CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

[Mr. Green]

Bump...

Hopefully RedMann comes through.

You should post in the Buy Sell section "Anybody have an NEC RC 6051 for sale?" as the topic. There's lots of NEC guys that may not have seen this thread. I can't imagine anybody needs more than 3 backup remotes...

[Wolf-Strong]

Yup got in touch with Reddman. Now I just have to be patient

[Wolf-Strong]

Ok so a little update!

Today I got the remote and it works perfectly! Thanks Redmann! I toyed around with the settings a bit and I completely agree, it is worth getting it over the Pronto! While playing around with it I realized a few things: I need to make an adjustable table for it or look through the manual for an internal adjustment because the projector isn't exactly dead center to the screen. Basically the corners are out of alignment and focus due to a longer/shorter throw. The next obsticle is that the screen (70") is 16" too small on a guess. I haven't had a chance to run a dvd or anything on it so I'm still not 100% on that though.

[jkruger]

You remember that cart you saw at my house? I'll be finished with it by Monday if you want to borrow it. That will help a lot.

[Wolf-Strong]

Well I would love to but there just is no room for it on the floor. My idea is to build a simple platform with 4 screws at each corner so I can adjust the level to come out as even as possible

[Wolf-Strong]

Alright so I made a little table for it, and BOY does it work a lot better! I was able to get it almost perfectly level with this last night and seems much more stable than before. I did play a few videos on the computer last night and everyone just broke away from what they were doing to watch it even though it was like watching a 3d movie without the 3d glasses....kinda wish I had some though just to see what it would be like LOL! What blew me away was the quality of the picture though! No pixilation like everyone says (and that is a big pet peeve of mine!). The picture is a bit dull compared to what new tubes would be capable of (tubes are about a 8?) but none the less I am excited!

Here is my new adjustable table for it:


I will post up some pictures of video hopefully tonight if I get it all adjusted! My big question right now is video imput. As it stands, I NEED a computer for the VGA input, but is there a cheap (temporary) option to run a composite yellow video imput from a PSII to the VGA?

[jkruger]

have you read this?
http://www.curtpalme.com/CRTPrimer_17.shtm

[Wolf-Strong]

[garyfritz]

There's no way (that I know of, at least not cheap) to convert yellow composite signals to VGA or RGBHV. DVI-to-VGA adapters only work on DVI-I connectors -- make sure your computer doesn't have DVI-D. DVI-D doesn't carry the analog signals so you can't easily/cheaply convert it to VGA.

Be careful about tilting your projector like that. The projector will run fine, but you will probably end up with top-to-bottom focus problems. See this post for an explanation why. Your life will be much easier if you mount the projector FLAT.

[Wolf-Strong]

[garyfritz]

I see your point. I think the roommate's head is a bigger issue for PQ than the mounting angle.

[Wolf-Strong]

[Mr. Green]

Nicely done! The whole point of this hobby is to have fun and it looks like that's what you are having. Now get a game like Doom3, Fear or Left4Dead on there at 1 Am with no other lights on and see if anyone sleeps well that night.

I'm glad you got it working, you'll have loads of fun with it.

[AnalogRocks]

I've been playing F.E.A.R for about a week. Great game

[AnalogRocks]

I've been playing F.E.A.R for about a week. Great game

[cmjohnson]

Obviously you've still got some learning to do about convergence, etc. but you're off to a great start.


You may be surprised at how much better things will get when you finish tweaking the convergence and focus, etc.

Those last few adjustments make more of a difference than you might imagine. Suddenly the image will just pop right out at you
as you finish up the last few adjustments. You will be amazed when you've crossed the finish line and the setup is RIGHT.

As you mentioned, the great thing about CRTS is...NO PIXELS! They are so different from any digital PJ for that reason that I really
can't compare the two. Digitals are for presentations and graphics, CRTs are for watching movies for enjoyment. That's still how
I feel after all this time, and I've seen some NICE digitals. But they just don't have the same picture character. You don't relax
and get into the movie anywhere near as much as with a properly adjusted CRT projector.


As for screen size, the bigger, the dimmer. There are things to be said...POSITIVE things...for keeping the picture smaller. As long
as the visual angle is acceptable to you, you may not actually be getting any real benefit from going bigger. Brightness is important,
and you need to have enough of it. CRTs are limited in their output capacity. Most any digital will outclass them in sheer light output
but what's more important is to have total control of room lighting. You want it to be DARK in the room for the CRT projector to do its
best work. Ambient room light determines the absolute lowest available black level. So ideally, the room should be dead dark except
only for the projector's output itself, and its stray reflections should be contained completely.


CJ

[bbfarmht]

I was stuck on Fallout 3 for about 2 weeks!! Now that is a great game.

[Reddman]

I remember when I first got my 6pg several years ago. I recall having the same excitement that you are displaying now. Once you get really good at the setup you will see what that baby is capable of. I may pick up another NEC at some point in the future. They're great projectors.

[Kiev Savoie]

Welcome to our obsession! My first setup looked a lot like yours. Except i was using the vertical blinds covering the door to my balcony as a screen! Enjoy!

P.S. if you can find a way to put that unit on the floor and make a table to put over it, like Gary says, you will get way better focus.

[Wolf-Strong]

[Mr. Green]