Grainy DLP Picture

[Bladerunner5375]

Just got a Mitsubishi wd-82740 and the picture is AWFUL. Its very grainy. Any suggestions? Thx.

[mojo1978]

How far are you from the tv

[Bladerunner5375]

About twelve feet

[mojo1978]

How bout your sharpness

[Bladerunner5375]

Tried everything from 0-42

[Bladerunner5375]

I run everything thru an ONKYO reciever

[mojo1978]

Ok, how bout your picture mode

[Bladerunner5375]

Tried them all. On NATURAL now

[Bladerunner5375]

Is it just the tv?

[Bladerunner5375]

Colors are washed out. The 3d is off

[mojo1978]

I have the 73740 and the settings should be similar so try pic mode natural, contrast 63, brightness 60, color 40, tint 31, sharpness 31, color temp low, video noise med

[Bladerunner5375]

Will do. Thanks my friend!

[mojo1978]

Sometimes it's just depends on what channel your watching. When I watch two and a half men on FX it looks like crap but on another channel it looks fine.

[Bladerunner5375]

Quick question; does it matter if u use HDMI 1.4 or not, because I'm using 1.3 for my cable box and it looks TERRIBLE

[Bladerunner5375]

I HAVE A PS3, a cable box, another bluray, a ROKU and an hddvd player and they ALL suck.

[mojo1978]

That wouldn't make that big of a difference in your picture quality.

[Bladerunner5375]

Maybe I should check my receiver's video processing

[Gempulse]

Your receiver's video processing won't make a day and night difference in how the picture is being displayed. An HDMI cable is an HDMI cable, also. It either works or it doesn't.

You said your cable looks like crap, but your PS3 doesn't look any better? That is odd. My Panasonic VT30 looks like a 6/10 on cable (decent picture, depending on channel) , but a 10/10 on Blu-ray, big difference for me.

If you have tried absolutely everything and are still unhappy with the picture being produced by your TV, I would say it's probably just the quality of your TV. You will either have to live with it or return it if it is still under a 30-day warranty of some kind. Though, that is truly going to suck returning an 82inch DLP....

[BStecke]

I have an older 73" Mits. The settings already listed are fairly accurate, but I have sharpness at 0 and video noise to off, or low, whatever the lowest setting is. Sharpness and any noise filtering usually adds a grainy quality that looks like poo. Those settings were set using the DVE Blu-ray.

[Bladerunner5375]

Thanks guys!