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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about projectors cover a range of topics from home cinema hardware to DIY projection and multi-monitor setup issues. Users share experiences with specific models like the Optoma UHC70LV, a 4K Dolby Vision laser projector, and seek help connecting projectors to laptops for applications such as golf simulators. Troubleshooting threads address display configuration problems, including extending or duplicating screens across a projector and TV. Creative projects include turning a smartphone into a cinema projector and building a homemade batsignal. Advanced topics involve using Kinect sensors with projectors for augmented reality and holographic windows, referencing Microsoft Research projects like IllumiRoom and RoomAlive.
  1. ChatGPT

    Optoma UHC70LV: 5,000-Lumen 4K Dolby Vision Laser Projector for Premium Home Cinema

    The Optoma UHC70LV arrives as a bold statement: a high‑bright, Dolby Vision‑certified 4K laser projector aimed squarely at the premium home‑cinema buyer — and it largely delivers on that promise while exposing the inevitable trade‑offs of any specialist product in 2025. At the same time, recent...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  2. blksith0

    Windows 10 Change Screen Border Position

    Best way I can describe it is like if you've ever used a projector, and you're able to specify where the right edge should be, then the left edge, etc. Or, think to your old CRT monitor, where you could adjust the screen positions. Like that, but for my laptop, I really need that.
    • blksith0
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    • adjustments border wall display graphics laptop monitor position projector screen settings
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. whoosh

    VIDEO Homemade Batsignal Reaches the Clouds (and how to make an image projector for yourself!)

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    Windows 10 Muliple monitors issue

    I have an HP Pavilion B&O with only one HDMI port. I am trying to run a projector for a golf sim and a TV with both showing exactly what is on the laptop screen. I have no issue getting the projector to work. And I can get the TV working with either a display adaptor off the USB port or WIFI off...
    • Nas
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    • desktop display display adapter golf simulator graphics driver hdmi hp pavilion monitor setup multi-monitor network issues projector resolution usb windows settings wireless display
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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    Windows 10 Re: Display won't 'Show only on 2'

    Hi, tldr; The new WQHD (3440 x 1440) monitor I bought yesterday isn't projecting its resolution from my laptop properly. ----- The laptop spec's : cant show you bc I cant link The monitor: cant show you bc I cant link ----- I bought a new desktop monitor. I own a laptop as PC. I am using...
    • isthisforumworking
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    • compatibility content issues desktop display distortion failure graphics hardware laptop monitor multi-monitor output performance projector resolution settings single display troubleshooting user experience wqhd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. News

    DIY: Turn Your Smartphone into a Cinema Projector

    Turn your smartphone into a mega-sized, video streaming theater. read more Continue reading...
    • News
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    • cinema diy gadgets home setup mobile projector smartphone streaming tech tips theater
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  7. News

    VIDEO RoomAlive Toolkit & Hacking Augmented Reality with Kinect

    We've mentioned IllumiRoom and RoomAlive before, but at Build 2015 there was a dedicated session AND the release of the RoomAlive Toolkit too! Link Removed IllumiRoom (Link Removed) demonstrated how projection mapping can enhance entertainment. RoomAlive (Link Removed) prototyped turning any...
    • News
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    • augmented reality calibration dynamicobjects entertainment github immersive interactive kinect mathnet microsoft research network projection projector roomalive sensors sharpdx source code toolkit tutorial visual studio
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  8. News

    Holographic Window using Kinect V2

    I found today's project via Link Removed Link Removed and once I watched the video, there was no question about me highlighting it here as soon as possible... While Hololens might make this look like child's play, we don't have them yet and we DO have Kinect's... :) Real life Portal; a...
    • News
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  9. M

    Windows 7 Dual Monitors Cannot Be Recognized at the Same Time

    I have a VAIO laptop running Windows 7 with two monitors connected. One monitor is connected through the VGA port, the other is connected to the HDMI port. Both monitors are identical, and the one that is connected to the HDMI port is connected using an HDMI/VGA adaptor. I've been trying to set...
    • Myriam
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    • adapter control panel display settings display technology error message extended display graphics driver hdmi laptop monitor setup multi-monitor peripheral projector resolution troubleshooting vaio vga video output windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  10. News

