I have never owned a projector and I’m not an audio- or cinephile. I often have neighbors over at the fire pit, and showing a movie would be fun sometimes.

Recommend a luggable projector setup? I don’t mind it being cabled to power or input - I’m not going far from the house. I was thinking I might build a little cart to store and deploy it easily. I see battery powered and lightweight units which are great I’m sure, but I don’t need to pay extra for those features.

I’m also looking for info on projector screens. Sadly, there’s no suitable place to mount one so it’ll need to be on a stand or something too.

  • Clay_pidginOPEnglish
    1•5 days ago

    I appreciate the tips!

    You’re talking about how a projector throws out a trapezoid instead of a rectangle if it’s above or below the screen, right? I didn’t know that would impact the picture quality - I understood that you could adjust the shape of the image.

    My reading suggests that a DLP projector is probably brighter than an LCD, so I’m thinking I should go with DLP. LASER sounds good but too expensive.

    I have a WII, and you’re on a good track, that would be fun as heck.

    • @[email protected]
      2•4 days ago

      Normally the trapezoid shape can be corrected, but on the really cheap models I wouldn’t count on it working that well.

      You could also look at your local second hand markets for a better quality one at a reasonable price, but make sure to check if replacement lamps are available and if they’re easy to replace on the particular model.