From: whosbest54@NOSPAM.yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   In article , nyyki@gypsyheir.com says...   
      
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   >The current TV has Composite video, coax, and left and right audio, and   
   >that's it. It's an old CRT TV, probably 28 inches in the screen or so. The   
   >future projection unit is a 3M unit with component and composite video and   
   >VGA in -- it's a pull from a local university.   
   >The computer has the basic array of computer I/O for audio (Mic in, Line In,   
   >Line/speaker out) and HDMI video.   
   >I know a lot about audio engineering for the professional and   
   >semi-professional side of things, and it'd be a lot easier to get an 8   
   >channel stereo mixer and use sends to feed the center, side, and rear   
   >speakers with a crossover from the entire deal for the subwoofer, but that's   
   >a lot more than I'd want in a living room because it would leave anyone   
   >besides me in the dust without a long discussion about how it all worked.   
   >The overriding concern about this and using the computer is one of   
   >accessibility -- my blindness is almost total now after a hypertensive event   
   >right at ten years ago, so something where I can use a screen reader on the   
   >computer would be the main goal. Plus I have a lot of CDs ripped, over 500,   
   >and I'm contemplating the purchase of the complete Mozart set at some point   
   >not too far in the future, which will be an immediate jump of another 170   
   >discs. Having the ability to build playlists and run everything from the   
   >computer is a good thing. And as you mentioned, computers are getting   
   >cheaper all the time, so I can replace it when it gives up for a lot less   
   >money than replacing a stereo component, and since PCI Express seems to be   
   >the popular standard right now going with either that or Thunderbolt seems   
   >to be a good plan for keeping the hardware usable for a good while.   
   >   
   Not having HDMI on the projector limits your ability to do Blu-Ray to a   
   computer.   
      
   Look for a A/V receiver that converts everything to component for the   
   projector, but use the VGA on the projector for the PC.   
      
   Route all your audio through the receiver.  You could possibly use the HDMI   
   out from the PC to the receiver to manage the audio, or use the analog audio   
   out from the PC and hook that to the receiver.   
      
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