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dFshadow
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background:
i quite often manage stage shows and their a/v needs - they show video clips, powerpoints, etc.

they have 2 projectors set up to project on both sides of the hall. i want the video to be as flawless as possible - i don't want to show them any windows screens, any windows media player controls, any flickering of the projector source while it's searching for inputs, etc.

we've tried setting the projectors on locked source mode to VGA but it didn't work. the projectors we probably can't get changed because of the cost.

so i bought a cheap $100 switch with 2 inputs and 2 outputs recently but i wasn't satisfied because the it would still cause the flicker in the projection as it was searching for an input, even though i had 2 laptops hooked up to it.

the way it works without the cheap switch is we have a vga splitter on the main pc - one goes to the lcd monitor and one goes to another splitter box/amplifier. this amplifier splits the signal to the two projectors.

so now to the actual questions--
1) please suggest a better configuration for the projectors running back to the audio/video booth. they have a freeze function on the remote control but the booth is too far from the projectors to have both screens freeze at the same time. if you suggest another type of video mixer, any links would be welcomed.

2) i was thinking about using windows media center edition since it seems like that's what we're doing here. would this be a good option? what are its limitations? any reason not to use it in this scenario?

4/11/2006 11:09:31 AM

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bttt

4/11/2006 4:28:22 PM

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