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Post by stridsvognen on Aug 31, 2017 11:47:12 GMT -5
I just bought a Radiance 2041, to potentially replace the XS+, or just to have a extra for testing, not needing to mess with my main setup.
There was a few startup issues, as the power brick was bad, it took some time to figure out, as there was also a HDCP issue with the moome card, but after getting another power supply, and using a HDCP stripper between the Radiance and moome card, i got a image.
Then i got to the exiting part, playing with the timings.. Wich is pretty much identical.. just that this processor have a max pixel clock around 260Mhz.
It works as the XS+ up to 200Mhz timings, but sadly anything above goes wrong.. I can create any custom timings, and the info screen will display the output as entered in the custum menu.. But it simply just cuts down the framerate on the output, and keep the pixel clock below 200Mhz.
Ill expect this to be the same on the 21XX series, and radiance pro, and Lumagen told me that they wont support these CRT features, so there seems to be no way of getting it to work as intendet.
So il be curious if someone have a 4K radiance 20XX or 21XX series and can try test some of these issues i got here, on another CRT setup.
And is there anyone that would be able to program these processors, other than Lumagen.?
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Post by stridsvognen on Sept 3, 2017 7:27:07 GMT -5
Did some further testing with the custom timings. The UHD /4K resolution timings is a no go, so its not possible to create resolutions in between 1080P- 4K that passes the 200Mhz Or edit any of the UHD / ¤K resolutions at all.. they are not locked, but its simply not working properly.
Ill try run some older firmware to see if the HDCP issue is something that is firmware related, i was told by Lumagen its possibly cable related, but had no luck changing cables, and it worked fine on my old Pionner plasma with same type cable.
The processor runs around 297Mhz on its highest resolution, would have been interesting if it would be fully controlable up to the 300Mhz.
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Post by gjaky on Sept 5, 2017 14:33:18 GMT -5
So what is it good for then? I mean if you have money to buy the Radience you most likely have a fancy digital (4K?) projector, which will do just about anything you need for input processing and color calibration.
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Post by stridsvognen on Sept 6, 2017 10:58:25 GMT -5
Its tough to justify the radiance these days, the Radiance pro seems to be in a constant beta mode, as the 4K format is no where near finished, and at a 5000$ + price range, its kind of tough to argue why not spend those money on a better display device that dont need external processing.
I like both mine, and have a lot of purpose for them, specially the timing feature up to 200Mhz.
The 2041 comes with the Darbee set on by defoult, which i find quite stupid, so i need to turn it off every time i create a new memmory.
I have concidered a Radiance pro, just to be able to play with UHD in and 1080P 4:4:4 10 bit out, but as its most likely the same custum timing programming as the 2041, and they come with standard 9Ghz in and output HDMI cards, and 18Ghz is extra, and already now we are pretty sure Lumagen wont be licenced to deal with Dolby Vision HDR, wich is the latest hot potato in the UHD/ 4K must have, and the ultimate HDR format judging by the specs, its already outdated, and judging by the tone from Lumagen these days whenever contacting them, i think they spend everything on the Radiance pro, at least every surgestion or issue has been turned down right away.. It was not like that a few years back, Back then they still addet features to units that was long out of production. Good example is the old HDQ units.
On a side note.. The XS is a 5v supply, and the 2041 is a 12v supply.. so if ever playing with those, be aware you can actually plug the 12v supply into the old 5v units, and i can by experience tell you that the it will smoke.. So running multiple Radiance processors, keep track of what PS is for what unit, they all look the same, but they are not.
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