OK, so I'm a budding HTPC nut with aspirations of owning my own big screen projector. Having poked my head in on the CRT forum from time to time, I see lots of people recommending the NEC's for their color accuracy. And yesterday I stumbled across this on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1942623058
I've seen at least one person say Hammerhead is trustable, but I'm still a bit nervous. The tubes look pretty good to my untrained eye, and it fits nicely in my budget of about $2000. I guess I just want some encouragement/advice from you veterans (plus any good wife persuasion tactics
).
Also, can anyone clue me in on any hidden costs of getting your first projector? My wife is all for it, but she wanted me to wait till after Christmas. If I can give her a hard figure though, she'll consider it. So aside from the projector and shipping, there's the screen and whatever I need to mount on the ceiling. I was planning on going up to www.crtcinema.com for that, since I live a couple hours south of them. And then I guess there's calibration. How hard is it to learn to do that yourself? I am willing to get it done by a qualified person once, but after that, I'd like to be in control of my own tweaking/maintainence.
OK, I guess that's it. Quite a bit, I know. Boy, I put lots of faith in this forum. The HTPC one has yet to steer me wrong though.
Thanks for your advice.
Alton
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1942623058
I've seen at least one person say Hammerhead is trustable, but I'm still a bit nervous. The tubes look pretty good to my untrained eye, and it fits nicely in my budget of about $2000. I guess I just want some encouragement/advice from you veterans (plus any good wife persuasion tactics
Also, can anyone clue me in on any hidden costs of getting your first projector? My wife is all for it, but she wanted me to wait till after Christmas. If I can give her a hard figure though, she'll consider it. So aside from the projector and shipping, there's the screen and whatever I need to mount on the ceiling. I was planning on going up to www.crtcinema.com for that, since I live a couple hours south of them. And then I guess there's calibration. How hard is it to learn to do that yourself? I am willing to get it done by a qualified person once, but after that, I'd like to be in control of my own tweaking/maintainence.
OK, I guess that's it. Quite a bit, I know. Boy, I put lots of faith in this forum. The HTPC one has yet to steer me wrong though.
Thanks for your advice.
Alton