Just installed NEW Projector - HTPC setup - TEXT FUZZY! - MUST resolve this! Panasonic PT-AE4000U (1 Viewer)

[LordX]

Hey all. I just received and setup my new Panasonic PT-AE4000U last night. I was able to easily use the zoom - horizontal and vertical shifts to get the picture lined up perfectly with my 120" screen. (NO Keystoning used) I have an HTPC setup - and the machine recognized the new projector immediately (Windows 7/GeForce GTS 450). It autoed to 1080i@39HZ - I set it to 1080p@60HZ. My only issue is trying to get the TEXT to look good. It looks really FUZZY. I spent 30 mins playing with the FOCUS and I just CANT get the text to look good. I even tried messing with the sharpness settings on the projector - to no avail... I ended up leaving sharpness at +1.... The Desktop background looks great (A 1080p wallpaper). I watched a movie on it, and I think it looks great... (However, I am upgrading from a cheap 720p projector - so anything would look better). I cant help thinking that if the TEXT looks fuzzy/out of focus - then my movies aren't going to look as good as they can either... ANY help is GREATLY appreciated... I just spent $2000 on this - and my wife is going to KILL me if I cant even get the TEXT to look as good as the 720p projector did!!!!

 

[dmiller68]

Just a guess try setting it to 30hz vs 60hz... This is what we have to do on our TV's at work.

 

[LordX]

First: Thanks to everyone on every forum for your ideas and insights! I applied the following changes: Played with the Focus more. Turned off any Scaling or Oversizing. I was hoping for something dramatic with this - but didn't get it. There was a Video Mode setting on the video card that was set to Auto (it described itself as what it told the display was going to be done most). The options were Desktop/text and Video Mode (and auto of course). I set it to Video Mode because that is what I am going to be doing mostly. I noticed the Brightness of the screen go up a little bit when set to this mode. I ran the Clear-text Wizard - It helped a little bit. I increased the DPI/Font size in windows - this helped a LOT - as in, this was the most noticeable change. So what does that show? Is it possible that the Matte on my screen was making the smaller text less clear? Or I guess the combination of all the things I did?