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Does anyone know how big a step up to the entry level Optoma projectors coming from a 5 year old Sanyo PLV-Z2?

Ron just updated his site with some new pics.

Steve - I have not really set a budget, I was planning on doing it as I go throughout the (hot) summer weekends. I have so far budgeted for the materials to build the frame, walls and installing A/C. I am trying to get costs on Green Glue but don't know where to go for that just yet. If you...

Hi Steve - this is the entire area in which to build. I guess (without accurate measurements) take another 6" off each side after walls go up for interior HT space. I could probaby stretch about another 6" wide since I may have problems placing the front speakers with the current width. This...

Hi all - So I'm going through the design phase of turning 1/2 of my 2-door garage space into a HT. I've been scouring both these forums and over at AVS..trying to get as much info as I can before moving forward. First question is: Is the space 18'long x 11.5' x 8.5' high big enough? I...

Ian - thanks for the settings. I'm suprised to see your RGB values so high. I ran mine through DVE last night and found that little or no calibration was needed when using the preset Cinema setting. One thing though, how can you cope with your sharpness so low? I find -7 to be far too soft and...

So I hooked up my Z2 last night. VB was a LOT worse than when I sent it out. The good thing is though, the hi power screen adds punch that diverts your attention away from the vb. With the HCMW screen, the picture was so muddy looking it was just more noticeable. I noticed in DVE on the SMPTE...

Ian - can you put your white screen back up to eliminate the screen being the problem? I heard that the HCCV screens will in fact highlight any anomolies with the the projected images. One thing that concerns me, is that your machine still came back with VB. That doesn't give me much hope for...

Da-lite hi power. My other had bad waves.

Do you know the day they shipped it back to you? I hope it comes today. I just got my new screen today too and I'm itching to try hooking it up to a 720p DVI source to test the difference between that and my Sony player which only outputs 480p.

Ian - when did you send yours off? Mine was supposed to have been shipped out Saturday. I did get a call from Dan the technician. He told me he upgraded to firmware 1.09 (which apparently fixes VB and SDE issues). He also said the panel was misaligned on mine. I have not had mine back yet...

Ian - let me know how you get on. Mine will arrive there Friday so hopefully I'll get it back tail end of next week or week after. But keep me posted. Thanks.

Had to send it back to Sanyo service. They have a quick turnaround of 72 hours (or so they say). I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it not only comes back in one piece but with the VB totally gone! Knowing my luck, they won't even be able to reproduce the problem, but then if they say what I'm...

yeah, looks ten times worse. I can't remember if the lines were there, but certainly the picture was a lot more blurry and lacking color. I notice though that there are 3 modes on the Z2 when accepting a 480i input. There is L1 and L2 and "Film". L1 is for moving image, L2 for still. There is a...

Took this picture last night. The screen is going back to Da-Lite and is being replaced. But look at the irregular vertical scratches. This doesn't look like VB to me because as you say it's more structured. So what can this be? Example

Thanks for your response. I connected the Z2 via a shorter cable. I am getting the same streaks/scratches from DVD and HDTV sources. Do you know how FPN can be corrected? I know what you mean by VB being more structured. Reducing service setting 14 down from 91 to about 70 creates...

Here's two new screenshots of the vertical "scratches" I am getting. I just ordered a high power screen as a replacement, I will see if this makes the picture any better. Image 1 Image 2 (look on the left) Am I seeing things?

I *think* I've managed to remove the ghosting. I tweaked service settings 7/8/9 and this has reduced it a little. I ruled out the cable being the problem by running a smaller cable directly between PJ and DVD player and I am getting the same problems. I am going to upgrade my screen to...

I've had my Z2 for about a month now but since I've spent all this time installing it in my HT, I never really had time to sit down and calibrate. Recently I have been disturbed by the poor image quality. At first I thought it was my screen but last night I removed it from the equation...

Ok. I'm a dumba$$, somehow, probably when I was moving the cabinet back into place, the command mode on the back of the DVD player flipped over to 3 so I just had to put it back to 1. Anyhow, the radioshack transmittor is rubbish. I am stood no more than 10 foot away from the transmittor...

I recently had to move all my AV equipment into a cabinet and needed a way to control the relevant devices. I purchased the Radioshack remote extendor (the pyrimid type transmittor and receiver) although hearing mixed views. Just a word of warning first, these things really don't work well...

Hi, I made some miscalculations with the throw distance of my Z2. Basically, where I had planned on mounting the PJ it's further than I thought and will result in a screen size of 120" diag, I had hoped to go to 106" at max. This is with the zoom at minimum. Unfortunetely, due to the layout...

I have the Sony DVp-CS985V. It has progressive scan and interlace output.

Did you have CSR?

I'd also like to throw the Elite range into the mix also. Specifically, el-cheapo Elite models over at tigerdirect.

I tested this out last night and found the interlaced image to be very similar, if slightly worse. I noticed more horizontal lines than in progressive mode and to me, it seemed like the image was more saturated.

I am purchasing my first screen for my Z2. I don't have a big budget (less than $250) so am considering the following: Draper Luma Manual High Contrast Grey. Da-Lite Model B Nominal picture area (what does that mean?) without CSR Matte White ($20 cheaper than the Draper) Da-Lite Model B...

The PLV-Z2, if I am correct, has a built in deinterlacer. When switched to "Film" mode, you have the choice of L1 or L2 progressive settings. On my DVD player I can choose either Progressive or Interlaced output. Does anyone know if the using the Sanyo's built in deinterlacer works better...

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I found the problem. My DVD player, for some reason, had some Digital Enhancement settings set at high, which was producing an overly sharp image. On discs that are not a great transfer, it was causing real bad pixelation. I also adjusted the settings per another thread, therefore reducing...