Grant Emsley wrote:
On 11/4/05, Michael Tiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At work we just got a $700 computer projector that looks fantastic. I
hooked my laptop up to it while watching a widescreen DVD and it even
seems
to support the widescreen format quite nicely.
So, I'm thinking about getting one of these for my basement. My plan
would
be to mount it on the ceiling and project it against a wall. I'd also
like
to hook a very simple MythTV frontend up to it. My plan would be to have
only a DVD reader, small hardrive (if necessary), network and video
card in
it (i.e. no tuner cards and no direct live TV feed to the
projector...only
live TV from a backend over the network).
The only thing I'd caution you about a projector is bulb life/cost. I
know the newer projectors have a longer bulb life than they used to,
but last time I was looking into it replacement bulbs were at least a
couple hundred dollars.
Good advice. I bought an older projector on ebay for about $200,
thinking I was saving money. It was only after I got it and realized
that the bulb is well used that I found out the replacement bulbs are
$325...luckily it hasn't gone on me yet, but I'm on borrowed time already...
In hindsight, a new $700 projector would probably be a smarter purchase.
Some of them use overhead projector bulbs that cost about $12.
Tom
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