MAJORAHOLE

you can get a regular computer monitor with better resolution that 1080, can't you?
i'm probably gonna get an hd projector this winter. what are you lookin at?
i was thinking the Infocus IN76 or the Optoma hd70

H22 Accord

I dont have a subscription for HD channels and get a few in. My folks got their 50" and did the same thing, scanned for channels and they get a couple HD channels. COMCAST FTW!

Jorsher

Projector? homemade buddy That's how I roll. I haven't priced a commercial 720p or higher projector in a while, but last I saw they were 1500+. The whole project has cost maybe $500 in parts, just need to slap it together. LCD panel, bright light, some cheap cooling, and a few optics...good to go. Here's a picture of the light for it (and one of the 50")



Also plan on getting another one of those lights for growing

I haven't seen any monitors with higher resolution than that, but I'll see.

What's the price on those commercial projectors? (too lazy to look)

Jorsher

Depends on the service.

My cable company (Knology) also supplies a very limited number of free digital channels. Mostly the local ones and some extras.

Also, if you just plug an antenna to that tv, it'll pick up local ATSC high def channels, assuming it has a tuner. HELLUVA lot clearer than regular broadcast (FFC mandates that all analog broadcasts will be stopped in 2009, so pick up an HDTV folks :P)

Inquisition

This is completely false. Many channels are offered in HDTV for free with particular programming. NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, ESPN, and Discovery to name a few. Also when going through the cable company the signal is WORSE than if you spend $40 on an antenna. This is because the signal from the cable company is compressed and then decompressed when coming to your TV while the antenna is simply submitted to your TV in the rawest form.

Also HDTV cable boxes are only needed when you want the "premium" HDTV channels like HBO and showtime and such or if your TV doesn't have a HDTV tuner. If you can get a channel with basic cable and without a box and the channel offers HD and your TV has a HD tuner, then you can watch the channel in HD for free.

EDIT: i'm leaving what I typed, but I agree with the post above me a lot more than your first post. Also do you have any deals in any HDTVs through LG? I'm looking for something thats a good deal.

BigD

Shoot he gets good deals with LG. Got me a 50" LG Plasma. Actually selling it for a even grand if interested.

MAJORAHOLE

for the optoma hd70 720p its about $950 the infocus is like 1200
i thought about making my own, but i didn't want a bulky box, and you can't get all the feartures. i just can't see the image being as good as a dlp, as far as resolution i'm sure you can get it just as good, but not the contrast and color cause of no DLP

BigD

He just wants it to rub one out at night.

Jorsher

I don't mind the bulk, and if you browse the diy projector forums, the quality is very very good. DLP is great but I can see the "rainbow effect" with it and it's annoying. It has a much higher chance of ------- up than just a light shining through a panel as well, since it uses moving parts.

check through here: http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=3

Plenty of great looking stuff (except the cases) for pretty cheap. You can build a good 1080p projector for around 200-400 less than the 720p commercial one, and bulbs are only 50 to replace as opposed to a couple hundred.

I admit though, these DIY are ugly and bulky as ----. Some of the people hide them in clever ways though.