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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #408171 11/19/14 11:16 PM
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Projector ordered. I found a Refurb unit from a Canadian retailer at $650. It doesn't get better than that. The lamp is guaranteed to be at 80% of life or better, so its a good deal all around.


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fredk #408173 11/19/14 11:55 PM
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Awesome!

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fredk #408186 11/20/14 04:33 PM
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And now the wait...



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brwsaw #408187 11/20/14 05:58 PM
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Yup. I'll be able to rearrange my furniture at least five times before it arrives. smile


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fredk #408188 11/20/14 06:14 PM
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What sort of throw distance are you going to have fred. I look forward to you impressions, I have been hummin and hawwin about adding a projector with drop down screen for a few years and the prices are finally within reach.


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
Gr8_White_North #408192 11/20/14 10:18 PM
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The throw distance will be between 10 and 11 feet so I'll be able to project a screen between 96" and 125".

The first step is to figure out what screen size I'm comfortable with. Once I know that, I'll sand and paint the screen area and get some sort of border up.

I'll definitely post my impressions as I go through the setup process.


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #408239 11/22/14 01:56 AM
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Wow, how do you mistype 519 as 910??? For some reason that little typo caused my phone number not to match what was on record with the cc company. blush Order fixed, projector hopefully on the way now...

So, some questions. I decided to measure a bit to figure out what length HDMI cable I would need. I think I'm looking at 35 feet. Looking at cables, there are now a number of options in performance, certified and even cables with extra-more (redmere).

Would love a white cable to blend in with the paint, but I have not seen longer cables in white.

So, if I want to do a 35 foot run, what cable do I need?

Also, what sort of ceiling mount do you guys suggest? Again, there seems to be wide variety of choices.


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fredk #408243 11/22/14 05:18 AM
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Fred, I don't have any long runs of HDMI but I am using the redmere cables from monoprice. They are nice and thin and flexible and work well. The longest I have used is 15ft and it works fine. I know they have more goodlier ones than what I use but if you buy from amazon you can pretty much return them no questions asked if it doesn't work out.

Richard


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Re: Fred's (hopefully) excellent HT adventure
fredk #408258 11/22/14 08:08 PM
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Comes in white. Built to length. Kina spendy. They claim 1080p over 120' no signal loss.

Blue jeans cable
BJC Belden Series-1 Bonded-Pair HDMI Cable

I am looking into these for 2 runs downstairs. I need about 25' or so.

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AAAA #408260 11/23/14 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: Serenity_Now
Comes in white. Built to length. Kina spendy. They claim 1080p over 120' no signal loss.

Blue jeans cable
BJC Belden Series-1 Bonded-Pair HDMI Cable

I am looking into these for 2 runs downstairs. I need about 25' or so.

eek Yikes!

Things are starting to come together. I was trying to figure out how I could mount my projector and still have some flexibility in screen size. The limitation is that I want the right side of the screen up against the hallway.

I did some measuring today and would need as much as 11" of travel left to right to accommodate that flexibility. I think I'm going to mount a 3' length of 8020 channel to the ceiling and then mount the projector to that. This way I don't have to drill new holes in the ceiling to move the projector.

I found some 8020 in our plant that is only 1/2" x 1", so nice and low profile. And free when I ask nicely. smile

That said, back to cables. I measured again and at the largest screen size I would just be able to get away with a 25' cable. At the smallest size I would need about 27'.

I don't think I'm spending $100+ for an HDMI cable though. The 30' Monoprice Redmere cable is $40. That's about $50-$55 CDN in the door. At that price difference, I'll paint the cable if I have to.

Oooh! If you want spendy and bragging rights, you could go with this optical HDMI cable.


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