And turn it into the multimedia center for your home if its got the power...
A linux or higher end windows load... pack it with ram... get the biggest drive you can either internal or external and LOAD IT UP...
Emulators, Games, Big Screen Apps, DJ Software, Karaoke Software, DVD Movies(Whole Dumps, menu'd out), Music(1000's of hours), and ANYTHING that looks good on a big screen...
and LP70+ made by InFocus can be found online for as little as 300$-400$ and a screen is EASY to MAKE...
Get x10 8 foot long 1" x 1" and make a frame for the screen... putting 45's / in at the corners and bracing in to keep it straight and firm...
Get 2 packages of thumb tacks(White) and a few people... 3 heavy count cotton bed sheets, one black 2 white...
Wash and dry the sheets and lay them out as flat as you can...
Stretch them over the frame (Black first, whites on top) as TIGHT as you humanly can, thumb tacking it all the way...
Then get x4 small 2" L brackets... Bend the top to about mid way to hold the screen in place at the top. The bottom 2 get a SLIGHT bend upwards, you then insert the top of the screen into the brackets you just made, and set the bottom of the screen brackets on the wall so that the screen fits snugly and does not come out of the top brackets...
Hang a black curtain about 2' wide across the top, and black drapes down the sides to hide the screen edges...
and BAM!!!
A Theater Multimedia Setup in your house for under 500$ !!!
Enjoy!
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And turn it into the multimedia center for your home if its got the power... A linux or higher end windows load... pack it with ram... get the biggest drive you can either internal or external and LOAD IT UP... Emulators, Games, Big Screen Apps, DJ Software, Karaoke Software, DVD Movies(Whole Dumps, menu'd out), Music(1000's of hours), and ANYTHING that looks good on a big screen... and LP70+ made by InFocus can be found online for as little as 300$-400$ and a screen is EASY to MAKE... Get x10 8 foot long 1" x 1" and make a frame for the screen... putting 45's / in at the corners and bracing in to keep it straight and firm... Get 2 packages of thumb tacks(White) and a few people... 3 heavy count cotton bed sheets, one black 2 white... Wash and dry the sheets and lay them out as flat as you can... Stretch them over the frame (Black first, whites on top) as TIGHT as you humanly can, thumb tacking it all the way... Then get x4 small 2" L brackets... Bend the top to about mid way to hold the screen in place at the top. The bottom 2 get a SLIGHT bend upwards, you then insert the top of the screen into the brackets you just made, and set the bottom of the screen brackets on the wall so that the screen fits snugly and does not come out of the top brackets... Hang a black curtain about 2' wide across the top, and black drapes down the sides to hide the screen edges... and BAM!!! A Theater Multimedia Setup in your house for under 500$ !!! Enjoy!