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shardian:
I showed Monster House last Halloween. I of course also did Hallowindow - which is officially a yearly tradition! The Hallowindow setup is perfect for outdoor movies. I was never comfortable with bringing expensive equipment outside.

This summer? Yeah I might do a movie here and there. Since I got the arcade set up, the neighborhood kids keep bugging us to throw parties. With the double door opening and/or the new large shed, I have a few more very good places to project an image. I would use the face of the building for violent PG-13/R rated stuff, since it would be contained to only my backyard.

I'm glad you brought this up so I could brainstorm about it a bit more. :)

ChadTower:
Don't brainstorm too long - check these speakers out!  I just picked up a pair to use on the "rollout movie cart" I'm planning.

shardian:
What's the point of all-weather speakers on a cart, if none of the electronics ALSO on the cart are all-weather?

ChadTower:
Not a ton... but 80% off is its own point.   ;D  See if you can find better fully housed speakers for $50/pair.

The main advantage here is that these come with nice mounting hardware from what I can tell.  I use Cambridge Soundworks speakers for the home theater in the house - so I know I like the sound. 

ChadTower:

Today's annoying Freecycle post:


--- Quote ---We are hoping to have outside movie night with the kids this summer to keep costs down. Does anyone have projection equipment we could use for this purpose? Also a projection screen would be great too.. 

--- End quote ---



It's not like I've put in dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars to get to where we can do this easily...   :banghead:  Why didn't I think of just asking Freecycle for an expensive projector, a laptop, a screen, and a sound system?   :banghead:

BTW, the movie projection cart I mentioned before is finished now.  Picked up a small a/v rack at a yard sale, modded it with wheels, added some side supports for extra stability and a place to hang the speakers, mounted the speakers, attached an outlet strip.  On it is a 5.1 receiver, a modded Xbox, the projector, and one empty shelf for a second video source we we want to use the Tivo or another console instead.  I can put up a pic if anyone is interested.  I haven't tried these speakers outdoors yet but they sound really good at high volumes inside.

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