Oversaturated output on HDTV

I connect my MBP via DVI to my HDTV. It's a rear-projection Toshiba.
I've calibrated it to the best of my ability, but I still get blooming where bright white touches dark. It blooms to one side only.
When I go through calibration, I can never really see the contrast between the grey and black bars. I tried raising & lowering the contrast and brightness to find something on the TV side to help it.
Any others with this issue? Is there a better way to calibrate a TV than the built-in calibration routine. It seems to me that I'd like to play with the gamma more than the utility allows me to.

I'm having the exact same issue with the exact same setup. I also have a rear projection Toshiba and I can never see the grey oval in the black box when I calibrate, no matter what the contrast and brightness settings. I have never really gone through the rest of the calibration because the display I feel is too dark. Everything seems too dark and too orangy on the display.

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SD output. The video is just froze on the TV.
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MacPro, BlackMagic Intensity Pro video card and output to HDTV

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I purchased an Intensity Pro card a little while back, but haven't actually gotten to use it. I captured most of my video material through firewire. I have a MacPro and I'd like to view photos from iPhoto, renders of my 3D work and possibly stream Netflix to my HDTV. Both of my DVI outputs from my ATI Radeon card feed my two desktop cinema Displays, leaving the DVI output from the Intensity Pro card open. Before I go an buy a DVI to HDMI adapter from Apple I want to know if the Intensity Pro DVI port only works if I'm in editing mode with Final Cut or Adobe Premiere or will it output anything at anytime as it it was just another graphics card?
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hi,
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Audio Output to HDTV

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Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

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I just got a Micro four thirds cameras that takes 720 HD movies in avi besides regular stills in 12mb. What is the best Share output when I want to play on an HDTV? (I have a 1080 but do not have a Blu-ray burner in my computer; only a DVD burner)??

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I think you are correct though that AVCHD footage can be burned to standard DVD's and played back in 720 HD resolution on certain BluRay players.
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IPad a/v output to hdtv

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The picture above shows you where to change mirroring. In the bottom left corner of the Displays system preferences, it says Mirror Displays.
gterpen125 wrote:
I know the tv is getting a signal from the comp. as I have that goofy grey mat and can drag things to my tv from comp. COOL - but no A/v
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Very poor quality HDMI output to HDTV

I recently decided to switch from an Apple TV to Mac Mini for my media center.
I have an Insignia HDTV and the quality from the Apple TV was outstanding. When I plug the Mac Mini in, however, it is EXTREMELY poor. The picture appears blocky & pixelated.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Have you tried adjusting the resolution in System Preferences/Displays?
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Encoding to output for HDTV viewing question

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thanks in advance

I have found the answer. In capturing in dv or hdv I can encode in DVD 4 Pro once it is imported and then selecting the encoding option by right click on the dv file and chose my preset. I watch it thru a hd monitor/tv with a dvi cable and the dvd 4.6 player and it works great. So, I found a way to gather in cable tv using a canopus advc 100 720x480 of a hd program so the res is much improved going in, then process/edit and send to DVD 4 Pro. There is some loss but for home view it works great. I did find some not so know exceptions when you go to support and look for h264 encoding help and it tells some gems about how and what presets to use. I didn't find it in the manual. Also used the latest update to DVD 4 Pro 4.02.
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Limited 1080p output to HDTV

Where do i start...
I can output 1080p at what appears to be 24 hz, I get slightly lagged playback of videos and jerky mouse movements on the TV (as expected I think at this setting).
http://i48.tinypic.com/19t9gl.png
When I try to output 1080p at either 50 Hz (PAL) or 60 Hz (NTSC), from the options above (IMG), I get no picture at all on the TV.
Other Points to note:
I can output 1080i fine.
I am attempting to do this with mirroring off, and 1:1 pixel mapping on the TV.
I currently have problems trying to output video at all with the lid shut, Ill try again tomorrow when I get a friends external keyboard.
The Macbook Pro 15inch - mid 2009 (9600GT)
The TV: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BVI49Y
The MDP-DVI: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002ERZGKQ
The DVI-HDMI: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000SSNH9U

