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February 12th, 2006, 14:44
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego
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|  So I got my CRT projector...
Picked it up for an astronomically cheap price in Fargo. And eventually need a few guys to help mount it to the ceiling (sssh, don't tell the apartment management LOL). It weighs 151 lbs... Can't wait to have movie nights at my house    
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February 12th, 2006, 14:50
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lol thats EXACTLY the same model we have in our house!!! took rails drilled into 4 joists each to hold the thing up :-p |
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February 12th, 2006, 15:10
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I'd like to see how you mounted yours! I need ideas.
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February 12th, 2006, 16:56
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i will snag some pictures of the install this afternoon for you. we put it on rails so we could adjust it forward/backward before screwing it down tight, also yeah, distributes the weight over 4 studs... our downstairs livingroom is honestly not big enough for the projector, as we have to focus it alllll the way down to its nearest setting, and then jimmy the lenses with wedging shims in the corners to get a nice focus on our screen. hope you have a LOT of space for it, that thing wants to project LARGE. |
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February 12th, 2006, 16:57
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Nice. The picture on that thing must be pretty nice. I've got a much smaller BENQ 6210 DLP projector that I have projecting on to a 100" by 100" bed sheet(pretty gettho I know) I use it for movies and flight sim as well and it is awsome. I figure go BIG or go home |
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February 12th, 2006, 19:11
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According to PJ Calc software it'll project a 7.5 foot wide image roughly, with the proposed throw distance. Very unfortunately the living room will only allow me to place the projector at the narrow part of the room, otherwise I'd be projecting on a screen placed in front of the sliding glass door.
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February 12th, 2006, 22:48
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install pictures. [img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7586/dscf31040qf.th.jpg] [img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7581/dscf31035ft.th.jpg] [img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9636/dscf31077xy.th.jpg] [img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2872/dscf31066qc.th.jpg] [img=http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/4853/dscf31051id.th.jpg] currently disconnected though because we're going to move it up a bit to get a better focus. right now it sits nicely at the back of the room, but i guess its going to have to live in the middle :-\ |
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February 13th, 2006, 00:15
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http://www.curtpalme.com/MountingMethods.htm
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February 13th, 2006, 05:01
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Give me a call if you still need help putting that thing up. 151 pounds??? Yikes! Call me anyway if you dont. I want to see that thing in action. 
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February 13th, 2006, 11:29
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February 13th, 2006, 15:52
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"that's a huge bitch!"
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February 13th, 2006, 20:53
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You'll hafta come over and take a look at it anyway, this things is pretty cool.
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February 13th, 2006, 20:54
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February 13th, 2006, 23:04
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oh yeah, and then theres going out to the shop at 3am and dj'ing on soundsystems that can fill the alerus :-p Quote:
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February 16th, 2006, 14:55
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 Hell YEAH that stuff was amazing when I saw it.
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