Ok so I bought a 100" TV

[ShawnReeves]

You know, those 100" Tv plans from Ebay where you use a magnified lense to project the picture on the wall.
Has anyone else here built and used this crazy setup??? My wife thought I was crazy until I showed her the screen shots.
If you have any tips...LMK!

Heres a Link for the screenshots. 100" TV

 

[joohang]

Sounds cool. Any linkies?

 

[ShawnReeves]

Added the link. Mods let me know if I need to remove it.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[TallBill]

someone finally had to bite the bullet and try one of those suckers out

 

[d1abolic]

I heard those things are trash. Then again the lens is probably worth 2 bucks

 

[joohang]

Sounds too good to be true.

Share your experiences please.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< I heard those things are trash. Then again the lens is probably worth 2 bucks >>



Yeah...but look at that shipping though

 

[Sluggo]

Well damn, let us know how it turns out.

 

[ShawnReeves]

I figured for about $20 it might be worth trying. Hopefully Im not the only one on this board to ever buy this contraption. lol

If it doesnt work then I just take the lense down to a Nursing home and donate it for better reading.

 

[Time2Kill]

B.S.TV

Not a total scam....but you can get all the plans you need for free, and could of bought the lens yourself for $2 or $3

 

[Chrono]

sounds pretty funny
hehehe
wtf
2 bucks for a magnifier or something that outputs to 100" ?
i think not
i think they're actually using a real projector

 

[Nefrodite]

bah i dont' see how it'll work with a tube tv. not sure how it would work with a projection tv anyways, you need more source light then is created by eithe.

 

[ShawnReeves]

Well if you read about the Fresnel Lens and how its works it really makes sense. This is the way old light houses used this method to make a light much brighter! Kinda neat really.


Thanks for the Links T2K...they will really come in handy.

 

[Gunbuster]

we have had 2 or 3 of these threads, everyones 100" TV must RoXer so much they never post back about how well spent their $20 to ebay or webshop shysters was

 

[ShawnReeves]

Trust me if it Sux I'll let EVERYONE know!!!

 

[wyvrn]

Interesting.

 

[xero940]

Heh...I actually built one of these things, and I have to say:

It's not a hoax...they actually do what they say they're going to do, and it looks pretty kick-ass in a big room...problem is, the projection does NOTHING to maintain the TV's brightness; as a result, the "100 inch TV" is USELESS without a dark room to use it in...but rest assured, for the time you spend BS'ing making the box, it's so cool playing a DVD in all of it's glory on the "big screen"...it's almost like being at the movies, with none of the smelly fat people