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| Lilwolf:
One more update... I took it apart last night to try to get it clearer... WOW what a difference! There was about 50 dials inside to adjust about everything. Man I !@# things up... I thought I shouldn't have touched any of them... Then I plugged my computer into it again.... and ran MK2 and pulled up the hatch screen test! WOW amazing how useful that was!!! Now I have figured out how to adjust just about everything! There is only one more trouble... I CANT move it in closer then 10 feet. Not a huge deal, but makes it so I can't use my projector screen (since it is slightly smaller).. but anyway, Now even starwars/asteroid games look good... and SF2, MK2, timepilot look AMAZING! |
| scottie4442:
I also have one of the LCD panel + Overhead Projector screens. I bought a freight damaged (durn if I can find anything wrong with it though) glass bead screens. with my setup I can watch TV, DVD, VCR and my kids play Playstation on it. I put about $600 into all together but I think it was well worth it, especially with the price of big screen TV's around $2000 now. I also used the www.DIYaudio.com, go to the video section and there is all kinds of advice for doing this. I thought about connecting my Mame machine to it bit I am using a 21 computer monitor in my cab and I find it plenty for me right now. We have had every kind of game from Playstation to Xbox to Nintendo to Playstation2 to my game computer hooked up to the projector and they all look great in that size, my screen is 8' x 6'. This is a great project for a console but again I don't think it would do MAME justice, besides one of the points of MAME is to look like the old arcade games that we know and love, right. Scott Adams |
| Howard_Casto:
Regarding a cheap screen solution..... Gesso might be the answer. You can apply it directly to the wall or on a stretched cloth. Get a matte gesso in either plain white or you can mix the white gesso with black (black is more expensive though) To make a darker surface.... be careful though as black gesso is very potient. A 1 to 10 mixture would give a very dark grey. As gesso is used to base coat paintings, it's bound to reflect the light back well. It always has for my artwork. |
| seaner:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on April 01, 2003, 07:28:53 am ---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! --- End quote --- AMEN! I have one of these coffee-table sized things in my basement too.. was a great novelty through university! Although with 20 year old picture tubes (yes, 3 tubes) it really could use some love... I'm planning on having a drive-in movie night this summer with it :) |
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