Wii, Wii, Wii all the way home

Jeremy Jones — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:09:00 +0000

Well this was an interesting Christmas this year. I didn’t think the Wii was that cool so I decided not to try to get one on release day. But I was wrong really wrong. After hearing a few people talk about it I wanted one. But I wasn’t the only one, my girlfriend really wanted one too. She wanted to go on release day, boy should I have listened but I’m a guy I’m not suppose to listen. So I thought the perfect Christmas gift would be to get her one for Christmas. Well me and the rest of the world wanted one for Christmas. So 3 weeks before Christmas my brother and I went around to all the local electronics stores, best buy, circuit city, toys r us, and target. All of them said they would have them that Sunday. So we planned to get up early and try and get one. Well we woke up early about 5 to get to the stores early. I left the house and we did a quick drive by of all the stores. Toys R Us had the smallest line at about 10. So we went there. We got there around 6 in the morning. A very cold morning at 13 degrees. And wouldn’t you know it that at 5 when I woke up I wouldn’t think to but on warm cloths. I had jeans a tee shirt and a coat that people in Florida would call their winter coat. My brother wasn’t much smarter but he at least had a sweatshirt on. And I know you are probably laughing but I don’t think clear at 9 let alone 5 in the morning.

Well we waited and waited and the end result is we both got a Wii. I couldn’t feel my feet, face and hands but I had a Wii. The problem is that I had to keep this a secret until Christmas. I had the hottest toy of the year and I couldn’t tell anyone. So I gave it to my parents and had them hide it from me. She was really surprised with the gift and wanted to know how we found them. I told her the about story and of course I’m an idiot for not wearing warm cloths. But she loved the gift and we have been playing it a lot. We actually went to the building I work at to play it on the projector. Below are the pictures of it. It wasn’t our biggest projection screen but it was better than our 42 inch TV at home. We have a huge projection screen but it is in a lecture hall and the seating makes it difficult for me to play tennis. Enjoy your Wii if you have them, because I sure am enjoying ours. If you don’t have one get one. It was well worth the price.

That first picture is so you can see how big the screen is. Not the biggest ever but plenty big to play some Wii Sports and some excite truck. Oh and excite truck is great if you haven’t played it.

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DIY: $6 Projector Screen

Jeremy Jones — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:59:00 +0000

Well I wanted to show my parents the possibilities of a projector system vs. standard TV. Well like most people’s house they don’t have a single white wall in the house. So I had to come up with something to show the movie on. I had a few ideas but what I decided on was a drop cloth from Walmart. It was only $6.46, and I was willing to spend the money to try it out. I was actually very surprised with the look of the picture on it. The only problem I seen was with bright color text on a black background. Since the drop cloth was bright white it made the bright colors on black blurry around the edges. Once the movie started I couldn’t tell at all of the colors blurring. The picture looked really sharp.

This is the screen hanging in the doorway. Yes I know there are some wrinkles in it. But I didn’t think I could iron the fabric. I hung it and put some wait on it now so next time I use it the wrinkles should be gone. But during the movie you couldn’t even tell there were wrinkles in it.

This is another shot of the screen. I don’t know the actual size. Big sounds like a close estimate.

This is a shot of the movie. As you can see the colors look good. The white has a blur to it like I said before. But while the movie is going you can’t even notice it. The blur comes from the bright white fabric is a little reflective.

Here is another shot while the movie was going. This scene had many colors so I choose it. It looks really good.

I took this picture because of the white lettering. You can see the blur around the letters. And you can also see that I moved slightly when I took the picture. So there are two lines of text. I had the camera in night mode, so no flash, it opens the shutter longer to get the light. So don’t blame the two lines of text on the projector it was my non-steady hand.

This is a picture of the projector screen and a Sony 42″ rear projection TV. As you can see the brightness levels are almost the same. But for a few thousand less you can buy a projector and a $6 screen.

Overall I was really happy with the screen. Especially for $6. The drop cloth was 18 by 12. I folded it to that size that is shown in the pictures. Plus the fabric is kinda thin so by folding it in a fourth there was more behind it so the light wouldn’t go right through. The projector I used was a Dell 2400MP. I used a Macbook to send the signal to the projector. The projector was in 4:3 and in movie mode. I used all the defaults for movie mode, no change of color settings. And since my parents don’t have a stereo setup I used a set of computer speakers for the sound. It was no 7.1 surround sound but it worked.

Directions:

1. Go to walmart by a drop cloth.
2. Fold it to the desired size.
3. I used some tacs to hold it to the wall. You could use tape if you like.
4. Turn on the projector and enjoy the show.

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Wii, Wii, Wii all the way home

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