HDTV Related Question

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Just curious. I stopped by a HIFI Store the other day and they had a 9' (9 Foot) Wide Widescreen Format HDTV Projector in their movie room (MSRP around $7999--but I couldn't see the brand). I've looked at the projectors like that before, and they now have VGA Inputs, SVideo Inputs, Component Inputs as well. I'm just trying to find more information about this, so if you know a good site, by all means put it here.
The salesperson said it was true HDTV b/c the resolution was 1080i, which he claimed was the same as any of the HDTV's out on the floor. Furthermore, he claimed that you could run a computer through the projector just like it was a monitor.

So Smart Ones, fill in the blanks:
Standard Cable: = ? i
Standard Vhs = 220i (I think)
Super VHS = 440i (twice whatever standard is if i'm wrong)
Mini DV Cameras = 500 - 550i
DVD = ?i
DirectTV = ? i

And more pointedly, how do the standards for TV Viewing (220i, 1080i) compare to a Computer Resolution (1024X768 @ 32 Bit Color on a .26dp Monitor)
And btw.....
Me to Salesperson : "It doesn't look as clean as the picture out in the showroom on your FLAT Panel HDTVs and Project HDTV's"
Salesperson "That's because the lenses have to be adjusted about twice a year, and we're going to adjust ours next week."

 

[Murphyrulez]

I use a DLP frontscreen projector as my main TV, shooting a 7 foot wide picture on my wall. I feed it the output of a HiPix HDTV tuner PCI card in my computer. It runs through a standard VGA cable, and I can play Quake, Max Payne, Playstation, surf the internet, watch my Tivo, and watch 1080i widescreen HDTV in full glory. Total cost about $2600. Cheaper than most 50 inch diagonal rear projection HDTVs, and mine is 100 inches diagonal. You should check it out. I get CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, PBS, UPN from a standard UHF antenna over the air, full HDTV. goto www.avsforum.com for more info. Check out the DLP/LCD forum, the Home Theater Computer forum and the HDTV programming forum.

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Paul