From: db (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Aug 25 2005 - 16:44:08 PDT
As a former full-time projectionist and setup technician I agree that
30 seconds is complete overkill, especially from DVD. I also cannot
count the times I have seen people who think video projection is
complete when you turn the projector and player on, press play, and
something appears on the screen.
By far the greatest mistake I see, however, is people setting the
sharpness at 100%. From my experience with projectors sharpness
should ride somewhere between 15% and 25%, but a lot of people seem
to fall into the Spinal Tap mentality of the higher the number the
better, producing disastrous results. The second biggest problem I
regularly encounter is Brightness and Picture too hot, followed by
hue offset and over-saturation.
my 2cents.
db
On Aug 25, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Bridget Irish wrote:
> I do projection also - so I appreciate your comment but would like
> to clarify -
> the situation I was describing was not a "complex screening"
> and perhaps 5 to 10-seconds of black preceding a piece on DVD may
> not be overkill, but 30-seconds?
> if you'll note - the piece itself I mentioned is only 30-seconds
> long...
>
> bridget
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