Open Air Cinema has a new 16-foot inflatable projection screen that folds up into a 20-pound bag. An air blower keeps the whole thing engorged, while six straps keep it taut.
Before you get ready for some mid-winter outdoor movies (perfect for keeping the elderly subdued yet entertained) be sure to get a look at the price: it’s a cool grand.
Open Air Home Screen product page [OpenAirCinema.us]
Buy large sheet of opaque white fabric
Get some cheap PVC pipes
Assemble pipes into a basic frame
Attach cloth to frame
Secure it in place with some sandbags/ropes/duct tape
Seriously, people need to learn to jury-rig.
Portland has a summer movie thing with a giant inflatoTron:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/61739856_34832deed6.jpg?v=0
It took all my willpower not to cut the support ropes in the back and watch it fall onto the crowd.
It seems like it would be easier and cheaper just to find a friend who has a white wall on the side of their house handy. I guess it wouldn’t be a clean as the white surface of the tent but it would still be very effective, and no fans needed.
Why not an fold-up frame? Like a folding cot/ lawn chair basically but big and flat? Wouldn’t the blower be noisy while you were trying to watch something?
It needs an airblower.
The sound of that would ruin most movies for me.
Get bigger speakers. Porblem sloved.
Mappo, actually, the screen I have can be used outside. It’s a DaLite Cinema Fast Fold; example pic here:
http://www.ivojo.co.uk/pics/da-lite-delux-fast-fold.gif
It might take a little longer to set up, but I guarantee it’s quieter and it probably takes up less room when stored. It’s also stretched flat unlike this bulbous thing. It’s got tie-downs and can be had used for a lot less than a grand.
Sometimes things are just a solution looking for a problem. In this case I think it’s been solved better before.
Wouldn’t a tent-like contraption using aluminum poles and a white tarp be simpler, quieter, and cheaper?
Screw the screen where can I get a projector that looks that good?
I have one. They suck. One thinks that large speakers would help this, however, it sounds like a leafblower. I’m dead serious.
Man, I thought the point of having a projector was so you could show porn on public buildings. No screen required.