Post your Gaming Setups

[nightstalker100]

Thats what i call an old skool setup. Remember playing games on a 14" tv, ah the good ol days. You can really get into a game when your sitting bang close to the screen, i dunno in some ways i'd prefer that over the somewhat "disconnected" experience of playing the game on a 42" plasma or giant projector. My dreamcast won't be separated from my 15" crt monitor even though iv'e got a decent sized widescreen tv

[capcom_suicide]

Thats what i call an old skool setup. Remember playing games on a 14" tv, ah the good ol days. You can really get into a game when your sitting bang close to the screen, i dunno in some ways i'd prefer that over the somewhat "disconnected" experience of playing the game on a 42" plasma or giant projector. My dreamcast won't be separated from my 15" crt monitor even though iv'e got a decent sized widescreen tv

I hear you.

I was borrowing a mates projector yesterday, (Postman Pat was the first disc to hand.,... The joys of fatherhood) and I found it was great for Driving games & Ace combat. But that was about it.

I'll try a FPS tonight, just to be sure. I tried to take a photo with my cameraphone, but it didn't really work.

[Mad Gear]

Pat RoXXors!!1

[capcom_suicide]

Pat RoXXors!!1

Yeah but it's not the same when he speaks norwegian. The kid absolutly loves him though!

[MoFo2]

I know the lyrics to the Pat-song in Norwegian - hooray! Might be because I was born, raised and live here.

[capcom_suicide]

I know the lyrics to the Pat-song in Norwegian - hooray! Might be because I was born, raised and live here.

Horray!

For the folks back home:


Postmann Pat ,Postmann Pat
med sin svarte og hvite katt.
Alltid tidlig ute
p? sin postmanns rute
har han all posten med seg i sin sekk.


Noen lyder kjenner vi godt
s?nn som (bank,bank)(pling,pling)
han har brev til deg

Postmann Pat Postmann Pat
med sin svarte og hvite katt
Alltid tidlig ute
p? sin postmanns rute
har han all posten med seg i sin sekk"

[MoFo2]

Sorry to go off-topic (and it's probably old) but here in Norway it's popular to have a drinking game while watching Postman Pat. Every time he gears wrong (is that how you say it?) driving his car you have to drink.

Vroom *chhrrkk* drink!

[dataDave]

Getting back to projectors - I think I'm going for the Hitachi PJ-TX200.

http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/DMG/viewProduct_1.jsp?productid=487&drilldown=2&urlnumber=4

[Crisp_Rapper]

Getting back to projectors - I think I'm going for the Hitachi PJ-TX200.

http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/D...=2&urlnumber=4

what's the throw like on those? i've been doing some planning and i'm in effect splitting the living room with dividers to get a place for the projector and consoles to sit. projector will be roughly 3.5 metres from the screen, not a lot really is it? think the sanyo one i was checking out would manage a 50-60" picture from that distance.

need to source a relatively short throw high def pj... fun!!

[dataDave]

Well, After all you guys had left my bash that night I tidied up and moved my computer table back to where it was and had the projector on the back shelf - it reached all the way across to the adjacent wall where it was being displayed previously - only in 16:9 and 720p. 8)

I reckon I should be alright casting from 6m away if that little Sanyo I had managed it.

Hitachi - Sanyo

Contrast: 7000:1 - 450:1
Lumins: 1200 - 2000
Res: 1280x720 - 1024x768

[gibbon]

I'd still recommend the Z4 over it. I've just ordered one myself. I know a lot of the reviews go for the Hitachi but they're a load of **** (the latest on projector central reckons the Z4 is as good as the H79 ), one of them compared the Hitachi through component to the Z4 through svideo ..duh. Just stuff like the blow holes will be a godsend when you get a dust blob.. which you will get. They both use exactly the same panels so their performance will be very similar. The Z4 is ?200 cheaper and now it comes with a free lamp voucher which is worth ?250.

Nex Nix, who I've bought most of my HC stuff from, said they arent even going to bother stocking the TX200 as they had so many problems with the TX100.

so with the arrival of a new pj my Z2 (1280 x 720 LCD pj) is for sale if anyones interested PM me if you are

[gibbon]

what's the throw like on those? i've been doing some planning and i'm in effect splitting the living room with dividers to get a place for the projector and consoles to sit. projector will be roughly 3.5 metres from the screen, not a lot really is it? think the sanyo one i was checking out would manage a 50-60" picture from that distance.

need to source a relatively short throw high def pj... fun!!

Crisp, the Z4 will manage a 100" picture from that distance (thats how far mine is), as will the rival machines.

[nightstalker100]

Getting back to projectors - I think I'm going for the Hitachi PJ-TX200.

http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/D...=2&urlnumber=4

How much is that sucker out of interest

[Dirty Sanchez]

Sorry to go off-topic (and it's probably old) but here in Norway it's popular to have a drinking game while watching Postman Pat. Every time he gears wrong (is that how you say it?) driving his car you have to drink.

Vroom *chhrrkk* drink!

Those long Norwegian winters must be just one long party ;-)

[gibbon]

How much is that sucker out of interest

around ?1500