Hi im new to the forums but semi-experienced in lcd projection. anyway im having a problem with my crappy xg and i want to fix it. on the left of evry shape theres a faded transparent outline of red. and on the right theres a faded outline of green. I was thinking it was maybe convergence that i needed to deal with but i noticed that all the red was in the right place when there was something red on screen, what could be doing this? please help i know it's crappy so dont tell me to buy a new one. im on a limited income. thanks in advance, -Dan

[QUOTE=Brendan McManus|Jan 30, 2006 2:20:46 AM] Have you had any luck getting your answer? I have the same problem. New bulb and the unit still will not turn on. [/QUOTE] I have the same problem. New bulb and still no power. It was working fine . I checked the glass fuse on the power supply and it's fine. Nothing happening. Can anyone help?

Hello i'm new here! I just bought a Sharp XG-3500U projector off Ebay for about $300. The bulb has 533 hours on it and overall I think I got a pretty good deal. I've been researching this model for awhile and it looks like in it's day back around the late 90's it was a pretty high end model. Specifically it looks like it was targeted at conference rooms and not so much home theater. However I have read quite a few reviews of people using these in home theaters with great success. So my questions are. 1. Do you guys think I got a good deal? 2. Is the 1500 lumens this projector puts out sufficient for home theater with little or no ambient light? 3. What is the best way to hook it up? I probably wont use the audio inputs much but for video should I use S-Video out of my dvd player into the projector? This model does not have standard RCA inputs for video. There is another input besides S-Video but I have never seen it before. Any help would be appreciated!! I've lurked around here for awhile and you guys seem to really know your stuff! btw- I will probably just project movies onto a wall for the time being. I also plan on using it in the summer at parties. Perhaps projecting movies on to the side of a barn or house.