projector tv questions

[stev3n]

Hi all.
I was considering buying a projector to watch free to air tv. $95 from ebay.
Do i need to buy a set top box and speakers. Or do I need topurchase other equipment? The unit I have been looking at has a co-axial input.
Thanks

[dom_105]

You would almost certainly need a set top box to watch television, and a device that takes at least auxiliary coaxial as an input to use as speakers. Something like a three-stacker CD player will probably do the job. Yellow cable into the projector, red and white cable into the CD player and you're good to go.

The other thing to consider is that $90 is probably not going to buy you much projector for your money. If it is new it would be pretty much useless. If it is used then it might not be as bad if it still has a bit of life in it, especially if it was good quality when it was new.

[stev3n]

thanks dom

[SB076]

Keep in mind noise, running costs and replacement lamp costs (depending on what you are getting) Plus if the room you are planning on putting it in has a bit of light, you need a reasonable projector to handle that.

[Mainlube]

Big 3 gun projectors are really obsolete now.

Parts are expensive, they need a fir bit of attention to keep good.

You can buy 50 inch plasmas now for $700 bucks, would out last (3 gun) rear projector by 10 to 1

I ran 3 gun projectors 20 years ago, for over 15 years, very expensive to keep running.

Plasmas, are bugger all maintenance, I believe for big screen, Plasma is better than LCD.

Now run a 60 inch HD LG at home and Samsung 50 inch 3D HD on HD Satellite at work.

Your $95 won't look so good with $500 here and there for repairs.


Just spoke with Pete (Liquid Intel.) he used to have a rear projector as well, his problem was they stopped making parts for them 10 years ago, so he was horrified to think someone was looking into this type of punishment.

Cheers

Steve

[dom_105]

Panasonic Plasmas are the way to go. The things are a work of art.

[stev3n]

thanks for your input guys

[Danny]

You're talking projector hung from the roof? Or a rear projection TV?

If it's the latter, $95 is an expensive way to waste a lot of space in a room for extremely poor visual quality. They were awesome once, now they're highly obsolete, with prohibitively expensive parts and washed out blurry pictures (and that's ONLY if you sit in the right spot) if you're trying to look for a cheap and good tv, spend it on a good last gen flat widescreen CRT by Loewe Pana or Sony or if the budget extends, a Bang and Olufsen (if you find one).

[Jimtron]

If you are talking about a brand new projector for $95 then it won't be much chop.
You can't get anything that's half decent below $1000 and even then, with projector, you need a pretty dark room as the ambient light affects your contrast massively.