Build your own outdoor cinema

If, as predicted, we enjoy a hot and dry Summer this year, some of you might like the idea of having your own outdoor cinema.

I spotted this article on the Wired website, which tells you how to go about doing just that.

Frightened off by the high cost of an off-the-shelf solution, the article's author, Dave Banks, improvised. Co-opting a projector from work, and investing in some suitable speakers, he then decided to make his own screen (pictured), to save money on the most expensive part of the set-up.

The project seems to have been a great success, and Dave not only shows how he built the screen, but the mistakes he made, and how he'd avoid them if he did it all over again.

Comments

[Colin Birch]

I thought I should add these links too. They're all for homemade video projectors!

http://www.diyprojectorcompany.com/

http://audiovisualizers.com/madlab/lcd_proj.htm

http://lumenlab.com/projectors/

One of them suggests a projector can be built for as little as $300 (£190-ish).

f true, means, inc. speakers, your home-brewed outdoor cinema could set you back, what, $600 (about £380)?

Please let me know if you take on the challenge. If you're within easy striking distance of East Herts, I'd happily photograph your handiwork and write a story about it.