    Second screen or Projector mode does not persist after you close and reopen a laptop lid

    More...
    • News
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    • configuration display laptop persistent projector second screen settings troubleshooting user experience windows
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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    Windows 7 Can't Start games in Windows 7

    Hi, i recently wiped my HDD and re-installed Windows 7, i then installed all the necessary audio and video drivers e.t.c My problem is that games that worked before the wipe have now stopped, such as Civilization 5, Command and Conquer and Dawn of War DirectX has been upgraded, my graphics...
    • Venomouspain
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    • civilization 5 command and conquer compatibility dawn of war directx games graphics driver hdd installation launch issues process projector resolution safe mode troubleshooting update windows 7
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. T

    Windows 7 bad pool header

    I'm getting a BSOD on an acer aspire one d255e netbook running windows 7 starter 32 bit. It read "bad pool header" and occurs about 2 minutes after the netbook boots windows. Problem originated when the netbook was connected to a projector. When the projector was disconnected it crashed. The PC...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Multiple Displays

    Hi There I Currently Have A Nvidia 9800 GX2 and i am trying to duplicate displays over my computer monitor and a projector in another room to watch films on. both the projector and monitor have shown up in the nvidia control panel and the windows 7 "personalisation" options i can get the...
    • TheJoker14
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    • desktop duplication display settings driver issues dual display monitor nvidia projector resolution vga cables windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  14. News

    When a network projector is connected to a Windows 7-based computer, some desktop areas are not disp

    Describes a problem in which some areas of the desktop of a Windows 7-based computer are not displayed when you use a network projector. Link Removed
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    • desktop display network problem projector windows 7
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
  15. News

    Switching from an HDMI TV device while playing a game may result in audio output lost on Windows 7

    Consider the following scenario: You have two displays and one supports audio through an HDMI connection. •You are playing a game on dual display mode or projector only display mode •You switch from the active display which supports video and audio to... Link Removed
    • News
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    • audio output display issues dual display gaming hdmi projector troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
  16. News

    When the network projector is connected with Windows 7, all screens of PC are not displayed.

    When you connect a Windows 7 machine to a network projector, parts of desktop may not be forwarded to the network projector. For Example, the Start button may appear as a black square. Link Removed
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    • desktop display graphics issues network projector resolution start button windows 7
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
  17. Y

    Windows 7 Windows 7 lenovo x201 bsod when connected to projector

    Hi All, Please help me determine what is causing my laptop to BSOD after a few minutes of inactivity while connected to projector. Attached is the dmp file. Thanks for your excellent work!:redface::redface::redface: Yrich
  18. S

    Windows 7 Laptop audio connection to projector

    The sound from external speakers is muffled unless I pull the connecting-wire plug halfway out of the laptop's audio port. But when I do that the cable doesn't stay in place unless I hold it. What explains this? What is the fix? Details: I have a Dell Studio 15, with Windows 7 64bit, video...
    • StanH
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    • audio cable issues connection dell studio high definition audio laptop muffled audio projector speakers windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  19. S

    Windows 7 second monitor looses image

    Windows 7 Ultimate + NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (latest drivers): A simple Infocus X16 projector (no drivers) as second monitor looses the image after a view minutes following setup. Till than it works as supposed. When I try to go into the advanced settings of the 2 display it blacks out for a...
    • shywss
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    • display settings drivers geforce image loss nvidia projector resolution secondary monitor troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  20. reghakr

    VIDEO Behold the laptop of the future!

    Anything is possible What will laptops look like in five years? Ten? Predicting future tech trends is always tricky, but these notebook concepts from both PC makers and straight-up tech fans provide a few clues as to what could lie ahead. Link Removed due to 404 Error Designer Hao Hua's...
    • reghakr
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    • concept design display dual display flexible foldable future holographic innovation laptop oled display portability projector prototyping stylus tablet technology trends usb virtual
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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