Recent content by balex

I'm willing to look a bit odd - sickly even - in those venues that provide only overhead lighting. Not ideal, certainly, but I'm willing to put up with it. But stranger things have happened. I can't carry a whole elaborate light kit, certainly, but a few well-placed cans on some basic...

No, but I can do some pretty interesting things with my... - well, as you say, "nevermind"... ;) You have no idea how nice it is to hear this. I'm always seeking to improve the show, and while the tech guys that I find myself working with during my travels always amaze me with what they are...

Okay, okay... I'm getting schooled here. ;) It's amazing that what seems like such a simple, straight forward thing to a non-video professional is in fact an extraordinarily detailed process filled with extremely complex decisions! Let's just get down to the nitty gritty regarding...

No, that's not the entire budget, but I do want to keep it cheap, cheap, cheap! After continued work and research, I'm looking at a few (new) projectors in the 2500 to 3000 lumen range, leaning towards DLP (because 1.) i'll be projecting video and 2.) contrast is pretty important to me), and...

Excellent! So far so good! All the info is starting to add up and I'm feeling more confident about being able to do this. TupeloTechieKid: You're absolutely right. I hadn't noticed it for a long time, as I haven't had any cause to use it (usually just firewire (iLink, technically I...

Hey folks. I've been trying to find a low-cost, easily implemented solution to a problem that I've been having, but there's precious little that I can find on the topic. I am looking to project video to room sizes varying from 100 to 400 people. The projection will be to a screen on stage and...