Optoma H31 help!

[Kilwox]

I recently purchaed an Optoma H31 projector in a package with a 92" 1.8 gain Greywolf screen. I've installed the projector and screen as recommended by each manufacturer. Then I bought a Digital Video Esentials disc and made my best attempt at calibrating the projector. All the brightness and contrast settings are accurate on the test DVD, but when I watch movies, the image is so bright, it's almost difficult to watch. The whites crush out any surrounding detail, and it's realy distracting. That's even with some low backround light in the room, and the projector on low output mode.

Last week I e-mailed the Optoma tech support, and despite their promise of 24-48 hour turnaround, I finally got a dissapointing response a week later recommending I turn down the brightness and contrast.

I'm not sure how to proceed with this. Do I continue to hound Optoma for a solution, do I need a new screen with a lower gain. Any help is appreciated.

 

[htprojsea]

What input are you using? What source? What are your brightness and contrast settings?

I have the same projector and also have low lighting. I use a painted wallscreen from previous homeowner, so I have no idea about the screen gain value. I also use the component video inputs from my DVD player.

Try this - note what your brightness and contrast settings are and adjust them to 8 and 11 respectively. this is easily accessed by the dedicated buttons on the remote.

If you want to know any of my other settings, let me know and I'll check them on mine?

 

[Kilwox]

thanks for the reply.

I'm using the DVI input from an Oppo OPDV971H. My brightness is also at 11, but contrast is a little higher at 12. I'll play aroudn with it and lower the contrast to see what happens.

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[htprojsea]

One other thing I thought of - what is your gamma setting? Mine came set to 2 and that is where I have left it. It also seems that your brightness and contrast are set very close to each other. For a less 'washed out ' look, I would recommend setting you contrast at least 4 to 8 steps higher than the brightness.