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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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