Right now Ive got Sanyo Z3 720p native projector (less than 300 hours on it) hooked up to my computer using a 6' vga cable, projecting onto just a plain white/off white wall. My "home theatre" room is small, 11 by 9 ,and i sit about 8-9 feet from the "screen", which because of space cannot be any bigger than 70'' diagonal max, usually its at ~60". To my eyes, the image looks pretty good with top of the line sd-dvds like the LOTR series when using plain Power DVD 6 with resolution at 1360-768. However because of space considerations im going to be ceiling mounting the projector now and so i am looking at several options:
1.Get a ~20 foot vga cable and continue connecting my pc to the projector.(hopefully the same sd-dvd picture quality)
2.Get a ~20 foot dvi to hdmi cable to connect my pc to the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality?)
3. Buy a solid upconverting sd-dvd player and hdmi cable for the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality?)
4. Buy a hd-dvd player and hdmi cable for the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hd-dvds?)
5. Buy that new external toshiba hd-dvd player for my comp (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hddvds?)
6. Buy an xbox add-on for my comp (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hd-dvds?)
In a perfect world id just buy an hd-xa2 and be done with it, but its out of my price range and will stay there for a good while. To be honest, even if i get a hd-dvd player, i wont be able to afford many titles for a good while either, so my main concern is sd-dvd picture quality.
What would you kind folks reccomend? Thanks for the help.
Comp:
amd fx-55 2.6 gig
2 gig ram
1900gt ati 256meg
lite-on dvdrw sohw-1633s
Sound:
yamaha htr-5830 receiver connected to audigy 1 sound card using spdif
polk audio monitor 40 fronts and phantom center
infinity 150 rears
NEW svs pb-10 nsd
1.Get a ~20 foot vga cable and continue connecting my pc to the projector.(hopefully the same sd-dvd picture quality)
2.Get a ~20 foot dvi to hdmi cable to connect my pc to the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality?)
3. Buy a solid upconverting sd-dvd player and hdmi cable for the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality?)
4. Buy a hd-dvd player and hdmi cable for the projector (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hd-dvds?)
5. Buy that new external toshiba hd-dvd player for my comp (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hddvds?)
6. Buy an xbox add-on for my comp (increase in sd-dvd picture quality and can play hd-dvds?)
In a perfect world id just buy an hd-xa2 and be done with it, but its out of my price range and will stay there for a good while. To be honest, even if i get a hd-dvd player, i wont be able to afford many titles for a good while either, so my main concern is sd-dvd picture quality.
What would you kind folks reccomend? Thanks for the help.
Comp:
amd fx-55 2.6 gig
2 gig ram
1900gt ati 256meg
lite-on dvdrw sohw-1633s
Sound:
yamaha htr-5830 receiver connected to audigy 1 sound card using spdif
polk audio monitor 40 fronts and phantom center
infinity 150 rears
NEW svs pb-10 nsd
