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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3d6+15" data-source="post: 2081977" data-attributes="member: 13661">First impressionSorry for the play-by-play here but I'm excited, and it's on topic.The projector arrived today around 12:30.  I left work to go move it inside as soon as UPS.COM showed delivered (It was rainy today.)  At work the rest of the day I was buzzing, cranking out vast quantities of good work due to bundles of little kid with a new toy energy.Got home, cracked it out, ran the S-video cable from my Geforce 3 TI200 (if you just cringed, congratulations!) aimed it at the wall about the same throw distance I'll be getting from in my ceiling and....(Before you read on, this ends well.  Don't make any judgement about the projector until you get to the end.)WHAM.  Disappointment.  What a blurry picture.  I moved it out quite a bit (6-8 feet) and no focusing would bring it into clarity.  Played with settings for awhile, etc.  I began the internal debate.  "Is this good enough, do I accept paying $1000 for junk." etc, etc.Suddenly it dawned on me.  The BenQ logo was crystal clear.  The menu was crystal clear.  The problem was my video source!  Woohoo!  I hooked up the 15-pin video cable and hooted for joy!  What was I thinking?  Eh?  (I know what I was thinking, I was hoping to use the monitor as well as the projector, but it's a very small sacrifice for me.  We DM with laptops and I've got lots of network connections and a WAP so we can use remoting software in lieu of the mouse and keyboard at "MapServ")I'm bursting at the seams with excitement for my game on Saturday! Anyway thought I'd share.  Toodles!  Off to Home Depot to find an extension cord and some wire shelving, and then to see if anybody carries 25' 15pin video cables.</blockquote>

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