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Joemarzen · Last edited by Joemarzen on Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:21 am; edited 1 time in total

First of all I am sorry about the other tread I had about selling my older projector, it didn't occur to me that it would be questionable.

Anyway, I've got bigger fish to fry. I went and picked up my 8110 today and got it back to the shop to set it up and low and behold, no line doubler. I know, I should have investigated such a thing, but I was so excited about 8" CRT's and 1000 lumens that I was blinded.

Everything looks great running through my computer with the breakout cables. The coaxial signal from the satellite which then runs through a VCR on the other hand, not so much. Using the same set-up with the D50 produced a reasonable image, not so with the 8110. I tried running the satellite through the coaxial input on my computer, but the result was kind of sketchy. The image seemed pixelated to me.

What do you guys think? What would you do in this situation?

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Buy a HD fury or a moome Internal card so you can use any dvd player or moomes external hd with rgbhv.

http://www.curtpalme.com/MARQUEE_VIM-HD.shtm

http://www.curtpalme.com/HDFury.shtm

Athanasios

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:25 am Post subject:

Oh my goodness, 435 dollars. That's a bit out of my price range, the projector only cost 401. Are there any other lower cost solutions? I hate to give up the 8110...

That's for the help...

OK, HD fury that's more reasonable

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:29 am Post subject:

So why was the picture better on the D50? The line doubler?

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Trust me its a lot cheaper than a Video processor and it will be all you ever need. the hd fury is cheaper but is a bit softer from what i have read. you could also get a transcoder, but if you plan on going blu ray or useing your hd sat box get the moome card... he doesnt make them often and it will be a long long wait for the next batch if he ever makes more.

Athanasios

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:46 am Post subject:

I had the satellite cable running to my VCR which then outputted to the projector via an RCA video cable.

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:48 am Post subject:

I have BNC cables for the computer but the D50 didn't handle the image very well.

What sort of input does the HD fury have? can I hook my regular DVD player to it or is it HDMI only? The DVD player looked a lot better before as well if I didn't mention it.

Thanks again for the help

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

If you want to just start out with component dvd video then this could be your best bet for now.

http://www.curtpalme.com/RTC2200.shtm

but if you can find a used Video processor like a lumagen or simmilar you'd be better off.

there are many choices but the the Moome Internal Vim HD is the best , it has HDMI and Component inputs. it will be there for you when you finally save enough for a VP.

Athanasios

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:07 am Post subject:

Ok I understand, the reason for the poor quality image is that I am using a rca or s-video cable. The problem with that, and what's different from the D50 I assume, is that inputs for those connections on the 8110 aren't meant for displaying video. So, if I buy this RTC2200 contraption I'll be able to bypass those inputs and use a VGA to BNC breakout cable?

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:10 am Post subject:

Is this the sort of thing I need?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lumagen-Vision-Pro-Analog-Video-Processor-Scaler_W0QQitemZ280204524725QQihZ018QQcategoryZ14978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:19 am Post subject:

Huh, I just don't understand why the image looked so much better on the D50. What I am seeing now are lines of color alternating with black lines. You're sure I don't need some sort of line doubler?

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Also you will get many different possibilities with the lumagen. you can upscale your standard dvds to 960p@72hz for a great image. that is what i run my SD DVD's at. it will also have many color controls and other ways to tweak the image. Its an older unit but better than the rt2000 I think.

Athanasios

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:25 am Post subject:

Well cool, I'll try to get it.

Thanks again

Joe

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

Oh no, I am sure anyone on this forum would vomit upon walking into our theater, but I don't think it's bad. It certainly impresses people who see it, but they aren't video affectionados. Just using the 8110 today I can tell I am going to be able to go much more in depth with it, just because of the calibration advantages over the D50.

Joemarzen · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:43 am Post subject:

I am kind of under the gun with this because I talked up the 8110 so much to the guys I bought it with and now I feel like they're a bit underwhelmed. Luckily I think we've got a buyer for the D50 so there shouldn't be too much cash floating around overall.