"i found the pdf for the free leather bag, but i didn't see one for the cat. do you go thru NEC for this, or was this just Dell?"
The Cat is in the Bag.
Or the Cat is not in the Bag.
The Cat is alive or dead. Any attempt to open the Bag will kill the cat.
I quite like the included fabric bag. There's enough extra space for an svideo cable, a VGA to Component dongle, and a Lexar USB Jumpshot CF reader. And the little pocket next to the remote holds two CF cards.
Since we're being ridiculous, let me point out a few things about the LT150 that many may not be aware of...
There is no air filter. Although it mars the elegant lines of the case, the air inlet side should have some filter material rubber banded to it. Your optics will thank you when there are smokers or active fireplaces or barbecues around, or you are projecting at the beach.
The CF card reader function works quite well. Several members have downplayed this feature, but it is fun to run a slideshow while setting up, and waiting for people to settle down, before the show. You can (easily) have up to 11 folders with 128 JPEG images each. The Lexar 48Mb USB enabled CF card and read-writer is currently $60 at CompUSA; cheaper on the 'net.
You can replace the NEC logo with any JPEG, as long as it's less than 64K. I use a shot I took last Christmas of a meadow near my house. It's more than sharp enough to set focus and screen fill. Talking of which, you can choose from "logos" in the setup menu on the fly, so you can use a simple image editing software to create logos of various aspect ratios, (Save by pixel.), or make color charts to setup brightness, contrast, gamma, etc., for various gains and surfaces. (I have Dutch Boy Ultra Gloss Enamel, matte white, and peach, I'll work on beige tonight.)
BTW, you don't need to use the included software, or even a PC; I did all this on a Mac.
I have a few more Stupid LT150 Tricks and hacks coming up, such as how to turn an old Mac VGA adapter into a component to VGA adapter, how to sraighten out the CF socket pins after putting the CF card in sideways in the dark, a disposable hushbox, ColorSync profiles... (Hey! I plugged this thing into a Mac Cube, and the Monitors control panel identified it, and had a ColorSync profile ready! _How_ did it know???)
More to come.
apg
