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    Default Looking for a projector for Halloween

    I'm looking for a projector to display ATMOSFearFx dvds but don't want to spend much really. I've seen plenty on ebay ranging from 20-60 quid but are any of them any good? never researched projectors really so looking for a bit of advice please
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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    £20-60 for a projector?? Is it any good? Are you shitting me?

    No is the simple answer. Any projector under £200 is likely to be shit.

    If it's a one time use thing then yeah it'll probably hold together. A friend bought one and I laughed when we took it apart after 90% of the LEDs failed and it went really dim. The amount of hot glue in there really made me chuckle, worse than my hot gluing.

    It'll say 1080P and yes it can accept a 1080p input, it just outputs it through a shitty 320x200 resolution panel so don't expect any sort of quality out of it. We could barely read text on a 120inch screen. It'll probably claim 4000 lumins, I'd be surprised if it outputs more than 200.

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    what about a good 2nd hand one, just found this one £90
    stay away from these cheap imports, utter shite
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PANASONIC-...EAAOSw-kdXzwdg
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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Is it going to be outside, if your thinking of projecting onto a wall of your house, youre gonna need more beef than you would the wall of your living room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by {{909}} View Post
    Is it going to be outside, if your thinking of projecting onto a wall of your house, youre gonna need more beef than you would the wall of your living room.
    it will be indoors pointing towards the window to display the images

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    anyone wanting spooky clips for the projector, torrent day have AtmosFEARfx digital decorations Part Collection-TD 20gb in size
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5l_GiNnDJY

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    pumpkins and mini projector..


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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by WRATH OF BOD View Post
    anyone wanting spooky clips for the projector, torrent day have AtmosFEARfx digital decorations Part Collection-TD 20gb in size
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5l_GiNnDJY
    These are ones I have downloaded..

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    [QUOTE=wakadoo;3841565]pumpkins and mini projector..

    that's great, i may try this at work

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRATH OF BOD View Post
    anyone wanting spooky clips for the projector, torrent day have AtmosFEARfx digital decorations Part Collection-TD 20gb in size
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5l_GiNnDJY
    anyone got an invite for torrentday, or somewhere else with the files?

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by {{909}} View Post
    anyone got an invite for torrentday, or somewhere else with the files?
    Think I may still have links pal, do you have access to newsgroups?

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by {{909}} View Post
    anyone got an invite for torrentday, or somewhere else with the files?
    Torrentday will accept new members if they make a donation first.

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    PM Me your Email Mc.Dodd i have an invite

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by mc.dodd View Post
    Think I may still have links pal, do you have access to newsgroups?

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    gave up on the groups years ago, thanks anyway

    Quote Originally Posted by TJB View Post
    Torrentday will accept new members if they make a donation first.
    will consider that if Bod's invite doesnt work out

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    PM Me your Email Mc.Dodd i have an invite
    Thanks! Will do that now.

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Are any of the lower end projectors any good now tech has moved on ? I remember when I bought mine probably 8 years ago I had to pay best part of £1000 to get one with decent light output (from memory it was 1300 lumens), decent resolution and a digital input.

    I saw a lenovo tablet with a built in projector but I couldn't get it to display anything on the demo model in store.

    A projector based retropie might be a great bit of kit...
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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    invite sent mate

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by maltloaf View Post
    A projector based retropie might be a great bit of kit...
    I have this to go along with my Gameboy zero. It takes a HDMI connection, can do 720p, has a built in speaker and fits in my pocket.

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    What's it like in a dim room ? What size pic can you realistically get out of it ? How much ?
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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    Quote Originally Posted by maltloaf View Post
    What's it like in a dim room ? What size pic can you realistically get out of it ? How much ?
    It's quite good in a dim room. I did a video testing the boot sequence which was in the day with the sun shining in, the projector was around 3-4 feet away from the screen. :

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsm7pay3du...B1%5D.mp4?dl=0

    From around 10 foot away it fills my 92 inch screen (albeit not as brightly as my main projector). It was quite expensive, I can't remember how much it was exactly but it was over £300 around 4 years ago. Model is Optoma PK320

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    Default Re: Looking for a projector for Halloween

    is this on newsgroups? Ive got a phillips pico projector and fancy a blast

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