Outdoor movie projector
genareddog
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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.
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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."We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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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.Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.2
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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."I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis3 -
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".0
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The outdoor tvs are pretty expensive and I am pretty cheap.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.2 -
Sell the z and buy the tv."We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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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
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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 bizA little dirt never hurt0 -
What kind of Z are we talking about?Patrickbrick said:Sell the z and buy the tv.Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular.0 -
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.Join us on Zoom vHerf (Meeting # 2619860114 Password vHerf2020 )1 -
This kind.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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Oh fun! I have this kind.
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Are you out of your **** mind!Patrickbrick said:Sell the z and buy the tv.6 -
Please do not buy those. Junk.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
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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.Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?1
