Can the home theater experts please explain this product for me?
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Can the home theater experts please explain this product for me?
It certainly appears to fit squarly in the WAY to good to be true catagory. I've never seen one or heard about them.<ul><li><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309631335">Is this for real?</a></li></ul>
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hahaha, I made one of these YEARS ago to project cg animations
on the walls for parties and such we used to throw. The quality isn't nearly as good as what he's describing but with a good quality lense it's watchable. I wouldn't take it over a real widescreen tv or projetor but it will work. It's all about the quality of the lense really. There are many issues that go into making this thing that he doesn't mention though. focus issues at the edges, etc. It was a neat toy at the time because a pc projector would cost you about 10k. With a good quality lense you could read text well and play games on the wall. This was without a real drop screen too. Again, a toy but nothing I would seriously look at to replace my widescreen HT setup.
If you are a Pc gamer or gamer in general it would be a good cheap way to get soem big screen gaming at a VERY low price.
If you are a Pc gamer or gamer in general it would be a good cheap way to get soem big screen gaming at a VERY low price.
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so you build somesort of box, put your tv in it, then put this lens on the front and project TV...
on the wall? where do you put your tv-in-a-box?
i'm having difficulty conceptualizing how this works.
as with any front projector, there needs to be close to no light in the room for images to not look washed out, right?
i'm having difficulty conceptualizing how this works.
as with any front projector, there needs to be close to no light in the room for images to not look washed out, right?
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Yes, it seems his version you actually place the TV inside the
box that you make. The version I made fit over the front of your computer monitor and could be moved back and forth to adjust the focus. I'm not quite sure how you would adjust that with his design.
As far as the image looking washed out, a lot of it depends on the lense you use. The better the lense the better it's going to project the light from your tv. But yes, as with any projector you want it to be as dark as possible. Even the cheap one I made was usable in very dimly lit rooms.
As far as the image looking washed out, a lot of it depends on the lense you use. The better the lense the better it's going to project the light from your tv. But yes, as with any projector you want it to be as dark as possible. Even the cheap one I made was usable in very dimly lit rooms.
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