Thursday, June 3, 2010

The Home Theater System


It turns out we may not be able to use the home theater system in our new home, so I can leave it for the buyer. It comprises of a 106 inch wide-screen electric, remote-controlled drop down screen and a HD ready projector. The screen hangs in the living room, has a switch attached, which is also the receiver for the remote control. It has a single touch up and down mechanism.

The projector is made by Viewsonic, a model PJ506D, features DLP technology, and supports: NTSC M, NTSC 4.43, PAL, SECAM, HDTV (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i) inputs. Its native resolution is 800x600, but has scaling to 1280x1024. It has component video inputs to handle high definition video up to 1080i or 720p. The inputs have been wired through the wall to the location of cable and antenna jacks for convenience.

The lamp in the unit should easily have more than half its life remaining as I rarely used the projector (the problem with having a 4 year old is you never actually get to watch as many movies as you'd like). The projector is about 3 years old, and screen only a year old (I previously had a 60 inch drop down manual screen).

Add your own DVD player, and audio system and you'll have a fantastic home theater setup.

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