[Shotimes] Re: (OT) New Digital Monitor

[MonsieurBoo@aol.com]

"I had the idea of getting one of those video  projectors and using it 
instead of a monitor.  Just use one wall of your  office as a "monitor".


The problem always was that you could barely  squeeze 800x600 resolution out 
of those TV video projectors, and even then the  text and details were blurry. 
 And the PC-monitor projectors couldn't do TV  -- but the latest generation 
of them has solved that problem.  So that  would be the route to go.

The price point is creeping down on these over  the past couple years, but a 
lot of the development work has been to get them  smaller, lighter and 
brighter.  That means they've been offering better  projectors with the new features 
for the same, old, still kinda high price at  about $1 - 1.2K.  So we haven't 
hit the sweet spot on the pricing curve  yet.  Probably another year or so to 
wait for the price to really start  coming down on these.

Periodic bulb replacement costs shouldn't be  ignored, bulb life is typically 
1-2K hrs and cost can be $200 - $400.  I  doubt these prices will drop much 
in the near term.

To swerve it back a  little closer to topic, those puppies sure are awesome 
if you want to be  smack in the middle of your auto racing games!!

Mark LaBarre
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