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The missus and kids are away and It's time for Tarjak to play!
I borrowed a multimedia projector for the weekend and this is how my dining room is rigged for battle:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1503/20070520003jd3.jpg
The screen is the dining room wall and the display is a whopping 2.5m running at 1920 x 1080 screen resolution! (Note the door to the right of the screen is 2.1m
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1789/20070520001ld1.jpg
I'm thinking I've gotta get a projector for keeps now. Then I can just take screen shots with my camera :D:
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6254/20070520002il6.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4674/20070520004mv3.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3701/20070520005hr6.jpg
Anyway I'm off to sink some!:up:
GoldenRivet
05-19-07, 08:16 PM
BASTARD!!!!
where is mine?! LMAO i have been wanting to do that for ages.
GR, if you get the chance do it. I was up till about 2am last night totally immersed! One problem. I didn't get a single sodding contact except for planes (March 1943) and I had to keep diving from them. Still much fun was had by me anyhow.:lol:
Whoa! Now that looks very cool to try lol :up:
blue3golf
05-19-07, 08:33 PM
:|\\ Pure genius! Some of the best pics I've seen in a long time.
Looks like the only thing you need is a good case of Beck's to celebrate your sinkings....
enjoy, enjoy....:lol:
No Becks:cry: but I do have a case of Boags StGeorge in the beer locker and I'm ready to sink them all!:arrgh!:
It looks like BIG fun! Enjoy!!
It is BIG. It's kinda weird seeing Subsim this big as well.
Saying I'm envious would be an understatement! :oops:
rb4door
05-19-07, 10:44 PM
sweet setup!
Now you just need a big sub woofer and home theatre sound to top it off - let the neighbours know you are being depth charged too :D
nikbear
05-19-07, 11:04 PM
I'm green with envy,you lucky bugger,sink'em all:up:
GoldenRivet
05-19-07, 11:11 PM
i also wanted one for my flight sims.
DAMN YOU now i have to go drop some cash on one of those things now that i have seen what it looks like... i have a back room in the house that hasnt got much stuff in it... :hmm::hmm::hmm:
hahaha last night we went to see Shrek the third in the theater... i was thinking during the previews how FREAKIN AWESOME it would be to play SH3 on that bad boy screen with that killer sound system!!!!
FIREWALL
05-20-07, 12:38 AM
Hi TarJac :)
WOOOOOOOOOOOW!
sweet setup!
Now you just need a big sub woofer and home theatre sound to top it off - let the neighbours know you are being depth charged too :D
I've got a small subby and the 5.1 sound happening which cranks quite nicely BUT not one freakin contact this patrol! Not a sausage!:damn:
All this set up but no action except floating about between SCotland and Jan Mayen with rubbish weather all the way. Talk about an anti-climax. Spose I'll jut have to go on a port raid to stir things up.:arrgh!: Won't be playing DiD in 1943 though.
Look fantastic!. Though just for jealous nit-picking;) , IMO the *perfect* set up for inmersion purposes would be widescreen aspect ratio and resizing the projected image to the size where the guys appear in the same size as a real person standing there would. Anyway, great set-up!:up:
Look fantastic!. Though just for jealous nit-picking;) , IMO the *perfect* set up for inmersion purposes would be widescreen aspect ratio and resizing the projected image to the size where the guys appear in the same size as a real person standing there would. Anyway, great set-up!:up:
I agree Hitman. Unfortunatley the projector I borrowed is an elcheapo model for presentationse etc and doesn't even have a wa of setting the aspect ratio. I'm looking to buy a good quality home theatre projector with 16:9 AR and HDTV quality. This is really a test to check out the concept.
rb4door
05-20-07, 03:32 AM
I dont think there is anyway of running SH3 in a widescreen ratio, even if the video card and projector would support it.
Jimbuna
05-20-07, 04:12 AM
One helluva set up TarJak....you lucky kaleun :rock: :up:
melnibonian
05-20-07, 04:24 AM
This is a fantastic way of playing GWX. Something is telling me you will find it difficult to go back to the 17" monitor after this experience (kind like going back to stock SH3 after GWX) ;) :D :D
Still Enjoy it and keep posting screenshots :yep: :up: :up:
Penelope_Grey
05-20-07, 04:34 AM
What an idea! LOL
But I don't need a projector to stay up till 2am playing SH3-GWX! LOL
danurve
05-20-07, 10:18 AM
Well THAT is out there a bit :arrgh!:
Neat set-up.
