RE: I said I wouldn't...

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

LOL

Guess one of the reasons I chose LCD!

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 October 2001 14:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] I said I wouldn't...
>
>
> ...but of course I had to!
>
> I made the "mistake" of borrowing an LCD projector from a
fellow group
> member for the purposes of demoing to another couple of group members
who
> are possibly interested in one for Home Cinema use ... well, the big
> advantage of LCD over CRT projectors is that they *CANNOT* suffer from
> screen burn (which can happen quite easily with static images on CRT
> projection tubes). Obviously the biggest culprit for static images
except
> for security cameras is video games - especially when you're like me
and
> believe that the Playstation 2 can only play Gran Turismo 3!
>
> Anyway, whilst having the LCD at home I decided to just try the PS2
> through
> it ... holy shit! To say the experience is immersive is doing it an
> injustice. I had my best man and his partner round the other night and
we
> were playing GT3 and all four of us were leaning into corners etc!
>
> Anyway ... since the LCD projector goes back to its owner tomorrow
after
> the
> last demo then I eventually cracked and fed it into the video scaler
which
> drives my CRT projector ... hmmm ... GT3 running at 1,280 x 1,024 as
an
> anamorphic widescreen upsampled image - LOVELY! Don't know whether
I'll
> risk
> too much use of the PS2 on the projector but boy, is it fun!
>
> I love my toys!
>
> Phil
>
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