On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:49:52 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:20:26 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 
>>> As I say, everybody's shouting about 2x the resolution as if it's some
>>> big deal or something.
>>>
>>> Now, if it was 10x the resolution, that would seem more impressive...
>> 
>> It is actually a big deal when you have a big screen.  Our 16:9
>> projection screen measures 106" diagonally, and there is a *huge*
>> improvement between SD and HD on it.
> 
> Heh. And my brother has his stuff all hooked up to a projector giving
> him a 9 foot diagonal picture. Pretty cool to play video game football
> when the players are literally larger than life size.

With our sound system, it's just like going to the cinema - except we can 
pause to get more popcorn.  And don't have the crying babies that some 
parents bring with because they can't get a sitter.

Oh, and our floor isn't sticky. :-)

On the downside, had to replace the bulb in the projector last weekend.  
Had a spare on hand, but those bulbs are not cheap. :-/

But yeah, our PS3 is connected to it, so I end up playing the occasional 
game on that screen.  It's really nice - even my wife likes it, and she 
initially thought the idea was ridiculous, but she now admits freely that 
it was a good idea. :-)

Jim

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