Never Enough Planning…
So yeah, remember my post last month about the crazy insane multimedia center? Well, I put it into motion and all was looking good, but as of today it has been derailed.
Essentially the system would involved a HDMI hub that all peripherals get routed through and then sent to both the projector and the TV. Any two of the four devices (X-Box, Blu-Ray, PC, etc.) could be sent to either screen simultaneously without having to unplug stuff and switch the connections. Well for reasons beyond me, I failed to realize that my TV doesn’t actually support HDMI.
So there’s that minor major overlooked detail, and then today I go to hook up my projector and about 10 minutes in…the bulb dies. It’s been giving warnings for a month but I was hoping it would hold out.
As far as the HDMI compatibility goes, I could either A) buy an HDMI to component converter for about $100 and risk serious quality degradation, or B) bite the bullet and buy a decent full HD plasma TV for about $600 more. And a new high quality projector bulb is another $300.
Needless to say, I’m about a grand away from where I had hoped to be today for free. Time to wait for the next paycheck, I guess… And maybe I should invest in a couch first…
Good news, though, is that I finally upgraded from XP to Windows 7. And I got 30 mbps internet hooked up.
