Hello everyone, this is my first post on the Home Theater Forum and I have a few questions for you.
Over the past 6 months I have been wanting to set up a projector and sound system in my room, but have not because of a few technical problems I have been worrying about.
The first question I have is about position of the projector. I would like to put it over my window and here is a picture of the area:
Here is the picture of the wall where the image will be projected onto:
The distance from the wall to the windows is about 15 feet give or take a couple of feet. Is this an appropriate distance for a projector?
And now we move on to the next question, getting it all to work. What I really want to do is have the projector hooked up the computer (my computer currently has 2 monitors hooked up to it so I am not sure if I would have to purchase an additional video card just for the projector). As you can see in the first picture is that the projector would be about 5-8 feet away from the computer.
I realize I would most likely need to purchase extension cables to get it to work, but what I am concerned about is how am I going to have the sound system work? I plan to buy home theater speakers, something like these. Or perhaps a different speaker package that you guys recommend. As I was saying, I do not know how I would get these work with the computer. Would I need to buy a receiver or something to make the computer switch over to the projector? (That right here is the most troubling part I have with this setup). I was also thinking that I would buy Y splitter cords for my current speaker set up on my computer and connect them to the home theater speakers, I do not know if that would work or not.
So, in a nutshell I would like to purchase a good home theater projector and sound system. The major problem I will run into is how am I going to have the computer switch over to use the projector speakers instead of the computer speakers.
If anyone can help me out with this I would appreciate it very much! If anyone has any questions about anything or suggestions please let me know.
Thanks for your time,
-Alonzo
Over the past 6 months I have been wanting to set up a projector and sound system in my room, but have not because of a few technical problems I have been worrying about.
The first question I have is about position of the projector. I would like to put it over my window and here is a picture of the area:
Here is the picture of the wall where the image will be projected onto:
The distance from the wall to the windows is about 15 feet give or take a couple of feet. Is this an appropriate distance for a projector?
And now we move on to the next question, getting it all to work. What I really want to do is have the projector hooked up the computer (my computer currently has 2 monitors hooked up to it so I am not sure if I would have to purchase an additional video card just for the projector). As you can see in the first picture is that the projector would be about 5-8 feet away from the computer.
I realize I would most likely need to purchase extension cables to get it to work, but what I am concerned about is how am I going to have the sound system work? I plan to buy home theater speakers, something like these. Or perhaps a different speaker package that you guys recommend. As I was saying, I do not know how I would get these work with the computer. Would I need to buy a receiver or something to make the computer switch over to the projector? (That right here is the most troubling part I have with this setup). I was also thinking that I would buy Y splitter cords for my current speaker set up on my computer and connect them to the home theater speakers, I do not know if that would work or not.
So, in a nutshell I would like to purchase a good home theater projector and sound system. The major problem I will run into is how am I going to have the computer switch over to use the projector speakers instead of the computer speakers.
If anyone can help me out with this I would appreciate it very much! If anyone has any questions about anything or suggestions please let me know.
Thanks for your time,
-Alonzo
