HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

It's so much better if you know who he's talking about....

AG!

LOL man I needed a good laugh like that today, almost as bad as me getting ready to tear into one of my students just as the Dean was walking through the class. That guy is like the ghetto version of a Ninja you don't hear him.

It's probably best that you didn't say anything after that. After droping a clanger like that the only thing that opening your mouth does is let you change feet.

Yeah, best to lay low for a while.

I am NOT a happy camper when it comes to UPS. My screen shipped on Monday and its been in the Dayton, OH warehouse ever since. 3 days in the same warehouse? This shipment was commited to 4 business days. The way I figure it, they should have had it on my doorstep by the end of today. I called them and they said that my location was "remote" and therefore warranted an extra day. How convenient that that gives them the weekend to ship it. I live 15 minutes away from Vermonts UPS main shipping hub. Does that sound remote?
I remember when these guys were good...

They used an sub-contracted independant delivery service to ship mine from the warehouse. Apparently the screen won't fit in their normal trucks. So maybe they are having a hard time finding an independant to deliver for them this week.

But yea that does stink.

ups is garbage

I get deliveries from UPS probably every other day no problem, I even know the delivery gal by first name.

I am not a UPS fan boy, but have nothing but pleasent experiences.

UPS once "Delivered" a 5000 dollar raid array to a neighbors house. It took me forever to get the claim straightened out. They once left a brace of hard drives with no bag for protection in a three inch puddle instead of on my doorstep. ..and I stongly suspect that one of their drivers stole a snowblower from my backyard. Since they were the only ones who made a visit from the time it was used, till the time it was gone.

Im glad your experience with them is good, but mine has been "brown " from the start....

Ah well, I guess I will just have to immerse myself in "Age of Empires III"....
( although it would have been nice to do it on a 9x12 screen...heheheheheheeee LOL: )

What can Brown do for you?

Brown can do exactly what it has always done before: Crappy service , crappt customer service and basic emulation of the USPS of the late 80's. I checked the shipping manifests. Its still in Poughkipse, NY. Man these guys make poor service look good...
Im not mad, just really dissapointed at how some folks dont take their jobs seriously.
I will leave a note on the door for them to leave the package, but I feel that their chances of getting it to me now are about as good as a the Urguayan bobsled team winning the gold....

GO Urguay!!!!!!!!

Brian kc0kfg

yayyyyyyy......

I refuse to let this get me down. Today is my youngest's birthday, so who cares right?

(I just looked at the shipping details. I will be darned. Its in my local depot! 3 states away and three different depot centers and they still got it here in about 6 hours. If it wasnt late, I would be impressed...but actually I cant help but feel some type of grudging respect for them. So I guess Uraguay is still in the running! )

I see that it looks like you worked this out, I was going to offer to go get the screen for you. Poughkipse is just a little south of me!! Get the screen shots up here as soon as you have them. I want to see the payoff.
Bluto

Okay. I just got off the phone with UPS. Uraguay didnt get the gold, but they made a valiant effort. They assure me they can get it to me tomorrow. So Im thinking I might call in sick tomorrow.
Ironic, as I actually AM sick. This stomach bug is no fun at all....

That would be kinda funny if it showed up and I was too sick to hang it up...
Well in a twisted, greek tragedy sort of way...

In this case, wouldn't it be a "geek" tradgedy?

On a more serious note, happy birthday to your little'un!

Hopefully you get to spend the rest of the week watching BIG Disney/Pixar features.

That tracking info often seems to be off they don't post for a couple of days and then suddenly its across the country. USPS seems to be the worst with no updates for days, the package arrives and then a couple of days latter they tell be that its been delivered. Overall USPS is pretty good but thier tracking system is pretty useless.

Thanks! She's a cute little devil. Now I just have to teach her not to touch the screen...

Pagercam:
I couldnt agree with you more. In the last 10 years or so, the USPS system has sped up to the point of actually beating UPS on several packages I have sent. But I will take that over tracking anyday...plus my mail person knows exactly where to leave everything and always wraps it in plastic. I guess its just all in your local services.

Buying some heavy duty lag hooks tomorrow and drilling my beams. The screen weighs 73 lbs.

I put in lag bolts, then crimped an S hook to the lag bolt and one to the screen , and then used a 6" length of chain and crimped each S bolt to that.

Worked perfect and is adjustable.

Oh and I put mine up with the flu also. My wife said I was CRAZY !!

SJ,one worrd.... Groovy!
All credit too you.Congrats

Thanks P-Pod dude, you too JJ! I just got the screen delivered. Its in my living room. This thing is a monster. My wife and I had been discussing the extension of the house and were using 15 feet as a base which is a mirror of our living room. Turns out our LR is only 13.5 feet. I basically bought a pull down wall.

Freakin thing is heavy too!

I guess you CAN buy too much screen.....

heheheheheh,,, hey sam "bite off more than you can view' ?????

I agree I also was active on a couple of ham radio groups, the flaming and just plain being rude and unhappy was a real let down.


keep up the great work everone.

Sam whats next? what will we all do with our time as you watch your pj on your really big screen

Brian kc0kfg

Is this to say that the screen is too big to fit???

