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NickG:

--- Quote from: Drnick on November 18, 2011, 07:42:22 pm ---I like your thinking, Problems I see would be the distance back from screen you would have to have in order to get the right width.

Then you would have to work a way to  block out the top and bottom parts of the projection (22" across would be about 11" tall if in a widescreen resolution).  finally you would have to create all the images. 

So yeah, feasible.  Let us know how it looks if you do it :)



 

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re: blocking/images -> You can simply use a frontend or similar to scale/fit marquees,etc to a designated frame within black background to match your viewing surface and paint or felt your interior to avoid washout.  I made the projector one mentioned before.  I did this during the first era of smaller led projectors.  Now that there even cheaper projectors, what I would/may do differently is to use two smaller projectors side by side to reduce throw ratio and brightness problems.  My first attempt uses mirrors and the beam has to cross itself in the small space, which I think is less than ideal for transmission of contrast. 

ark_ader:
How many games is the marquee need to display?

Why not use a roller blind method and have all the marquees printed on vinyl?

I'm sure some bright spark could figure out the mechanics of it.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on November 19, 2011, 12:21:32 pm ---How many games is the marquee need to display?

Why not use a roller blind method and have all the marquees printed on vinyl?

I'm sure some bright spark could figure out the mechanics of it.

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This is what I came into this topic thinking.

Gray_Area:
Sometimes I just have to laugh at how novel the 'search' function is. On that note, there's no law about cabinet design resembling classic machines.

darthpaul:
And I just had a new Marquee printed up but now you have me thinking.

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