Telgriff
05-20-07, 06:01 PM
NICE setup. Makes me miss the home theatre setup I used to have. My 22inch widesceen LCD seems pitiful now :p
I love the idea, but my neighbours would keelhaul me, since I would need a soundsystem to acompany a projector. :D
Telgriff
05-20-07, 06:37 PM
I love the idea, but my neighbours would keelhaul me, since I would need a soundsystem to acompany a projector. :D
You think the noise of getting pinged, DC'd and the screams of AAALLAARM might upset them? :D
I love the idea, but my neighbours would keelhaul me, since I would need a soundsystem to acompany a projector. :D
You think the noise of getting pinged, DC'd and the screams of AAALLAARM might upset them? :D
Ungreatful neighbours,:D they should show some solidarity, and let me play SHIII on a projector with a full theatre system enabled on the highest volume. Some people just don't think about others. :nope:
Ho hum. Back to the old 19" monitor tonight.:cry: Still got the sound system, but cos the wife is back have to keep it turned down a bit or wear headphones.
headcase
05-20-07, 11:12 PM
Right now I hate my cheap monitor, income bracket, and walls. Oh to win the lottery and get a setup such as that. With a good chair, and a beerfridge in easy reach. I'd hate to get up to hit the Head.
GoldenRivet
05-20-07, 11:20 PM
where i work we have large aircraft simulators on hydraulic mechanisms that cause the sims to move around when operated from inside the "cockpit"
i have often thought how cool it would be to have a replica of the control room/ sonar radio shack mounted on those hydralic platforms. the only screens needed would be the chart screen on the table and the small LCD screens mounted in the periscopes.
imagine the thrill of feeling the waves, and the depth charges and the crash dives!
zombiewolf
05-21-07, 12:29 AM
Right now I hate my cheap monitor, income bracket, and walls. Oh to win the lottery and get a setup such as that. With a good chair, and a beerfridge in easy reach. I'd hate to get up to hit the Head.
You get up!
azn_132
05-21-07, 12:31 AM
Well, lucky me, I dont need to borrow projectors cuz I have one, the bad thing is its plug to the top of my livin room ceiling.
@ azn_132 that's where my projector is going when I buy it next week. I was planning to run a long DVI cable to a wall outlet for the PC to lug into. Wnyone know the max length for DVI? I don't reckon I'll need much more than about 10m to get up the wall and across the ceiling.
Canovaro
05-21-07, 01:39 AM
sweet setup!
Now you just need a big sub woofer and home theatre sound to top it off - let the neighbours know you are being depth charged too :D
:rotfl:"Wann ist das endlich vorbei??!"
Looks great, must have had a great night!
I might try that too :hmm:
XanderF
05-21-07, 03:59 PM
Trick is to ceiling-mount it high enough that you can sit in front of it (between projector and screen) without casting a shadow on the screen.
Sitting close enough to the screen that it fills your field of vision and playing a flightsim is....disorienting. :D
Telgriff
05-21-07, 05:59 PM
Sitting close enough to the screen that it fills your field of vision and playing a flightsim is....disorienting. :D
Never got to try it with a flightsim. Only got to see driving games which was a little disorientating in its self.
Lets see some eel hits on those puppies!
azn_132
05-23-07, 04:56 PM
@ azn_132 that's where my projector is going when I buy it next week. I was planning to run a long DVI cable to a wall outlet for the PC to lug into. Wnyone know the max length for DVI? I don't reckon I'll need much more than about 10m to get up the wall and across the ceiling.
Well, dont blame me for puttin it up there(stupid no good bro), the first thing my whole big family wanted to do is a home theater.
The missus and kids are away and It's time for Tarjak to play!
I borrowed a multimedia projector for the weekend and this is how my dining room is rigged for battle:
The screen is the dining room wall and the display is a whopping 2.5m running at 1920 x 1080 screen resolution! (Note the door to the right of the screen is 2.1m
I'm thinking I've gotta get a projector for keeps now. Then I can just take screen shots with my camera :D:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4674/20070520004mv3.jpg
Anyway I'm off to sink some!:up:
You really know how to turn the rest of us green you lucky (bleep) :up:
Penelope_Grey
05-23-07, 05:27 PM
Sorry for the OT post but...