Well, lets just say that tolerances will be measured in inches, not feet....( sheepish grin)

I was going to hang it last night, but I checked myself intot he hospital for chest pains yesterday AM. They turned out to be totally unrelated to my heart. ( insert cheer here!) But, 45 minutes on the treadmill, 2 doses of morphine, enough blood tests to drain a vampire and the shaved circles on my chest...well lets just say I wasnt much in a hanging mood last night

We shall see...Landesk training today!

That’s scary stuff. I tried giving up smoking by using a drug called ziban and I got chest pains and noisier, not a good feeling thinking you are about to die. It turned out that the drug severely affected my digestive track. Let’s hope yours is something just as mundane.

DJ

Yep. Its scaralous tissue on two of my ribs from a really bad beating I took when I was about 14. This gang of kids was going to do in another single kid and John and I decided we had to step in. I still have this crystal clear memory of him looking at me and saying "This is gonna hurt..."
It did.

When I had my first heart attack, I also had pnuemonia. It saved me from damaging my heart due to fluid buildup, but it also seemed to settle into the scar tissue. Now whenever I get a viral infection like a cold I get pains in that tissue. Yesterday was scary because it hurt so much and came and went about every two minutes. The doc thinks it might be due to decreased blood flow to the ends of the ribs. Im just glad its not my heart. My doc says this will be with me for the rest of my life, but I can live with that.

Scars are just proof that you survived.

So it isn't funny. Sorry couldn't resist.

Nothing funny that I can recall!

Youch - glad you're doing ok.

Yea man good to hear you are okay got to watch out for the energy you put into this pj. One of my co-workers just lost her dad on the day of the Superbowl died from a heart-attack cause he was so caught up fixing th place up for the big party.. not sure how the rest of the day went for his friends.

Ouch! Makes me feel a lot better about things. Gonna do the calculations and measures for tonight. May have to wait till tomorrow...or not...

finally.....after all the hassle, I got the screen up. Thanks to my wonderful kids who did EXACTLY what I told them to do.... a rare gift indeed....

So a few pictures shall we?

First a shot of the projector screen mounted and ready to "pull down"...

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I hid the screen behind the beams as much as I could. It still sticks out a little...The wife is used to it....

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More to come....

So this is what the PJ screen looks like "hidden " in the beams...
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Its a nice settle between big screen and portability...

Now some fun comparison shots....

Leeloo...


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and a Scottsman for size...

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6 feet tall, 20 stone for weight.
( well more like 19, but 20 stone is a benchmark weight and Im feeling kinda big and proud tonight.)

...and of course, the infamous SJ pick for scenes...

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Im likin this PJ!

SJ

Nice , very nice.

Hey I have my house done Medieval style, so I really like your chain mail, and sword.

Oh and your screen and screenshots are awesome also.

The sword is a replica, battle ready and 3.45 pounds...
The chainmail I designed myself. It will stop a crosssbow bolt at 30 feet.

...yes the secret is mine...!
(Double rolled spring steel, with a brass coating over the shoulders, chest and stomach. Light double rolled tempered brass for the rest. Total weight 24 lbs. Field repairable with no forge. Just need a pair of pliers and some time. Average time to repair 1 penetration hole is 20 minutes...)

damn, nice SS's! is that pretty true to reality? awesome, awesome lighting. The lightbox was definitely worth it!

Great work and great results!

Now sit back and relax for a while

Looks great, must be a great relief to be over your illness and have your screen installed. Warm up a couple bottles of Sake and sit back for a few BIG screen movies.

Its not even close to how good it looks. It captures some of the brightness, but the 3 MP camera just doesnt do it justice. I have to say Im REALLY pleased at how well this turned out. I have also noticed that one a lot of our government Dell monitors these pictures look really dark. This is definitely not the case.

SJ

Good question. I have been working out a design for a 17 , 1 fold , vertical, and I also have a new light engine I want to experiment with. This is such an excellent community I feel it would be wrong to leave.

SJ

Very sweet indeed.

As is being discussed elsewhere not all monitors are created equal, and the CMV panel that you're using is (probably) one of the better choices, given the transmissiveness that I measured, and that was with the AG intact. With your stripped panel, it's probably even better!

Nice bright, huge picture. Congrats!

Thanks! Im very happy with it. Tonight we are going to sit down and watch our first official movie on it. The images from before were all done with a cheap laptop. Im trying to get the htpc in so I can at least size it correctly. I have to adjust the keystone too.

I cant get over the size of that image,WOW!
Looks like you have got what you deserved...
An incredible result from an incredible pj!!!
Cheers P

wow! very impressive. all your efforts have certainly paid off congrats!

Those pictures are awsome! Great job.

Comp_atkins, Supraguy, Pun15her, PagerCam you guys put a lot of input into this so I feel its only right that you guys know that I hold you all responsible for what I am about to do...

I started sketching plans for a 17 pro version last night....

Seriously, thanks for all the encouragement and suggestions. Having someone acknowledge the work I put into the PJ makes me feel really good.

The compliments dont hurt either so keep em comin!

What's there left to say? Hmm....

Round two?

Now go enjoy the pj.

Congrats! Awsome screenies!