any exist that don't cost 20 grand?

3/27/2006 12:01:00 AM

probally not

may wanna look into building one w/ a computer LCD

3/27/2006 12:41:10 AM

^ how can that be done efficiently?

3/27/2006 9:38:49 AM

paging Quinn.

3/27/2006 9:42:45 AM

What is your 1080p source?

3/27/2006 9:50:08 AM

any computer with FFDSHOW

3/27/2006 9:57:31 AM

I guess I meant, what 1080p media exists out there right now today?

Or, I'll assume based on the actual ability and need to have it now, that 720i/p,1080i looks better when scaled to 1080p?

3/27/2006 10:49:58 AM

A while ago people at either Lumen Lab or DIY Audio were group buying a bunch of 15" widescreen LCD panels that did native 1080p. You could then use that in a homebrew projector, but I'm pretty sure the initial purchase has long since passed.

The panel was something like $800, but it's easy enough to put into a homemade projector.

3/27/2006 11:36:22 AM

Was that addressing my previous post or just a general comment?

What I mean is, as I know, there isn't any commercially available 1080p content out yet, right - not until BLURAY or HDDVD hit?

Meaning, there isn't anything from today that you could have on your PC that was originally filmed in 1080p except for maybe some esoteric stuff you might have found?

3/27/2006 12:27:13 PM

It was more a comment towards what you'd need to build a homemade one that is 1080p.

There are a couple of trailers and movie clips that are in 1080p, a handful of IMAX stuff that was ported over, and Terminator 2 Extreme Edition, but that's really about it. Not to mention that if you want to watch any of these, you're going to need a pretty fast HTPC to do so.

Any movie that was filmed can pretty much be released as a 1080p WMVHD, but there's not really a market for doing it right now, so companies don't.

3/27/2006 2:05:29 PM