STEEDster! you're still here! :D Yay!
Kpt. Lehmann
05-23-07, 05:56 PM
GWX on DLP!!! OMG!!! I'm SOOOOOOO jealous!!!! :o :o :o
I wish I had a DLP projector... but the short life of DLP lamps and overall high cost... is a bit prohibitive for me tiny pocketbook lol.
You lucky bastidges!!! :arrgh!: Thanks alot... I have to mop the drool off of me keyboard now.
johan_d
05-23-07, 07:20 PM
Well, I have two of them, an old LCD projector, and a DLP on the ceiling for those movies.
The problem is that I cannot reach it with a cable to get connected, but I can use my laptop to get a signal to it, (signal supplied via VCR) but that thing has a very good video card, but just 1.8 mhz CPU, and is too slow.
The old LCD projector, well never tried with SH3, but with FS2004 I did once, and found the resulution too low to be worthy.
DLP is very good, even sharper then my TV, but having a connection problem with it.
THE most biggest prolem of all is the wife. Since we use the projector for DVD's only I never can use it when she either is looking to a DVD movie, or just watching the old TV.
Dillemma's!
And I dont want to physically setup and move my PC and stack it up something to reach the projector with a cable.. :cry:
So, final verdict: have the hardware, but still unable! :rotfl:
You really know how to turn the rest of us green you lucky (bleep) :up:
:smug:;)
Well, I have two of them, an old LCD projector, and a DLP on the ceiling for those movies.
The problem is that I cannot reach it with a cable to get connected, but I can use my laptop to get a signal to it, (signal supplied via VCR) but that thing has a very good video card, but just 1.8 mhz CPU, and is too slow.
The old LCD projector, well never tried with SH3, but with FS2004 I did once, and found the resulution too low to be worthy.
DLP is very good, even sharper then my TV, but having a connection problem with it.
THE most biggest prolem of all is the wife. Since we use the projector for DVD's only I never can use it when she either is looking to a DVD movie, or just watching the old TV.
Dillemma's!
And I dont want to physically setup and move my PC and stack it up something to reach the projector with a cable.. :cry:
So, final verdict: have the hardware, but still unable! :rotfl:
You've just got to lay down the law and buy another DLP projector!:rotfl: I'm off to buy mine next week.:arrgh!:
Someday, when I'm rich and famous, I'll project the thing behind a bar and drive my wall to wall sumbie while leaning on the bar as if it was the coaming of the conning tower. :D (slurp)
Jimbuna
05-24-07, 03:57 AM
I've gotta make do with 'Ol faithful'
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/550/untitledgl5.png (http://imageshack.us) :cry:
I've gotta make do with 'Ol faithful'
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/550/untitledgl5.png (http://imageshack.us) :cry:
WHAT!!! :o :o :o
Jim!:oHow did that happen?
I have got to get me one of those projectors.:up: :up: :up: :up:
You gotta do it m8. Nothing nicer for getting that in the game feeling. Doesn't hurt watching DVD's and sports either. You can actually see golf balls with proj.:D
Jimbuna
05-28-07, 06:24 AM
Jim!:oHow did that happen?
You can never have enough cooling fans :lol:
GPU or CPU overclocking?:rotfl:
Jimbuna
05-28-07, 06:55 AM
Still got my back up system to depend on :hmm:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7968/knackeredpcuq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
That looks so much better!:rotfl:Love the floppy drive!:rotfl:
Jimbuna
05-28-07, 07:05 AM
That looks so much better!:rotfl:Love the floppy drive!:rotfl:
You been talkin to my wife ? :hmm:
:lol:
:hmm:Funny she didn't mention it when I saw her last night.:rotfl:
:nope:Shame on me. Just joking Jim.:D
Jimbuna
05-28-07, 09:07 AM
:hmm:Funny she didn't mention it when I saw her last night.:rotfl:
:nope:Shame on me. Just joking Jim.:D
:lol: :up:
nedwreck
05-28-07, 09:36 AM
That's it. I'm saving up for a projector.
Bob
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