- May 23, 2002
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Howdy,
I have an old projector at home that I salvaged from work. It's a beast but it works so I'm happy. Problem is it only has inputes for S-Video, 15-pin, and the old 5 connectors where you push on the plug and twist it to lock it in (can't remember the name offhand).
Link to the Projector: http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sharp_XG_Series-XG-E1200U.htm
Anyway, My DVD player has S-Video out so I have a 25-ish foot cable going from the DVD player to the projector. Everything works fine and it's great for XBox'ing, but when I watch a movie on it, the picture is definitely not as sharp as I'd hoped it would be. I'm just projecting the picture onto a plain, white sheet I have hanging from a PVC pipe.
It could just be that the projector can't make that great of a picture.
Or could I get better results if I can the Component cables from the DVD player to the project and got some sort of adaptor to a 15-pin plug (does that even exist?)
Or would it matter if I actually got some sort of actual movie screen to show it on? I guess I could try a wall to see if that matters.
Any ideas on what might be causing the issue? I don't want to shell out for that long of a component cable and adaptor if it probably won't matter but haven't done much testing yet to see what might be hurting it.
I have an old projector at home that I salvaged from work. It's a beast but it works so I'm happy. Problem is it only has inputes for S-Video, 15-pin, and the old 5 connectors where you push on the plug and twist it to lock it in (can't remember the name offhand).
Link to the Projector: http://www.projectorcentral.com/Sharp_XG_Series-XG-E1200U.htm
Anyway, My DVD player has S-Video out so I have a 25-ish foot cable going from the DVD player to the projector. Everything works fine and it's great for XBox'ing, but when I watch a movie on it, the picture is definitely not as sharp as I'd hoped it would be. I'm just projecting the picture onto a plain, white sheet I have hanging from a PVC pipe.
It could just be that the projector can't make that great of a picture.
Or could I get better results if I can the Component cables from the DVD player to the project and got some sort of adaptor to a 15-pin plug (does that even exist?)
Or would it matter if I actually got some sort of actual movie screen to show it on? I guess I could try a wall to see if that matters.
Any ideas on what might be causing the issue? I don't want to shell out for that long of a component cable and adaptor if it probably won't matter but haven't done much testing yet to see what might be hurting it.
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