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December 6th, 2004 20:00

2300MP & XBOX Usage ?!?

Hi,
 
I have recently purchased the 2300MP projector and I am trying to use it with my XBOX with limited success.  I am connecting it via HDTV connections from my XBOX.  It seems to be providing very poor image quality in dark areas.  Dark areas seem to be getting washed out and do not display the detail available in these areas.  I've tried lots of different settings from the Projectors menu, but I cannot seem to get it to properly display darker areas of the image.  I have only tried it with games, but I will try a DVD movie in it tonight to see how that looks.  Does the 2300MP have a known issue with dark areas from gaming consoles (using HDTV connections) ?  If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know before I end up sending it back !!
 
Thanks,
Chris
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    mawmojojojo

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    Posted December 6th, 2004 21:00

    I have a dell 2200 MP and it has the same problem with the darkness in XBOX  i found that with XBOX the best connection (for brightness issues) is through the advanced A/V Pack S-Video connection. or setting the Contrast to 64 and the Brightness to 54. Good Luck.
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    clyons99

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    Posted December 6th, 2004 21:00

    Thanks for the info.  I have not tried it with an S-Video connection, but I will try that tonight too to see what that provides.  One slightly major issue with an S-Video connection is that this may lead to less viewable detail on games that directly support an HDTV standard (like 480 or 720).  I'm not exactly sure what the view differences would be, but I can certainly give it a try and find out !  Thanks again.

    Chris

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    mawmojojojo

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    Posted December 6th, 2004 22:00

    I forgot to tell you Bring up the main projector menu and go to-management-highlight signal type and change the signal type to y-cr or RGB and this will significantly brighten the image. plus some XBOX games have a brightness adjustment (splinter cell, grand theft auto) in the options menu. I would consider using a Progressive scan DVD player instead of the XBOX for movies. XBOX only puts out 480i image when playing a dvd and a Progressive player will put out at least a 480P image signal(i=interlaced / p=progressive). I use the phillips DVD player with DIVX playback for movies (available at target or walmart for $69.99) because you can go to the phillips players smart picture menu to individually set the Brightness and the Contrast etc.. good luck

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