Home theater? $200? Possible!
Posted: May 29th 2003, 1:35 am
Maybe this goes into "Your So-Called Life" or "Everything Else", I dunno.
Anyways, backstory, before the pictures. I learned that you can take an overhead projector, and one of those lcd panels that people used to use for presentations, and hook it up to a tv, vcr, or computer, and have your own home theater.
Used LCD panel $130.
Broken (and then fixed) overhead projector: FREE
Bulb for projector: $20
http://my.imaginationispower.com/images/DCP_1444_2.jpg
http://my.imaginationispower.com/images/DCP_1445_2.jpg
(they're a bit misleading, I had to do a 16 sec timer, but with a white sheet behind, it'll be the perfect brightness.)
The fact that I now have my own drive-in theater: PRICELESS.
Seriously though, I'd been using it off and on just on my wall, with a screensize of about 3' by 4'. Its pretty fun when I hook my old school playstation up to it and crank up the Tony Hawk 2.
Equally cool is watching the Matrix 4' wide.
But just tonight I tried out the garage door. With a sheet as a backdrop, its going to totally ROCK. I can't wait to start watching movies on the big screen. AT HOME. I would have never thought I could have something like this for under $200. Seriously, I'm psyched!
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On a side note: whats the best way to get rid of macrovision protection? When I hook up my dvd player to the projector, the macrovision kicks in. Does anyone have a solution for this? Attaching it through my vcr, and then to the projector works ok, but I'd rather not do that.
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Ok, let your jealous drooling commence :
Anyways, backstory, before the pictures. I learned that you can take an overhead projector, and one of those lcd panels that people used to use for presentations, and hook it up to a tv, vcr, or computer, and have your own home theater.
Used LCD panel $130.
Broken (and then fixed) overhead projector: FREE
Bulb for projector: $20
http://my.imaginationispower.com/images/DCP_1444_2.jpg
http://my.imaginationispower.com/images/DCP_1445_2.jpg
(they're a bit misleading, I had to do a 16 sec timer, but with a white sheet behind, it'll be the perfect brightness.)
The fact that I now have my own drive-in theater: PRICELESS.
Seriously though, I'd been using it off and on just on my wall, with a screensize of about 3' by 4'. Its pretty fun when I hook my old school playstation up to it and crank up the Tony Hawk 2.
Equally cool is watching the Matrix 4' wide.
But just tonight I tried out the garage door. With a sheet as a backdrop, its going to totally ROCK. I can't wait to start watching movies on the big screen. AT HOME. I would have never thought I could have something like this for under $200. Seriously, I'm psyched!
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On a side note: whats the best way to get rid of macrovision protection? When I hook up my dvd player to the projector, the macrovision kicks in. Does anyone have a solution for this? Attaching it through my vcr, and then to the projector works ok, but I'd rather not do that.
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Ok, let your jealous drooling commence :