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Old 12-18-07, 04:47 PM   #6 (Link)
 
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Re: How do Optoma projectors stack up?


If you mean adjusting the image, just go into the menu and try different settings to adjust the
picture to your liking. I do recommend putting on the A1 function which darkens night scenes
and gives them rich contrast which leaving the brighter setting for daytime scenes.

As I said, if you like the "Technicolor look", you can adjust the contrast to 60, brightness to
50 and in the advanced setting, put red at 10% more than the other colors.

In general, I found I have to adjust each movie to make it look good. A film like "The Godfather"
is so dark to begin with, I needed to brighten it to about 65 just to see some detail. On the
other hand on a garish color film like "Singin' in the Rain", I needed to lower the color saturation
setting so it doesn't make the fleshtones too dark.

The Optoma HD70 will show incredible detail on the faces. You can see every pore of the
actor's face if it's a well photographed film mastered in HD like "The Wild Bunch". In fact,
it's more detailed than the original Technicolor prints. Of course, you can also see the make
up on their faces which the film prints tended to blend in more so it was less noticeable.


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