William Coulter wrote:
> I know that this is late but when you are done post your results. I am very interested in doing
> the same thing. I one problem that I have with the projector is that it does not project a good
> picture with sun light and bright lights. Good luck.
>
> William
>
> --- michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> I've been doing all kinds of reading and stuff about Linux-based
>> HTPC's. It sounds addictive. Also, it's become official. I will be
>> getting a projector for the old home theater to replace the 25" clunker
>> that we've been viewing. I have been looking at ANSI limens, contrast
>> ratios, DLP vs. LCD. I would like to be able to natively watch movies
>> in 720p, but I also want to easily be able to configure X so we can surf
>> the net and the local network, and whatnot. I also don't want to have
>> to sell organs to medical science to afford it. What I've come up with
>> is the Optoma HD72. Any of you have a better suggestion? Thanks!
>>
>> --Michael
>>
Hey, William!
I'll let you know what happens. The room where I am setting up does
have a large glass door, but we have heavy curtains in there. We aren't
projecting the screen enormous, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it
does in lit conditions. My biggest problem with shopping projectors is
that to match all of the stats on this one and best it's lumens, you
will fork out some major bucks. It looks like the $400.00 factory
mail-in rebate on this one is good for two or three months, so if I have
good results with light, I'll let you know ASAP. In the meantime, check
out the HTPC Howto here:
http://www.linuxis.us/linux/media/howto/linux-htpc/index.html
And, Google for MythTV and Sabayon. I'm really not sure exactly how I'm
going to set mine up, but I'm definitely looking forward to playing with
the setup.
--Michael
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