I recently purchased a HD7100 off of ebay for around four hundred dollars. The projector is phenomenal, besides some random bulb striking issues. Anyway I am currently just using a standard sony dvd player from around 2007. It has component and does 480p which is then upscaled by the projector to 720p. I was curious if I were to buy a nice upscaling dvd player such as an oppo, would I get much of an increase in picture quality? Or would the internal scaling of the projector be better than the one in the oppo? Also I heard HD7100's when using and DVI cable(well DVI cable with an HDMI adapter for the DVD player)you lose the lowest or lower levels of black. Is this true and is there anyway to avoid this?
Thanks for any help!
My projector colors are shifting from full color to a kind of lavish green.
My lamp is not old, about 400 hours.
This problem is now constant with a non stop color to green and green to color shift every two to five minutes.
Any idea?
Thank you :)
I found a great deal on these projectors. They are essentially within 100 dollars of each other, the HD71 being a bit more $ .
The HD7100 is a bit older, but it has a better native contrast with no Image AI. It also employs the Darkchip3 vs. the HD71 which is Darkchip2.
The HD71 blows the HD7100 away in Lumens @ 2500 lumins vs. HD7100 @ 1000 lumens.
Finally, the HD7100 only has DVI, no HDMI. Is this a deal killer?
I want to use for a home theater, with light control only at night. I plan to watch a regular TV during the day. I am not painting my walls black or anything...
Should I go for the Lumens of the HD71 or the contrast of the HD7100?
I purchased Optoma HD7100 a few week ago. I am happy with the picture quality and color saturation. However, the pictures always look a shade darker than usual. They give you a feeling that the weather is always overcast, no sunshine. I tried to adjust the brightness but it did not help. I wonder if there is anything else I can adjust.
I use Monster cable for the HDMI to DVI connection, Toshiba HD DVD A3 player and Onkyo receiver.
I have 2 issues with this Projector:
1. The white areas of the picture are flickering and it is very annoying. HD8300PVR outputting 720P, the other colors on the screen do not flicker just the white areas. It appears to be a scanning or stepping of Horizontal lines...I tried 3 different sets of Component cables, all with the same result.
2. The Projector is centered on the screen but the picture is not symmetrical, meaning the distance from the left top to the left bottom is greater than the distance from the right top to the right bottom, I tried the keystoning and other adjustments but it is not working, I'm hoping it's not an issue where I would have to venture into the "Service Menu".
Anyone experienced any of this....
Thanks in advance..
Optoma HD7100 DVI/HDMI
