look so good (original trilogy only suffers from being old film stock). I won't bother sitting through it again to see if it's true though! :)

That really sucks to release it so many times without a new transfer. As I said, edge-enhancement is so bad that it shows up along the picture borders. Some of the reviews I read were written quite recently, not way back in 2000/2001. I guess those guys just really are suckers for new packaging...