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Hi Ape 
I did indeed have the same trouble with the corners etc,Bow,Scew,V- linearity,Keystone,Vertical shift,Blanking---The list whent on and on.
The Barco unit would not let me set it up like it stated in the instruction booklet.
It stated that you had to look down the front of each tube and alighn a grid that was on the surface of the screen.
I tried and tried and there was no way i could get this to work,In the end i used my own system of making 2 diagonal lines from corner to corner of the screen,Then marking the centre with some blue tack.
The Blue lens on the CRT units do all the shadow tones i believe.
Then i alighned everything to this point.
When finally finished the pic is stunning,the component lead really stands out.
I used S-vhs at first and this was average quality,Component is deffiantly superior and the way to go.
I use a Sanyo LCD projector myself,It is an old model but gives a very "FILMIC" quality to the image.
I once had Radinat silver gun running on a whopping 200 inch wall.The bosses were truly menacing.
The weight of the Barco unit i installed was extremley heavy'And like you say Ape i was concerned about the ceiling being pulled down.
The frame we built was over the top but the only logical solution.I also completely blacked the room out and installed a sound system using a Nad amplifier.
One of my other freinds has built a great cinema room in his house,he basically knocked a hole in a back room and placed a Sharp LCD projector in there.It fires an image to the room in front which has THX surround,The great thing is you never hear the damn fan noise of the LCD at all.I tryed to persuade the guy to go the whole distance and fully carpet the room but he has Magnepann panel speakers and a good hi fi set up,So he is rather reluctant. 
I will go for CRT myself one day,
Probably a Sony unit,
Cheers APE,
Ian. :banana |
its been sitting in a corner of the dining room since i got that x1, it can't compare at all 