Thanks for the reply again BSteely, this is the Export using the 3rd party mini DP adapter, as the apple mini DP adapter does not show/recognise the monitor in the the system preferences.
Rapidshare link to file: http://rapidshare.com/files/399304722/SONY_TV.html
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Display Color Management Simulated Rec709 differs from ProRes Output

Okay. I've read the Adobe white paper on proper Color Management workflow about a dozen times now, and I'm still getting some inconsistencies in my render outputs.
DPX footage assigned a Kodak 5218/7218 Profile
Project Settings: ProPhoto RGB
Linearized Working Space
Match Legacy AE QT Gamma Adjustments
Output Profile: HDTV (Rec. 709)
I'm outputting to a ProRes 4444 file.
My problem arises from using the Simulate Output>Rec709 option in AE. I cannot get the output to look like this simulated color. Isn't that supposed to work?
I can match the output to AE when I turn off Color Management and apply a Color Profile Converter effect, but there is a shift in color when viewing Simulated Color vs. using the Color Converter Effect. Even in AE the Converter Effect looks different than Simulated Color.
I was under the impression that the point of the Simulated Output and Display Color Management options were to avoid having to do this. Should I change my workflow and just use the Converter Effect on all my comps? Or do I have a setting wrong somewhere? Has anyone else come across a discrepancy like this?

Interesting. I thought it might have something to do with ProRes, but my bit depth is at 32, and the shifts I'm seeing are more subdued than the pictures in that post. It looks darker (like a gamma shift) and slightly more saturated.
I'm more interested to know why there is a difference in the simulated output vs the color profile converter. I can see the difference within AE, before exporting anything. What is simulated output doing that my profile converter isn't?

Cabbot select audio output

Hi,
I have a Mac Mini. He is conected to my TV. I also conected a headphone plug from the Miac Mini into my stereo installation.
When going to systempreferences - audio I could see in output the name of my TV -type: HDMI and below it says headphone.
When I choose TV I had sound on the TV or I could select Headphone I had sound through my stereo-installation.
After buying Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere it shows also "ADOBE" in the list. I didn't understand the use of this, or what to do with it.
Now, after upgrading to Lion I only see my TV and headphone. When I click on "TV" it will highlight for a second and automatically turns back to "Headphone"!!
So I can not choose anymore my audio output. Is this because of Lion?
Now I discovered that the only way I can use the oudio output to my TV is to ejected the Headphone-plug.
Is this the only solution or does anyone know how to recover in the old situation, so that I can make a choise in the preferences screen for audio??
(all the cables are in the back!!!)
kr,
pascal

Hi
I have same problem over here. Just upgraded to Lion (10.7.2) . Used to output to HDTV via AV receiver over hdmi port. Now is not working, not even showing in -control panel- sound settings, anymore !
Headphone port is not working at all ! At least streaming to ATV2 it's working uraaaa !
I'm using ITunes 10.5 and before upgrading to Lion everything was working flawless.
Miss the Leopard now .
Annoying glitch ...just need a patch, hopefully in a future update

