Dan Belina

DLP and rainbow...i can't see it?

Before I actually saw a DLP screen, I read about horror stories of a rainbow effect.

Went to check some out today, and out of about the 6 or 7 different ones I saw, I couldn't see any "rainbow".

Is it just me, or was I not looking correctly? I tried looking back and forth rapidly, or up and down.

ChrisWiggles

What kind of setup environment was it. Not everyone can see them.

Dan Belina

The in-store displays. Looked at several different models and sizes, even the same version in different stores

Max Leung

Are these RPTVs you are talking about? What store did you go to? Was it a Best Buy or something similar, where all the lights in the store are on?

If so, that's not enough to go on...you have to watch them in a dark (light controlled) room.

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him...a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

Gameshow host: "Is taking Viagra kosher during Passover dinner?"
Whoopee Goldberg: "Not if it leads to pork."
Kermit the Frog: "Hey, that's my line!"

ChrisWiggles

But I mean what kind of store? I'm envisioning a large chain store with everything out on the floor in a brightly lit environment, which will greatly diminish rainbow visibility. A proper setup, in a dark room will reveal rainbows much easier.

micah bjj

Dan- I like you have never seen them. I try and look for them on my 4805 projecting a 106" image in a dark room and have had no luck...which is a good thing I guess!!!

Dan Belina

Chris, yes, they were all on showroom floors (BB, CC, and Sears). Well lit areas

ChrisWiggles

View in a dark environment, and see whether they are visible or bothersome to you.

Chris Stock

I've got a SP5700, and I never see the rainbows. My wife does occasionally. The best example which gets her every time is in TLOR ~ Fellowship, when they are on the mountain side and its snowing. Bright scenes are supposed to do that - if your prone.

Chris

Scott L

I see it on my 4805 when I have my computer's display on it. It has to be a white backgorund with black text, I can see rainbow shimmers on the edges of the text, just faintly though from my distance. I am still wondering what all the hub-bub is or why I can't see 'em during movies!

SteveCoug