Freakin' Friday! - DIY Outside Home Theater

We're all for anyone who can build a better mousetrap outdoor home theater, especially at a minimal price. After seeing one for huge price of $3,499.00, the inventive Dave Banks came up with his own screen for $122.75, used his own DVD player and got an old projector and speakers from work.

The material cost list for his screen:

• (3) five gallon buckets @ $2.78 ea = $8.34
• (2) sacks Sakrete @ $4.37 = $8.74
• (1) jar PVC cement = $3.76
• (2) eye bolts @ $0.52 = $1.04
• (4) anchor stakes @ 2.16 ea = $8.64
• (7) 10' sections 1.5" PVC pipe @ $3.16 ea = $22.12
• (1) 10' section 2" PVC pipe = $4.18
• (1) bag, 100 ct 14" zip tie = $9.87
• (1) 100' nylon rope = $6.24
• (8) 1.5" wye fittings @ $2.23 ea = $17.84
• (2) 1.5" 90 degree elbows @ $0.61 ea = $1.22
• (1) 1.5" cross fitting = $2.63
• (2) 1.5" tee fittings @ $1.57 ea = $3.14
• (1) 5' x 9' piece of blackout cloth $24.99

Total material costs: $122.75 We then decided to make our own search and here are our results if you start from scratch.

• Sony DVP-NS710H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player
  ( Coby makes a less expensive one but this is not necessarily a good thing.)
  
• Entertainment TV Projector
  
• Blackout Cloth 4 x16'
  
• JVC Tallboy Speakers

Total: About $250.00.

Note that we went for inexpensive. If it rains, the movie should be canceled. But for that little amount you can toss in a couple of lawn chairs and some
popcorn and still have a total around $300.00. We figure we can always attach the cloth with clothespins to our backyard fence. We may be thrifty, but we can also wield a mean twist tie.

Via Wired

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