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Graham Mullis · March 19th, 2004, 06:08 PM

I'm looking at buying a DLP projector for home, i am borrowing a HP VP6120(XGA res & 2000 lumens) at the moment and it looks great with a VGA input but Composite Video and S Video look quite bad. Doe's anyone know of any DVD players with VGA ouput that can match the quality of a PC. I have played Finding Nemo and Star Wars ep 2 on my PC through the projector and both look stunning with VGA.

http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Images/IMGA1019a.JPG

Some nice HD Video
http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Images/IMGA1029a.JPG

Boyd Ostroff · March 19th, 2004, 06:31 PM

If you have a decent projector and DVD player then component video is the way to connect them, it should give you the best possible quality. Since you want to use the setup for watching movies make sure you're getting a projector that's intended for video and not just powerpoint presentations.

We have used $100,000+ DLP projectors delivering more than 10,000 lumens on a 40' wide screen. I agree, s-video doesn't hold up well for that and VGA directly from my laptop looked much better. However for the actual show we ended up using DV transcoded to component via a firewire converter box and it looked terrific.

Dylan Couper · March 19th, 2004, 07:47 PM

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Rob Lohman · March 20th, 2004, 06:15 AM

There are also projectors (and DVD players) with full digital
connections out. That should give a nice signal as well. If you
want to stay analog component is definitely the way to go.

It all boils down to money. How much do you want to spend?
In the range below $1000 the InFocus X1 is used a lot for
hometheater use due to it's massive contrast ratio. I don't
think it has digital or component in though. Such models usually
cost a lot more.

Graham Mullis · March 20th, 2004, 09:21 AM

I'm using my XBOX as a DVD player.

This is what Finding Nemo looks like with VGA using WinDVD.

http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Imag...ingNemoVGA.jpg

and on XBOX with the S-Video connection.

http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Imag...NemoSVIDEO.jpg

This projector isn't really meant for Video playback, although it has Component ,Composite and S-Video connections. The home projectors seem very expensive and this one is around $1500 for XGA resolution and 2000 Lumens. It seems quite good value. It might be better just to build a small PC for playing DVD's.

March 19th, 2004, 06:08 PM	#1
Graham Mullis New Boot Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 10	DVD Player + DLP Projector I'm looking at buying a DLP projector for home, i am borrowing a HP VP6120(XGA res & 2000 lumens) at the moment and it looks great with a VGA input but Composite Video and S Video look quite bad. Doe's anyone know of any DVD players with VGA ouput that can match the quality of a PC. I have played Finding Nemo and Star Wars ep 2 on my PC through the projector and both look stunning with VGA. http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Images/IMGA1019a.JPG Some nice HD Video http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Images/IMGA1029a.JPG

March 19th, 2004, 07:47 PM	#3
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March 20th, 2004, 06:15 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	There are also projectors (and DVD players) with full digital connections out. That should give a nice signal as well. If you want to stay analog component is definitely the way to go. It all boils down to money. How much do you want to spend? In the range below $1000 the InFocus X1 is used a lot for hometheater use due to it's massive contrast ratio. I don't think it has digital or component in though. Such models usually cost a lot more. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

March 19th, 2004, 06:31 PM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	If you have a decent projector and DVD player then component video is the way to connect them, it should give you the best possible quality. Since you want to use the setup for watching movies make sure you're getting a projector that's intended for video and not just powerpoint presentations. We have used $100,000+ DLP projectors delivering more than 10,000 lumens on a 40' wide screen. I agree, s-video doesn't hold up well for that and VGA directly from my laptop looked much better. However for the actual show we ended up using DV transcoded to component via a firewire converter box and it looked terrific.

March 20th, 2004, 09:21 AM	#5
Graham Mullis New Boot Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 10	I'm using my XBOX as a DVD player. This is what Finding Nemo looks like with VGA using WinDVD. http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Imag...ingNemoVGA.jpg and on XBOX with the S-Video connection. http://www.fordrs.nildram.co.uk/Imag...NemoSVIDEO.jpg This projector isn't really meant for Video playback, although it has Component ,Composite and S-Video connections. The home projectors seem very expensive and this one is around $1500 for XGA resolution and 2000 Lumens. It seems quite good value. It might be better just to build a small PC for playing DVD's.