Re: Projector Convertor ?

[Ben McCormack <ben@xxxxxxx>]

James

Have a look at the Projector formus over at http://www.avforums.com/

There are loads of people over there who can heolp
ben

On 31 Jan 2004, at 18:49, James Ingham wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Would really appreciate some help...recently bought a PTAE 100
> Projector ( http://www.projectorcentral.com/panasonic_ae100.htm
),
> and have been using S-Video to feed to it from my Home Cinema
> Amp...but the picture quality is not as good as I was
> hoping...predominantly I think because of the long cable run (about
> 20 metres..nothing I can do about that!)... a friend has recommended
> I try using the VGA input instead... so am looking for some advice
> on the best thing to use to convert S-Video to VGA (or XGA, or
> whatever the PTAE100 takes? I dont know the difference!)..this
> should mean I do a short S-Video cable run to a converter, which
> will convert it into VGA or something, and then do the long cable
> run to the projector...
>
> I have tracked down a few convertors which seem to do the job I
> want, but I'm not sure which one to buy..I obviously want to spend
> as little as possible, and most of the convertors seem to do more
> than I need...but I don't want to sacrifice picture quality... Could
> some kind soul who understands all this kind of stuff take a look at
> the 2 links below and let me know what they think would be best?? Or
> indeed if I have missed another option?
>
> Huge thanks to anyone who can help me out!
>
> http://www.threedoubleyou.com/tv-tuner.htm
- either the 'LCD
> External TV box w/Remote', or 'WORLDWIDE PLASMA TUNER BOX'
> or 'PRESENTER 1 SCART RGB - XGA CONVERTER'
>
> http://web6.scan.co.uk/Products/Info.asp?WPID=71989
- Scans 'PV500
> Pro-V Progressive PC/TV Tuner Display System PAL I' .. Scan also
> seem to be about to release a cheaper version, but have not yet
> posted the spec of the product ( the LN6421 here :
> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?
> CatID=53&Category=Multimedia%2FTV )
>
> MANY Thanks
> James
>
>
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