MY Home theater outdoors

[kiss_alive]

Sense i don't have the room for a theater in the house why not move it outside. its still under construction but heres whats been done

junkcollecter/my backyard theater

the screen frame is 12x8 made out of PVC.the screen itself will be white canvise drop cloth(cream color actually)

[chlngr1970]

Cool...

What else do you plan to use? Projector? AVR? Sppeakers?

Inquiring minds ( iguanna man anyway ) want to know!



j

[kiss_alive]

the projector is a boxlight cp-300t sound system is a panasonic turntable am/fm stereo with AUX inputs with a pair of thuster speakers by panasonic. sounds great did a test run in my garage.

[EM3]

Lookin good! Keep up the good work.

[kiss_alive]

i hope to pickup a canvas drop cloth for the screen(cream color). and a grommet kit Tuesday and when ever theres a nice weekend get this thing running.

[kiss_alive]

got the cloth from home depot. 11.9 x 14.9 and a grommet kit from jo-ann with 3 refills. debating whether to wash it with some bleach to get it a lighter color(cream color) or use it as is.

[EM3]

I would think if you bleached it there would be the possibility of it streaking (but that is a guess on my part). Maybe you could do some research at Outdoor Theaters - AVS Forum

Hope that helps.

[Iguana Man]

Congrats on the outdoor move. Can't wait to see more pics (in action).



(if kids and/or beer drinking adults are involved, be careful with the speaker wire)

[kiss_alive]

ok had my first showing. did not bleach the screen after washing it in warm water and 3 times in the dryer on medium it appears lighter it dyed the water during washing.installed grommets on it and used rope to to hold it to the frame.once the movie was showing i didn't notice the wrinkles or the seam and i tried. i took pictures of it in action but the image on the screen didn't come out too good(how do you do it). movie was nice and bright.showed daddy day camp. got the distance right on the first try. the projector is about 20 feet from the screen(20 my feet heel/toe)

[EM3]

In order to get a descent screen shot pic you have to pause the movie and use a long shutter speed on your digital camera. The camera will need to be on a tripod. Also, you may want to turn the flash off so that doesn't mess with it.

Lookin good.

[kiss_alive]

i have sense gotten most of the wrinkles out and switched to a Sony dvd player. much better then the one in the picture. the other one kept skipping during the movie. will post updated pics this weekend.

[kiss_alive]

well never got around to the new pics. right now the screen is behind the garage under snow. im going to trim the scree to 12x7 so its 16x9 currently its 12x8. if the screen is still good i will reuse it otherwise i will pick up another cloth. all this will be done in the spring.

[kiss_alive]

well the drywall screen took a hit. i had a extenstion cord running behind to run the charger on my car and the cord got snagged by the snowblower pulling the drywall down. trying to put it back up the other piece fell so there bent and scuffed up. so come spring i will build a better garage screen from PVC that will be about 110 inchs (about the size of 4x8 sheet of drywall) and it will hang from some wood nailed to the studs. the drywall was supposed to be used to fix a hole in the wall in the house but ended up being a screen so now i guess i will have to fix the hole in the wall LOL.

[kiss_alive]

well with this very nice spring tease we had. we hit 70 for a short time here i decided to work on the screen. chopped it down from 12x8 to 12x7 which is what was supposed to be in the first place. heres pics. i will take a pic of the frame saturday if its not raining.




and heres the freshly washed screen waiting to be installed sometime in the spring

[kiss_alive]

heres the frame. its nots done. one side is lower then the other so will need to fix that + i want to raise it up another foot so will move the feet down 1 foot on the screen.

[kiss_alive]

heres the garage screen all laid out. made out of mostly left over PVC from the main screen



just need some more $$$$$ to finish it

[kiss_alive]

here is the main screen frame completed and raised up higher.

[kiss_alive]

OK with me new neighbors sounding interested in the theater im making my own version of drive in speakers. there a pair of speakers taken from a broken rear projection tv with eye bolts screwed into the plastic. they hang on a wooden pull with screws on each side to hang from. i will need 30 feet of wire to go from the stereo to the poll and 25 feet for each speaker to reach the neighbors deck. i will order 1 18AWG CL2 Rated 2-Conductor Loud Speaker Cable - 250ft (For In-Wall Installation).

[kiss_alive]

ok if im going to make my own drive in speakers might as well do it right. i will use 2 speakers i took from a GPX speaker that the cd player went out on. will use banana plugs and jacks to connect the speakers to the poll and RCA jacks to connect the wires to the stereo. and might build a cover to protect the cover and banana jacks. will take picks when done. but heres links to what im getting.

WIRE

BANANA JACK

BANANA PLUGS

[kiss_alive]

ok got a showing in this sunday. rented the Beverly hills chihuahua from those red box kiosks. it rained a little during the middle of the day and had winds up to 20 MPH before calming down for the night but the screen held. heres a pick of the screen during the day.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7066/1020928.jpg

[Astrakan]

Any chance of pictures (without the flash ) while it's in use?

KM

[kiss_alive]

i will try next time.

[kiss_alive]

you know i've been thinking. it looks like im the only outdoor theater member on here who still posts and is still active.

[Astrakan]

Originally Posted by kiss_alive

you know i've been thinking. it looks like im the only outdoor theater member on here who still posts and is still active.

Looks like. Forum's been slowing down in general too.

KM

[Iguana Man]

Originally Posted by kiss_alive

you know i've been thinking. it looks like im the only outdoor theater member on here who still posts and is still active.

Boo!

[kiss_alive]

Originally Posted by Iguana Man

Boo!

boo who

[kiss_alive]

well this weekend i will re-open the theater for its 2nd season starting this weekend. if it rains moves will be shown in the garage.movies will be announced later.

[kiss_alive]

ok opened it a day sooner. was supposed to be warmer (78) but it only breafly got to 71. it was cool so had on a long sleeves shirt and a jacket. heres a screen shot

[kiss_alive]

well last sunday the projector decided not to operate. no matter what i did it would not boost a image froma video sorce. i unplugged the video cable serveral times re-started the projector nothing worked. i had 2 movies lined up as im showing double features Fridays and saturdays and sundays i show 1 sense people go back to work on monday. friday the projector worked no problem saturday it started being stubborn sunday it would not work at all. it did this last year also. so i dropped it off at radio shack for repair. so meanwhile i ordered a brand new optoma EP721 DLP projector.

[kiss_alive]

update radio shack couldn't fix it couldn't get info for the unit. took it a shop they said it needed both main boards replaced and was looking at around $900. not worth it. the new projector does the job so far.

[kiss_alive]

also just a FYI most of the stains that the washer couldn't get to have sense washed out or faded from the rain.