Outdoor movie projector

genareddog

Does anyone have one? Do you use it? What do you have. I need details. My family is getting bigger and we love being outside. Oh, and I hate sitting outside trying to smoke and watching something on this iPad.

Patrickbrick

I have a tv in my garage where I smoke with full cable.  It's awesome!  Don't know much about projectors, but they do make tv's specifically for outdoors.

Hawkeye

A few of my friends have setups that they really like.  They have the inflatable screens with a decent projector.  I can ask for details and pictures from them.  They started projecting on the side of the side of their house but found having a real screen was preferred for picture quality and flexibility.

peter4jc

You may want to do a two-pronged attack, Larry; a TV for personal viewing while smoking, and a setup like Hawkeye mentioned for larger group parties/movie nights.

If you build it they will come.

Bob_Luken

There's this subdivision I drive past almost every night on my way home and the third house in from the main road has a large (two story) windowless brick wall (It's noticeable  because the next door neighbors security lighting illuminates the whole surface) and I always think to myself, "If that were my house, that would be a great surface for an outdoor movie projector party with the neighbors". 

genareddog

Patrickbrick said:

I have a tv in my garage where I smoke with full cable.  It's awesome!  Don't know much about projectors, but they do make tv's specifically for outdoors.

The outdoor tvs are pretty expensive and I am pretty cheap.

Patrickbrick

Sell the z and buy the tv.

Bob_Luken

It would be cool to buy an old film projector and show old Laurel and Hardy movies. 

Nevermind. I checked ebay. Might be more expensive than modern projectors

dirtdude

Amazon has some reasonably priced options.
https://www.amazon.com/QKK-2400Lumens-Mini-Projector-Smartphones/dp/B07HT969MR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548789463&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=outdoor+tv+screen+and+projector&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Projector-Screen-100inch-Projection-Activities/dp/B07L3LGSLN/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548789463&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=outdoor+tv+screen+and+projector&psc=1

Add a sound option and you are in the movie biz

Hawkeye

Patrickbrick said:

Sell the z and buy the tv.

What kind of Z are we talking about?

Yakster

Did this when the kids were younger and watching G rated movies.

If you don't have a handy wall to project the picture on to, you can do what I did.  I picked up four plastic covered metal garden stakes from the home improvement store to hold up a sheet.  I used two 7' or 8' stakes pounded into the ground and hose clamped small U-bolts near the top that I could use to hang the top pole on.  My Wife sewed the ends of the sheet so I could push a pole through the top and the bottom, I put a pole in the bottom but didn't attach it to the vertical poles so that if the wind started blowing the screen could move instead of taking everything down.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/allFENZ-7-ft-Polyethylene-Coated-Garden-Stakes-10-Pack-GSK-07/301432377

I've seen the inflatable screens and other commercial screens but I was looking to spend a lot less than what they wanted.  You could also hang a sheet from a clothes line, I hear that it's a popular way to watch movies while camping.

Patrickbrick

This kind.

Hawkeye

Oh fun! I have this kind.

genareddog

Patrickbrick said:

Sell the z and buy the tv.

Are you out of your **** mind!

Glock1975

dirtdude said:

Amazon has some reasonably priced options.
https://www.amazon.com/QKK-2400Lumens-Mini-Projector-Smartphones/dp/B07HT969MR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548789463&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=outdoor+tv+screen+and+projector&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Projector-Screen-100inch-Projection-Activities/dp/B07L3LGSLN/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548789463&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=outdoor+tv+screen+and+projector&psc=1

Add a sound option and you are in the movie biz

Please do not buy those. Junk. 

Stubble

I currently have an Optoma W335 3800 Lumens WXGA DLP Projector.  I've only had it a couple of months, and never used it outside.  It is mounted on my office/classroom ceiling.  I'm pleased with it so far.  For seven years I used a Vivitek D911.  It was great, but is no longer made.  FWIW...I think you get what you pay for in the projector market.