Got my new projector
09-22-2005, 07:34 PM
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Got my new projector Totally off topic, but anyways...
I got a new projector today. I had some problems getting it cause it required a signature, so fed ex wouldn't just leave it and they were trying to deliver it while I was at work. So finally I got them to deliver it to my wife's work.
It's an Optoma H31 DLP projector. I ended up making my own screen. It ended up being 98" diag. 16:9 screen. I think that should be good enough
I made it that big, cause that was as tall as the material I made the screen out of is.
Time to go watch a movie
I got a new projector today. I had some problems getting it cause it required a signature, so fed ex wouldn't just leave it and they were trying to deliver it while I was at work. So finally I got them to deliver it to my wife's work.
It's an Optoma H31 DLP projector. I ended up making my own screen. It ended up being 98" diag. 16:9 screen. I think that should be good enough
I made it that big, cause that was as tall as the material I made the screen out of is.Time to go watch a movie
09-22-2005, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ackattack1
Totally off topic, but anyways...
I got a new projector today. I had some problems getting it cause it required a signature, so fed ex wouldn't just leave it and they were trying to deliver it while I was at work. So finally I got them to deliver it to my wife's work.
It's an Optoma H31 DLP projector. I ended up making my own screen. It ended up being 98" diag. 16:9 screen. I think that should be good enough I made it that big, cause that was as tall as the material I made the screen out of is.
Time to go watch a movie
I got a new projector today. I had some problems getting it cause it required a signature, so fed ex wouldn't just leave it and they were trying to deliver it while I was at work. So finally I got them to deliver it to my wife's work.
It's an Optoma H31 DLP projector. I ended up making my own screen. It ended up being 98" diag. 16:9 screen. I think that should be good enough
I made it that big, cause that was as tall as the material I made the screen out of is.Time to go watch a movie
09-22-2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ackattack1
"anodized red"
chrome
gloss black
a dusty blue color
I can get a lot more colors though.
chrome
gloss black
a dusty blue color
I can get a lot more colors though.
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Well my DVD player has DVI-D output and upconverts the DVD signal (that's the best signal I have running to it) The image quality of that is great! I can't tell any quality loss with the large size over anything else I've seen.
I used "black out" material for the screen. Apparently is supposed to be used for curtain backing to block light from coming through. Well since light doesn't come through, it pretty much reflects it back and looks great. The width of the material I got was like 54", so by the time I got it attached to the frame that I made, I ended up with 48" tall. I suppose I could have gotten 2-4 inches taller, but who really cares at this point.
I did a little research and found that they have some special paint that has certain reflective properties that is supposed to be good. One person made a cloth screen like I did and painted half of it, and left the other have plain material. From the picture he posted on the internet, there didn't seem much advantage of the paint over the plain material, and the paint was pretty spendy.
Oh yeah, last night we were watching tv, and my wife was cross-stiching, so we had the lights up about 3/4 of the way, and you could see the tv perfectly, so even with moderate ambiant light it still looked good.
I used "black out" material for the screen. Apparently is supposed to be used for curtain backing to block light from coming through. Well since light doesn't come through, it pretty much reflects it back and looks great. The width of the material I got was like 54", so by the time I got it attached to the frame that I made, I ended up with 48" tall. I suppose I could have gotten 2-4 inches taller, but who really cares at this point.
I did a little research and found that they have some special paint that has certain reflective properties that is supposed to be good. One person made a cloth screen like I did and painted half of it, and left the other have plain material. From the picture he posted on the internet, there didn't seem much advantage of the paint over the plain material, and the paint was pretty spendy.
Oh yeah, last night we were watching tv, and my wife was cross-stiching, so we had the lights up about 3/4 of the way, and you could see the tv perfectly, so even with moderate ambiant light it still looked good.
