Frogmort's HT Pad

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Time to panic!!!

I left a key with my neighbor and asked him to set it inside my door if he saw them deliver it. Of course it was raining really hard with crazy strong wind blowing all afternoon when my package was supposed to be delivered. Luckily I just got home from work and the package was sitting on the counter just inside my door in mint condition.

I'm about to clean my pj up a little and install the new lamp, then do a quick eyeball calibration with my AVS disc and hopefully check out a movie or two. Wish me luck!

[Travis]

How's the bulb?

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Travis

How's the bulb?

I spent about an hour cleaning my pj while I had it opened up changing out the lamp. Also, I have my pj sitting on a shelf with one of my rear surrounds, and although I have my rear surrounds sitting on some supports with foam rubber on them to reduce vibration, tonight I also cut out some foam rubber to go under my pj's feet to help reduce vibration to it even more. When I used to play some really bass heavy music and have a menu popped up on screen, I could visibly notice the letters and numbers on the menu moving around a tiny bit. I'm pretty sure that most of the vibration was from my subs and not my surrounds, but with the new foam supports under my pj's feet, it doesn't show any noticeable vibration at all.

It took me quite a while to get everything lined up and perfectly squared with the screen, but after I did, I turned off the lights and did a calibration with my AVS calibration disc. I really couldn't believe how much better it looks overall. It seems to be much sharper and have more depth and better black levels than I ever remember it having before, which I'm sure is due to the increased contrast of the new lamp. The colors also really popped more than I can remember it looking before. I may even need to back the overall color level down a notch or two.

The only negative thing that I've noticed is that when I'm projecting a completely bright white image onto the entire screen, I can see just a bit of a red shade on the far left side of the screen and just a bit of a green shade on the far right side of the screen. I'm pretty sure it's always been this way, but the new super bright lamp seems to make it a little more obvious. Is this a convergence issue or something? It's really not that big of a deal since other than specifically looking for it with a completely white screen it isn't noticeable at all.

I ran it for a couple of hours in high lamp mode while demoing various blu-rays before shutting it down. I may try using it in low mode just to see if it looks good enough, but as I have my pj about twelve and a half feet from the screen with it zoomed to the maximum size and am projecting a 130" diagonal 16x9 image, I'll probably just blast it in high mode. When I first got my pj, I set up a memory for low mode to try to protect the lamp, and with nothing to compare to it looked great, but when I compared it to my high lamp mode memory, it just couldn't compare. I just don't see the point in getting a pj and not using it in the best possible setting.


Anyway, I'm super stoked to have my pj working like a champ again.

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I spent about an hour cleaning my pj while I had it opened up changing out the lamp. Also, I have my pj sitting on a shelf with one of my rear surrounds, and although I have my rear surrounds sitting on some supports with foam rubber on them to reduce vibration, tonight I also cut out some foam rubber to go under my pj's feet to help reduce vibration to it even more. When I used to play some really bass heavy music and have a menu popped up on screen, I could visibly notice the letters and numbers on the menu moving around a tiny bit. I'm pretty sure that most of the vibration was from my subs and not my surrounds, but with the new foam supports under my pj's feet, it doesn't show any noticeable vibration at all.

It took me quite a while to get everything lined up and perfectly squared with the screen, but after I did, I turned off the lights and did a calibration with my AVS calibration disc. I really couldn't believe how much better it looks overall. It seems to be much sharper and have more depth and better black levels than I ever remember it having before, which I'm sure is due to the increased contrast of the new lamp. The colors also really popped more than I can remember it looking before. I may even need to back the overall color level down a notch or two.

The only negative thing that I've noticed is that when I'm projecting a completely bright white image onto the entire screen, I can see just a bit of a red shade on the far left side of the screen and just a bit of a green shade on the far right side of the screen. I'm pretty sure it's always been this way, but the new super bright lamp seems to make it a little more obvious. Is this a convergence issue or something? It's really not that big of a deal since other than specifically looking for it with a completely white screen it isn't noticeable at all.

I ran it for a couple of hours in high lamp mode while demoing various blu-rays before shutting it down. I may try using it in low mode just to see if it looks good enough, but as I have my pj about twelve and a half feet from the screen with it zoomed to the maximum size and am projecting a 130" diagonal 16x9 image, I'll probably just blast it in high mode. When I first got my pj, I set up a memory for low mode to try to protect the lamp, and with nothing to compare to it looked great, but when I compared it to my high lamp mode memory, it just couldn't compare. I just don't see the point in getting a pj and not using it in the best possible setting.


