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I want to do movie nights in the neighborhood. Recommend projector setups? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works to c/recommendations@lemmy.world

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I have never owned a projector and I'm not an audio- or cinephile. I often have neighbors over at the fire pit, and showing a movie would be fun sometimes.

Recommend a luggable projector setup? I don't mind it being cabled to power or input - I'm not going far from the house. I was thinking I might build a little cart to store and deploy it easily. I see battery powered and lightweight units which are great I'm sure, but I don't need to pay extra for those features.

I'm also looking for info on projector screens. Sadly, there's no suitable place to mount one so it'll need to be on a stand or something too.

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[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Get a projector with at least 1080p actual output resolution.

Most entry level ones have terrible lenses which means you'll need to experiment a bit with how high you'll mount them cause they need to be dead on to display properly, otherwise half the screen will be blurry. I highly recommend a cheap aluminum camera tripod with a center collumn for height adjustment.

For screen I bought a white roller blind for like 8 bucks from a home supplies store and mounted it by passing a string through the tube and tying the ends to whatever worked best. In terms of picture quality it's exactly the same, but if you can afford an actual projection screen and haul it around then do that.

For sound I would recommend a battery powered Bluetooth speaker because they're cheap and easy to carry, but you may experience a slight sound delay which can be solved with a 3.5mm aux cable in the aux port.

My final suggestion is to get a used Nintendo Wii with sports and a couple of controllers, endless fun for the right crowd.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate the tips!

You're talking about how a projector throws out a trapezoid instead of a rectangle if it's above or below the screen, right? I didn't know that would impact the picture quality - I understood that you could adjust the shape of the image.

My reading suggests that a DLP projector is probably brighter than an LCD, so I'm thinking I should go with DLP. LASER sounds good but too expensive.

I have a WII, and you're on a good track, that would be fun as heck.

[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Normally the trapezoid shape can be corrected, but on the really cheap models I wouldn't count on it working that well.

You could also look at your local second hand markets for a better quality one at a reasonable price, but make sure to check if replacement lamps are available and if they're easy to replace on the particular model.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

That's a great idea, thank you!

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