Thursday, June 01, 2006

New projector

I got a new Epson EMP-TW600 1280x720 LCD projector last week. The Screenline 183x103cm 82inch screen will arrive on Friday. I'm temporarily using a canvas with a sheet!!! to project on, hanging in front of my old RPTV.

Initial impressions are very positive with video, the warm colored walls being the main problem. The projector needs cooler than 6500K (8000K) settings to compensate. My Laserdisc collection's newer (after '95) additions are a pleasant surprise, definitely watchable. Older ones are so and so. DVDs are, as expected, wonderful! SDTV through satellite is also watchable, even pleasant.

PC sync is bad, fonts are a real problem with the old 5700 graphics card, much better but not good with the 6600. Tweaking doesn't improve things much, but we'll see when the screen arrives...

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