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Outdoor movie screen
jfunk:
koz is right. Outside, the noise isn't much at all. If you put it inside though (if you have room), it's kind of obnoxious :)
-Jason
shardian:
Luckily the weather cleared up in time for movie night. We were getting really bad T-storms until about 7 or so. I leveled out the screen and it went great. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics. We had 10 or so people over and everyone LOVED it. People walk up to me at church I don't even really know and say "Hey, your the guy with the arcade and movie screen, right?" It's awesome.
About 20 minutes into the movie, the wind started kicking up. I saw the screen lurch forward then back at least 1-2 feet both ways. My stomach did a few sickening flips, but the screen held up wonderfully to mild wind. Probably 10-15 mph.
shardian:
Oh, and I've decided to keep the screen fully assembled in my gameroom against the wall for the rest of the season. This way, it takes all of 2 minutes to pull it out the door and set it on the legs. Same for taking it down. I can do it by myself, but it is safer with 2 people.
shardian:
I just remembered something from Saturday night that was awesome. The back patio is right off of my gameroom, and you have to walk through the gameroom to get to the food/bathroom in the basement. I killed all the lights in the gameroom, but left all the games on. Whenever I walked into the gameroom during the movie, it felt EXACTLY like walking into the old gameroom/snack bar of the drive-in theater's of my youth. Every time I walked in, I was brought back to the smells, sights, and sensations of being a kid. I'd just stare at my games for a minute or 2 before walking on to what I was doing. It was the absolute best part of the whole experience.
It also made it painfully obvious that fixing the marquee and coin door lights in some of my games has become a priority.
shardian:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 13, 2009, 11:33:18 am ---It also made it painfully obvious that fixing the marquee and coin door lights in some of my games has become a priority.
--- End quote ---
Marquee lights - check!
The Narc and JK are MAME, so I need to make wiring harnesses to plug into the power supply of the PC's. That or hack a wall wart. The CP glass on the Xevious has had the light wiring cut. I have the wiring, I just need to pull the game out to run the new power cord. Coincidentally, I figured out why the speakers and colors were all messed up - the pcb had fallen off the old mounting feet in the cab and the jamma harness was loose. I reached through the coin door and got the harness back on right - so now the game is 100% again. Sweet! It's amazing what you can accomplish when you get a free 30 minutes in the gameroom. :)
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