Wall mounting and projector advice

Tonight's job will be spent doing the conduit and cabling the thing in properly :) - will get some updated photos inthe Home Cinema thread :)
 
Projector is making weird electronic buzzing noises tonight :(

Is this a known issue? Been fine the previous two nights and remained untouched otherwise.

EDIT: Its not stopped...will keep an eye on it.

Lucid - am in discussions with Gordon, I'll say you recommended me :)

I'm currently watching Wall-E....so...beautiful :)
 
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He's offered me a discounted price due to being local to me. I did say your name was Chris from Cheshire and posts under the name of Lucid. Am going to figure the details out with him. :)

The noise stopped after a while last night, so will keep an eye on it. :)
 
I'm still waiting for my new sofa, it's the only thing waiting to finish off 'the setup' :)

New sofa arrives Friday :D
 
What were your impressions post calibration? All this forum talk of projectors is making me want one! A motorised screen would roll down very nicely over my living room window!
 
My advice with projectors (been into them for years since the CRT Barco days) is to get a motorised screen. Its part of the experience imo.
 
tom_nieto said:
What were your impressions post calibration? All this forum talk of projectors is making me want one! A motorised screen would roll down very nicely over my living room window!
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I never did get the calibration done to be honest. It's something I've been too busy to arrange, a lot going on in my personal life and work has led me to not much spare time at all!

I'll get it arranged for early next year. While the system is fantastic and good I believe there is more in there to be unlocked for sure!

Plus there's a couple of bits I want to adjust. The mount I have for the projector isn't great and it can end up leaning to one side a few mm which bugs the hell out of my OCD :p

Jez said:
My advice with projectors (been into them for years since the CRT Barco days) is to get a motorised screen. Its part of the experience imo.
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Agreed. I'm very very pleased I went with the motorised screen now. It's just...SO COOL

Might do a vid later :)
 
Yep, it makes the PJ so much more of an occasion. Even the burrrrr of the screen motor as it comes down as the image brightens up onto it is a nice part of a projector setup.
 
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Yep, it makes the PJ so much more of an occasion. Even the burrrrr of the screen motor as it comes down as the image brightens up onto it is a nice part of a projector setup.
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Indeed.

As the projector triggers the screen coming on all I do is press the one button on the remote and you hear the projector fire up, but typically I keep talking to friends (as surprisingly nobody points out the screen or PJ, it just isn't noticed) then they see stuff starting to flicker on the wall then the screen starts coming down.

Thats when everyone usually stops talking to stare :D
 
Here you go.

It's not often people see inside my place like this. It's no perfect place and has signs someone actually lives there. The cabling needs doing properly but again due to time restraints I simply haven't had time to 'finish it off' - effectively. But it functions fine as it is so I'll sort it in the new year when things aren't so crazy.

Anyway!

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nd a video, the projector triggers the screen coming down about 35-40 seconds after its switched on so the bulb is all warmed up etc.

Oh and ignore the cat :p


New sofa turning up Saturday :D
 
oulton said:
That is wicked, love how the screen comes down. Its like when the curtains go back at the cinema :)
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Hehe. What I want next is Philips Hue bulbs for lighting in the room. That way I could dial those into the Harmony to auto dim/switch off when the PJ comes on :D
 
I notice the image doesn't fill the full available space on the screen, do you not have enough zoom to fill the screen at that distance?

Also, what screen is it you're using as its got quite a bit of top black which is nice.

EDIT: seen its a sapphire screen
 
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