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Archive for March 10th, 2010

Projector Screens

Before you buy a screen for your home theater be sure to put your projector through a projection calculator and measure the distance that your projector will be away from the screen. Be sure to put in the correct aspect ratio for example 16:9. For example a 45″ x 80″ screen is 45″ high by 80″ wide.

The diagonal measurement will be 92″ which means the measurement from corner to corner of this screen. Your projectors throw distance capabilities will determine the size of your screen based on how much distance that you have to work with. There are many different types of screens that include manual electric fixed. The most common aspect ratio’s are 4:3 and 16:9. Manufacturers include DaLite Draper and Elite. Electric screens can be operated with a remote or wired to a 3way switch. Manual screens are pulled down by hand and fixed screens are hung flat on a wall surface.

Recessed screens are mounted inside the ceiling space and come out electronically through doors that are flush with the ceiling. Tripod screens are portable screens that can be easily transported from one place to another. Portable movie screens have cases that hold the screen and are pulled up from the floor. Outdoor movie screens are usually inflatable screens that are setup with an air compressor. Screens come in many different sizes that range for 40″ x 40″ all the way up to 24′ x 24′. Fast fold screens come with a metal frame and a frame surface that snaps to the frame.

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How Do I Choose My Domain Name?

There are a number of issues to consider when creating a domain name for your website. It’s important to pay attention to these issues and to consider them carefully because your choice of domain name will affect your rank on search engines.

If you are naming a domain for a business that you are starting you might want to strongly consider using your brand name as the domain’s title. A great deal of stress is sometimes placed on obtaining a generic domain name but in reality it’s more important to have a domain that reflects your specific product or brand name. A user and potential customer is more likely to think of specific brand names than to type in some generic term such as “servers.com.”

Once you’ve got a potential name don’t get your hopes up too high. Unless you’ve chosen a fairly unique name it is most likely already taken. Coming up with an original and fairly short domain name has become quite difficult in the past couple years. Don’t worry if you can’t come up with a short and meaningful name however. It can sometimes be better if you have a slightly longer domain name. Never give up the meaning in your domain just to have a shorter name. The longer address will serve you much better if it makes more sense and is easier to remember.

What should you do if you can’t get the address you want? There are a couple of possible solutions. First of all you could add “the” or “my” or even a hyphen to the name. Another potential solution is to use an alternate domain such as .net .org or a country specific identifier.

There are varying schools of thought on each of these methods. Adding in prefixes to your domain such as “the” may work but be sure to be consistent whenever you mention your domain or you’ll end up sending people to the wrong place. Domains other than .com can be used but there are a couple of points to remember about them. People are more used to typing in “.com” and if they aren’t sure about your web address they may not think to use any of the alternatives. There are also some people that will tell you that search engines look at addresses in the .com domain first listing all of the others only after those have been visited.

What you must be careful of is registering a domain name which already belongs to a registered operating company. This is called cybersquatting and it is illegal because the name is a trademark.

Hyphens can be a quick solution to a domain name that is already taken but they are generally advised against. A hyphen is very easy to forget and a great deal of your users may find themselves at the hyphenless version. It is usually better to bite the bullet and think of another domain name than to risk using a hyphen.

Good luck obtaining the domain name you want!

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