Compilation of Lenovo X120e issues and solutions

Just thought a compilation of issues may be beneficial for folks who own an X120e.
Screen adjusts brightness automatically without user input depending on content on screen:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X100e-screen-brightness-increasing-by-itself/td...
This is caused by Vari-Bright being enabled in the Catalyst Control Center. With this option enabled, the screen will automatically adjust its brightness depending on what is shown on the screen. The display brightness is increased when the screen is predominantly white while the display brightness is decreased when the screen is predominantly dark. An easiest way to see this effect happening is to have two tabs opened in a web browser window. Set one tab to display a website that is mainly filled with white pixels (such as this Lenovo Forum) and another tab to display a website that is mainly filled with dark pixels (such as http://www.krijtenberg.nl/ ). Switch between the two, pausing a few seconds in each tab.
Solution:
Open the Catalyst Control Center and select the PowerPlay option in the Power section. Uncheck the Vari-Bright option (or adjust the slider) and click Apply. Verify that the automatic adjustment is no longer occuring by doing the two tab experiment described above.
Function keys for brightness control not working after waking from sleep / hibernation in some instances:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Funtion-keys-for-brightness-not-working/t...
For my X120e, whenever I have it sleeping or hibernating and change the power source (such as initiating sleep when on power and then waking it up while on battery, or vice versa), the function keys for brightness controls do not work.
Solution:
Restarting the machine will bring back functionality of the brightness control keys...
A way to prevent this from happening in the first place is to wake the X120e in the same power state that the X120e was put to sleep in (wake up from power adapter if slept while connected to power adapter, or wake up from battery if slept while on battery).
All we can do now is wait for Lenovo to come up with a fix on their side of things.
AMD SATA Controller and TRIM for SSD:
The AMD SATA Controller provided by Lenovo does not support passing of TRIM command according to http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/450343-post35.html for SSDs. The Lenovo provided AMD SATA Controller is 1.2.1.197, before the official TRIM support in 1.2.1.263. If you're using a HDD, this is of no concern.
Solution:
In order to have support for passing of TRIM command, one has to update the AMD SATA Controller to any version above 1.2.1.263 ( http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/integrated_win7-64.aspx#3 for Windows 7 64-bit, for example) or uninstall the AMD SATA Controller to revert back to Microsoft's Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller.
Disclaimer: Since the AMD SATA Controller driver linked is not from Lenovo themselves, I'm sure they won't provide any support if something is to occur so try at your own risk.
As HP79 mentions below, at least according to the update notes, TRIM implementation is implemented for Hudson chipsets as of 1.2.001.263.
Audio Stutter / Slurring occuring during playback of video/audio:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Stuttering-Audio/td-p/389023
This issue can be reproduced (at least on my X120e) by waking the X120e after putting it to sleep. The symptom is the audio repeating a sound over a span of a second or two during playback and is quite noticable.
Solution:
uEFI Bios version 1.11 seems to deal with the audio stuttering issue. So far, results lead to positive outcomes.
Old Solution:
PWMTR64V.DLL that is loaded at Startup seems to be causing this issue. Disabling it from launching when starting up seems to cure the Audio Stutter (even after waking up from sleep which was seen to be a pretty reliable way to get the issue to repro). Start Menu > Launch MSCONFIG from the Search Bar > Select Startup Tab from the System Configuration window > Uncheck Thinkpad Power Manager > Restart.
This does not seem to turn off the power manager application itself so settings in Power Manager can be saved and it seems to still be in effect. However, opening up Power Manager from the notification / taskbar can cause audio stuttering and mouse movement slowdown while it is launching and/or when applying settings. This is only temporary and is gone when Power Manager is closed. (Thanks kns7977 for the find)
Pending to see if those who uninstalled Power Manager are able to turn off the offending startup .dll.
Mouse seems to stutter or stay in place for a moment when moving:
This seems to be caused by the same issue causing the Audio Stutter / Slurring. At least at this time, the cause of the issue and solution seems to be the same.
Emulating Middle Mouse Button with Trackpoint:
One can set up the middle button between the left and right click button for the TrackPoint to act like pressing a middle mouse button on a standard mouse by changing the scrolling type to Smooth instead of the default Standard.
Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Mouse > UltraNav Tab > Setting for TrackPoint > Setting for Choose Scrolling or Magnifying Glass Function > Smooth.
Trackpad's two finger gesture being hit or miss:
The trackpad's two finger scrolling is very hit and miss.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-Touchpad-issues/td-p/393751
Solution: Turning off Gesture Filtering may alleviate the problem. As mentioned in http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/561751-x120e-owners-thread-24.html#post7323293, it seems that the Gesture Filtering is counteracting any sort of two finger input.
