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Building Cheap 100 Inch TVs
Nastar writes "If you visit eBay and such places there are guys selling 'kits' so that you can easily build your own 100 inch projection screen. There are websites such as 100InchTV selling the instructions for around $10 a pop. They say "this is the only product of this kind on the web" and "it is now possible to convert any type of television or computer monitor into a 100 inch video system that's truly amazing!". I don't like the idea of these people selling this information, especially when you can get it free from the good people at BSTV BSTV. Ihaven't built mine yet, but the reports of quality differ from so-so to fantastic! I suppose it depends on perfecting the technique involved. "
This is great!
I can get a diploma, make $20,000 in just 2 weeks, and now I can have a 100 inch tv for little cost at all!
I'm gonna start reading my hotmail bulk-mail folder more often!
The guy who posted this story is probably someone who was selling the plans either on eBay or on the `net for $10 a pop and figured "If you can't beat them, /. them".
Well, it worked.
Why on earth would I want a 3-foot tall transvestite?
Matt
Anyone wonder if this might be an illegial modification of your Television, depriving the TV producers of the money you would have paid for larger sets?
Colin
Colin Davis
Many years ago I participated in a "buy something/subscribe to something (I dont' remember what it was but it was something I wanted at the time) and get a free big screen TV". What I got was a large fresnel lens in a plastic frame that you put in front of a regular TV to project its image on a wall, just like on the website. I never tried it out for its intended use but I did have a good time using it as a death ray^h^h^h solar concentrator to set leaves and stuff on fire.
Error:
How big of a room do you need for these monster screens?
One with a wall that measure 100 inches diagonally. This is just an educated guess mind you.
Maybe you've heard of Amway...No??? Well sit down, let's chat. HEY!!! Where you going???
Darn....guess it's back to "Lose weight now, Ask me how!!"
Anyone sending money to this guy is a foole.
Yeah, you don't want to mess with the flyback if you don't have the right equipment. And "right equipment" does not mean a pair of rubber gloves dipped in the rubber stuff you put on tool handles, and a railroad spike. Trust me, I know.
So much for trying to be McGuyver *shrug*
I have found the plans for the Top Secret Big Screen Simulator that THEY don't want you to see! Banned in 52 states! And I'm not even going to charge you:
1. Close eyes
2. Place forehead against monitor
3. Open Eyes
Voila! Experience the field of view, the giant pixels, the intense headaches without even having to alter your current setup.
m00.
This would be great. Right now, I can barely see my pixels. If I could blow them up really huge, I might take the time to get to know each one. Soothe them when they're red, give 'em a hug and a smile when they're blue. Sometimes, just drop by to talk.
Why do I keep seeing all these instructions for building stringed musical instruments? "Do thing A, do thing B and viola!"
;)
Or perhaps you mean "voila!"
You forgot "hold their hair back when they're Green."
On a similar note... last year, I wanted a bigger TV set, but didn't have the money. So I just moved my couch closer to the TV... yes, I know it's sad. But it has nearly the same effect as getting a bigger set. :)
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Pah!
;-)
The output of the average flyback is in the 10-25kV range. The capacitance of the tube (the metallised coatings and the glass of the tube form a poor and lossy cap) is in the order of a couple of nanofarads, so you're talking a few hundred millijoules of energy at best (worst?).
I've had a shock at around 2-3 Joules from a 0.06uF cap bank charged to about 7kV, which is a couple of Joules or so (can't be bothered to calculate it), across the chest. It hurt like hell and made me throw the bank across the room, and I was very jittery afterwards, but it's not enough to cause fibrillation. You need double figures for that.
Nevertheless, screwing around with HV can bite you hard, and once you start playing with the big stuff you want to keep one hand behind the back! And the output of my 2kW Tesla coil, I'd never consider a "safe hit"
-- Sig Sig Sputnik
Screw television.
Here's what I think would be fun:
For about $100, you can buy a 48"x36" freznel lense. I want to mount it in a giant magnifying glass frame with a long handle, (kind of like one of those leaf scoopers used to clean the crud from the surface of suburban swimming pools.).
Then. . . Oh boy the damage you could cause!
We're talking about being able to set on fire, with a dowel and a sheet of plastic, the upholstery inside parked cars, punishing stupid owners who leave their automobile anti-theft devices blaring unattended. --Without even having to touch the vehicle! --Or you can set office buildings on fire by shining sunlight through the windows just by walking down the side walk with the magnifier over your shoulder. Any number of bizarre fire-crimes become feasible.
Yeah, yeah, I know you could get the same net effect with a can of gasoline and lighter, but this is FAR cooler! (What!? I'm just walking here with my sheet of plastic! I don't care about optics! Get your filthy law enforcing paws off me!) And if you somehow managed not to get caught, the authorities wouldn't know what the heck to make of it. --You might even be able to popularize the term, 'spontaneous office furniture combustion,' or something equally weird.
Of course, in this day and age of too many cameras and rampant terrorist paranoia, you'd probably have your eight foot magnifying glass and turban confiscated.
Bummer.
Fantastic Lad --What's a little pyromania among friends?
Lasers? Good god, man, you'd get wall burn-in! Imagine how embarassed you're gonna be when you freeze-frame the money-shot, and end up with it etched in your wall just a few hours before your mom comes over for Thanksgiving dinner!
God forbid the cat get in the way. Poof!
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