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| Lilwolf:
Well, I just traded a 1ghz athlon for the item to start my next project. A TV projector! One of the older ones (not a small desktop newer ones, but it's a big)... but it works pretty good. Still trying to get a little better clerity.... But man its fun playing SF games on a 9 foot screen (wall). 3d games are a blast also! Now I am going to build a pedistal cabinet over it, and just have it project onto the wall. The only trouble is you can only play at night (until I get better shades in the office...). Or I have to get my cocktail table built! But I'm excited! |
| Frostillicus:
I see those every now and then at the college salvage - does it have the three giant lenses for RGB? I always find an excuse not to pick it up(usually $$$). That's cool you got one to work - heh you could make the worlds biggest cocktail cab and have it mounted on the ceiling pointing straight down on the floor :) I can see it now: "hey stop standing on the screen! I'm trying to kick some SF @ss here!" |
| gajaman:
I borrow the projector from work fairly regularly for "boys nights". Mame is fun but the classic games don't lend themselves to such a big screen. What is most fun is the PS2. GT3 etc on a huge screen are great. For the next session, now that I have access to 2 PS2's we are going to try and "borrow" 2 projectors for big screen two player action. Must get out more, must get out more, must... |
| Lilwolf:
I know what you mean about some games better then others. Pacman for instance kinds stinks. You can really see the jaggy edges in it. Asteroids was hard to see, but fun. Any game that fills up looks better. (ie, not white lines on black). UT2003 was SWEET! it gave me a motion sickness! CrazyTaxi is also pretty sweet!. Anything that needs real resolution to play kinda sucks (so far). So I am trying to figure out what games are worth it. Clarity is now what I'm working on. I got it MUCH better then before. Now I need to get a better wall and see if I can open it and do any hand adjusting on the individual colors. Anyway, new toy! |
| clok:
I have a big Screen projector myself, but I use a computer LCD and a Overhead. Screen is crystal clear and i built the whole thing for under $150. Question for you, what type of Screen are you using? This has been the place I have been adjustiong mine. First I used a white wall (worked but not great), then some Shinny paper from a friend who works at a local printing company (It hotspoted bad, (shinny spots where light is more intense)), so I turned it around to the dull side. This works pretty well, but I see a Screen with some real "gain" is the way to go. This weekend I plan on trying a new one (idea from another DIY forum) a Bedsheet stretched over a frame and painted with some gray, possibley shiny gray paint. I could just go spend $200 on a screen, but that would spoil the "I did it for cheap" thing. Post some Pics of it in action!, I will as soon as i get my new screen done. My screen is only 8'X4' ( perfect for DVD's) I do enjoy some PSX2 stuff on it also. Clok |
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