Get to Mouse Properties by Fn + F8, select Manage Settings. At Mouse Properties, select the UltraNav tab > Settings for TouchPad. Expand the Smart Check Settings, highlight Gesture Filtering, and uncheck the Enable Gesture Filtering box and Apply.
Screen flickers lines:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Flickering/td-p/389523
Had this issue occur on me once, but never seen it happen again. Unsure what caused or cured it.
Solution:
If the flickering is occuring, a restart is all that is needed to alleviate the problem. Haven't tested if hibernation fixes it, but neither sleep nor turning off the screen with the Power Manager dealt with the flickering.
3-Cell Battery mentioned as a 40Wh in the Order Page of Lenovo X120e when it is actually rated as 32Wh according to Power Manager:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-3-cell-40Wh-battery-reported-as-32Wh-by-P...
Yeah...
Solution:
Accept that it's a 32Wh you will get when selecting 3-Cell or go for the 6-Cell if you want more than 32Wh.
2x2 ABGN Driver from Lenovo triggering Error Code 10:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-ABGN-Driver-issue-in-Windows-7-Pro-x64/td...
The Wireless driver from Lenovo's site seems to not work with the 2x2 ABGN wireless when installed on a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64.
Solution:
Not really quite a solution, but one can bypass this by either installing the 32-bit Windows 7 and installing the 32-bit driver, or using the factory recovery disc to install 64 bit windows 7 to have it install drivers that work for x64 windows 7.
X120e bluescreens after installing LAN Realtek 7.26.902.2010 drivers from Lenovo's Driver download site.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-bluescreen-when-installing-lan-drivers/td...
The drivers doesn't seem to work and it causes a bluescreen on fresh installed Windows 7 x64.
Solution:
As Clicq suggests, Realtek's own drivers from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTy... seems to deal with the issue.
Screen quality on the X120e:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-poor-LCD-quality-viewing-angles/td-p/3945...
The quality of the screen on an X120e is below expectations.
This is common with low-quality TN panels not helped by glossy displays. My personal X120e screen likes to bleed certain colors of red.
Solution (not really):
One can use the Windows 7 built-in color calibration tool to adjust the colors to make it more tolerable. Adjusting your own viewing angle in relation to the screen might deal with some color issues (hard to figure out what's the correct viewing angle because of TN panel's small range of optimal viewing angles). Also, changing the refresh rate to 60Hz may deal with some headaches due to the screen (as it did for me).
HDMI Overscan to HDTV issue:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/HDMI-overscan-to-HDTV-issue-on-x120e/m-p/395335
There is a black border when outputting to HDTV through HDMI.
Solution:
AMD's CCC by default sets a specific value for overscan / underscan. One can http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Output-to-TV-via-HDMI-port-black-border-on-the-... while the device is connected via HDMI (the option is hidden if the HDMI port is not used) and adjust the slider to an acceptable value.
Skype asserts after 10-20 seconds of video chat:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Skype-quits-after-10-20-seconds-of-video/...
When doing a video chat, the video feed will freeze and then skype will crash to desktop.
Solution:
Version 5.3 of Skype seems to be the culprit. Until Skype itself is fixed, one can use Skype 5.2.60.113 from http://www.filehippo.com/download_skype/changelog/9465/ to bypass this issue. Just reject any offer to update to 5.3 after installing 5.2, for now.
If there is anything I missed, please respond and I'll update this post with new information. These are the ones that I have encountered so far with my Lenovo X120e. Don't get me wrong, I like my X120e... it's just been a "learning" experience lol
For a compilation of most X120e issues:
Compilation of Lenovo X120e issues and solutions

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AMD AHCI controller driver distribution list
Version 1.2.001.0275, 11/11/2010
Supported chipsets
SB700 family
SB800 family
Hudson-1/2/3 family
Revision History
1.2.001.0275
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-          Potential DMA overrun bug fix
1.2.001.263
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-          Boot Optimization
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1.2.001.0238
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-     amdsata.cat -> amd_sata.cat
-     amdsata.sys -> amd_sata.sys
-     amdxata.sys -> amd_xata.sys
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-     DAPS support
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1.2.0.197
-     Robustness improvement during hibernation / de-hibernation

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ALCON,
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Hi
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Thanks
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Steve,
Not to sure what type AVI files they are, the storage devise is at present offshore on a job.
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http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=100785469&mpage=1&key=&#100785469
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Having looked at and used alternatives, helps gives me some perspective. I use to assume or think QuickTime was or must be "it" but there are other apps that can play back video with more finesse, more user control. Maybe why QuickTimeX is getting some buzz.
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