Smurfin:
i am using a fairly simple setup so far. I have a powered by radeon 7500, celeron 1.2, asus mobo, 256Mb ram, 20G hard drive. I am using a dabs case since im waiting for a dign one to arrive. I dont know what difference a better power supply will use.
Now, the capture part is a bit tricky! There are loads of rumours that the new breed of capture card will be far more capable than the last, but i dont kno about these since dont use them! Try the hcpc forum for more info! I use the new immersive holo3dgraph card...... it is quite pricey $895 so you may not wish to go that far. Unfortunately, I am still constrained by an NDA hence cannot comment about the performance. Hopefully I will be able to do so soon.
The handy thing about this is no nonsense with software dvd, passing sound through.....you dont even need a sound card. Literally, you need add only a capture card to a bare bones system.
I just am connecting via s-video lead at the moment, until i get around to an sdi player!
Jim:
Using the vga, you dont need to worry about the projectors 16:9 mode. The anamorphic squeezing will be done by the pc software, hence the projector does not need worry about it!
As far as i know, to send an anamorphic picture to the projecter via the vga, you would need to cheat the software by telling it the source was non-anamorphic when in fact thats not the case. Personally i would advise you simply to let the software do the anamorphic bit and not worry about lenses or adaptors...... it will be much easier! If nothing else, try it my way, you wont loose anything, if it doesnt work out, then you can buy the adaptor safe in the knowledge that you havent wasted cash!
Dont ask me about recording stuff! Im a bit of a purist (if you can say that about a pc user!
). I like to keep my pc having only one pupose, hence i havent done anything of this sort!
Audio delay..... i have read about this and i am aware that it can be an issue. But i dont hear or see it, i guess it is down to the individual.
As soon as this NDA is finished, i can talk more freely!
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