Anyway, I'm super stoked to have my pj working like a champ again.

Cause for congratulations! Always nice when things work out and leaves you really happy about it.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by BluRayFred

Cause for congratulations! Always nice when things work out and leaves you really happy about it.

Thank you Fred.

I checked out some Clapton Crossroads Festival 2010 and Tron Legacy tonight on it and it looked better than ever. With my old lamp even when it was new I had my overall color level set at +2, but with this new lamp I have it set at -2 right now, and it still seems like it's on the edge of being too much. I knew that a new lamp would effect the brightness and contrast, but I had no idea that it could effect the color that much. If I had to adjust something up or down, I would much prefer to have to turn it down.

I almost put on the Celebration Day BD tonight. Zeppelin rocks!

[spaceape]

Kool & The Gang - Celebration - YouTube

[Show spoiler]Have a good time with your new free lamp.

[DangeRuss]

RIBBIT!!!!!! Frogster

Originally Posted by spaceape

Kool & The Gang - Celebration - YouTube

[Show spoiler]Have a good time with your new free lamp.

Not one of my favorites ..........

[hometheatergeek]

TGIF Joe, I'm glad the new lamp is rocking the joint.

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by DangeRuss

RIBBIT!!!!!! Frogster



Not one of my favorites ..........

The Fart Song Family guy new and improved - YouTube

Better?

[DangeRuss]

RIBBIT!!!!! Frogster

Originally Posted by spaceape

The Fart Song Family guy new and improved - YouTube

Better?

Almost .......... But not quite .........

How bout ....

Frank Zappa - Dinah-Moe Humm - YouTube

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by DangeRuss

RIBBIT!!!!! Frogster



Almost .......... But not quite .........

How bout ....

Frank Zappa - Dinah-Moe Humm - YouTube

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Kool & The Gang - Celebration - YouTube

[Show spoiler]Have a good time with your new free lamp.

Thanks Tommy , but I'm working too much here lately to spend much time with it. I may try to squeeze in a movie tonight, but I just got home from work and it's almost midnight, so I'm not sure.

Originally Posted by DangeRuss

RIBBIT!!!!!! Frogster

[Show spoiler]


Not one of my favorites ..........

Howdy Russ. Hope you're doing well dude.

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

TGIF Joe, I'm glad the new lamp is rocking the joint.

How's it going Al. Unfortunately I'm working all week including the whole weekend. Don't get home til around 11pm each night. Hopefully I'll be off Monday though.

[frogmort]

Thank God I don't have to work for the next two days!

John Lennon (Just Like) Starting Over HQ - YouTube

[Travis]

Get some quality time in with the PJ.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Travis

Get some quality time in with the PJ.

I've got a couple of friends coming over tonight to party and check out some concerts, then tomorrow I'm going to be extremely lazy and just snack all day while watching some movies. I picked up Thor: The Dark World and The Wolverine: Unleashed Extended Edition. Both of them are blind buys.

[FreddieFerric]

Been thinking about this for dinner. Thought I'd run it by you first for comment.

[Show spoiler]fried frog leg(1).jpg

[Waboman]

Finished GoT S3 awhile ago. "The Rains of Castamere" kicked me in the Jimmy. I just sat there staring at the screen, shell shocked. The Starks can't catch a break. The Freys must pay.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by BluRayFred

Been thinking about this for dinner. Thought I'd run it by you first for comment.

[Show spoiler]Attachment 82567

I've actually never tried frog legs but I wouldn't mind trying them. I'm a cannibal.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Finished GoT S3 awhile ago. "The Rains of Castamere" kicked me in the Jimmy. I just sat there staring at the screen, shell shocked. The Starks can't catch a break. The Freys must pay.

Yeah, I'd already read all of the available books before watching that episode so I knew what was coming and it still just wrecked me. Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark) deserves an Emmy for her performance in that episode.

Hope you're doing well man. I'm out to watch some new blind-buy blu-rays: Thor: The Dark World, The Wolverine: Unleashed Extended Edition, and Dredd.

[spaceape]

Have a good time at your frog-cave Joe.