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Author Topic: Christie CP2200, Doremi IMB and HDMI in Michael Carey Film Handler Posts: 1 From: PORT LINCOLN, South Australia, AUSTRALIA Registered: Mar 2013 posted 03-15-2013 09:45 PM                     Hi Everybody, I posted this over in the AVS Forums and it was suggested I ask this question here too! My first post in here! I'm involved with my local film society. We screen non-theatrical art-house, indie, other "weird" films. (society members only) at the local cinema. We started off with a small Epson presentation projector but in more recent times the cinema has upgraded to digital and we can use a BluRay player connected to a shiny new Christie CP2200 2K projector. They have a Doremi ShowVault Digital Cinema Playback server and IMB. The IMB has a HDMI input and this is connected to a HDMI switcher with a Sony BluRay player and DVB-T set top box as inputs. We are finding that when playing a DVD/BD content via the HDMI input the colors are "not right". Reds look orange, Blues have a purple shift and Greens are quite "muted" and look a little yellow, trees look like they are suffering drought conditions! It makes things look a little weird. The input from the DVB-T box has the same problem, and we have bypassed the HDMI switched to rule it out as well. I looks like a color space issue, but I can't seem to find where this could be fixed. I presume it's handled within the Doremi IMB. DCP content from the ShowVault looks fine. Anyone here had any experience with the Doremi IMB HDMI input with the CP2200 that can offer some suggestions? I've asked the operators at the cinema to approach the company that installed the equipment for ideas too. Regards, Michael. PORT LINCOLN South Australia  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-15-2013 10:18 PM                        The Doremi Showvault/IMB converts the HDMI input to the same color space as cinema content so you will have to reselect the proper color space through the projector once you select the HDMI input. It is most likely set for 709.  |  IP: Logged Michael Stuart Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Albuquerque, NM, USA Registered: Feb 2012 posted 03-15-2013 11:16 PM                     Michael, We are also having a problem with the color space in the IMB, and it is exactly as you described. We are also experiencing audio issues where the sound will drop out and be replaced with loud white noise. We have been working with Doremi to resolve the issue, and have confirmed our colors are correctly set. If you haven't already, please contact Reneh Ghaenian: rghaenian at doremilabs dot com Maybe with your info we can resolve this for us both!  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 03-16-2013 03:44 PM                     BluRay Players and Set-Top Boxes have colour settings on their own - RGB/YCbCr, HDMI extended, etc. You should go through these settings make sure they are compliant with the IMB HDMI colorspace setting. Never use 'Auto' on a Player or Set-Top Box, but set it to a fixed parameter and keep it there. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Anders Nordentoft-Madsen Film Handler Posts: 57 From: Valby, Denmark Registered: Aug 2005 posted 03-17-2013 03:59 PM                        Ahhh, the Doremi IMB HDMI port, the source of many hours of fun. First of all the colorspace issue: the colorspace of the HDMI macro/channel, on the projector, should be set to the same as the internal input (XYZ). Colorspace of the HDMI input of the Doremi, can be set to auto, RGB709, XYZ, YcBcR709 og YcXcZ, either by defining a macro or by using the "Device Control" program found in the control panel. Some blu-ray players will work fine with auto, but others will need to have the colorspace defined manually. Sound is really the dealbreaker. We have found that the sound works with some blu-ray players and not with others, no real reason why, they are set up in the same manner and yes, speakers have been blown because of the white noise issue, so we try not to use the HDMI as sound source but rather go though our AP20's -Anders  |  IP: Logged Pietro Clarici Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Foligno (PG) Italy Registered: Sep 2008 posted 03-18-2013 12:44 PM                        Exactly. In our testing with a IMB-4K on a NEC NC3240S, if the Blu-Ray player (we have a Samsung) or the PC/Mac is allowed to go into standby, as soon as it wakes up again white noise is sent to every channel. I'm assuming this has something to do with HDMI handshaking.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-18-2013 12:51 PM                     And thanks to the stupid paranoia of the studios we are forced, at a professional level, to use the consumer grade "How Dummies Make Interconnections" standard in order to see high resolution images. Thankfully, but for only a short time longer, you can still find players with RGB/component outputs online. But they are going away fast. What is even more bothering is that a lot of the new HDMI only players don't even have analog (or digital) audio-only outs.  |  IP: Logged Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 03-18-2013 03:41 PM                     If your BluRay player has the option, turn off Deep Color.  |  IP: Logged Michael Stuart Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Albuquerque, NM, USA Registered: Feb 2012 posted 03-20-2013 03:21 PM                     Anders- Thank You! I would have never thought to change the color space to XYZ from Rec 709 for the IMB-HDMI.  |  IP: Logged Michael Stuart Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Albuquerque, NM, USA Registered: Feb 2012 posted 06-15-2013 02:17 PM                     Doremi now has a FW update which seems to have resolved the audio issue!  |  IP: Logged

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