Hi All,
This is a post for anyone who would like to know how I do my virtual Santa. This guy is by far the most popular thing in the whole display. I use a Epson eh-tw5900 home theater projector, DVD player and a screen made from a wooden frame with white plastic table cloth as the screen and vinyl as a filler. This setup works in my house but every setup is dependent on the size of the window and the zoom level and offset capabilities of the projector.
This is the view from outside
This is the view from where my projector sits
As I have mentioned the screen is a frame made from pine to fit the inside of my window. I only project to the top window so I block the bottom out with a red piece of vinyl with some bricks painted on it. The top section of the screen is currently stretched Lycra, works ok but is very transparent when the show turns off and I’m inside watching the TV. I will be changing this back to white plastic table cloth I picked up at Spotlight.
As I have lights on the windows I also shield them from the screen with some "L" channel
My projector has many settings so I can put it wherever I like this is definitely a good thing to have. I have it offset to the screen and on the floor shooting up to the window so visitors don’t see the light shining out of the projector lens, some very cheap mini projectors won’t allow any skew adjustment at all as a minimum I would want vertical adjustment so I could have the projector square to the screen on the floor shooting up at the window.
He can be seen in my display video but it's not the best with my camera.
2013 Display
virtual santa
This is a post for anyone who would like to know how I do my virtual Santa. This guy is by far the most popular thing in the whole display. I use a Epson eh-tw5900 home theater projector, DVD player and a screen made from a wooden frame with white plastic table cloth as the screen and vinyl as a filler. This setup works in my house but every setup is dependent on the size of the window and the zoom level and offset capabilities of the projector.
This is the view from outside
This is the view from where my projector sits
As I have mentioned the screen is a frame made from pine to fit the inside of my window. I only project to the top window so I block the bottom out with a red piece of vinyl with some bricks painted on it. The top section of the screen is currently stretched Lycra, works ok but is very transparent when the show turns off and I’m inside watching the TV. I will be changing this back to white plastic table cloth I picked up at Spotlight.
As I have lights on the windows I also shield them from the screen with some "L" channel
My projector has many settings so I can put it wherever I like this is definitely a good thing to have. I have it offset to the screen and on the floor shooting up to the window so visitors don’t see the light shining out of the projector lens, some very cheap mini projectors won’t allow any skew adjustment at all as a minimum I would want vertical adjustment so I could have the projector square to the screen on the floor shooting up at the window.
He can be seen in my display video but it's not the best with my camera.
2013 Display
virtual santa