[0:00] Inside this box is a Christy CP2230
[0:03] projector. Brand new, this bad boy was
[0:06] worth about $50,000.
[0:09] And that's before any costly 4K or 3D
[0:12] upgrades. But that was 10 years ago. And
[0:15] thanks to the onward march of time, not
[0:18] to mention the slowly dying theater
[0:19] industry, I was able to pick up two of
[0:22] these bad boys for a fraction of that
[0:25] price, including shipping from Canada's
[0:28] second most seceding province. But
[0:31] they're just projectors. Why are they so
[0:33] big? Because these projectors are not
[0:35] just a lamp and some color filters
[0:37] inside of a shoe box like you might see
[0:39] in a home theater setup. These bad boys
[0:42] come with an entire server rack each
[0:44] that handle the inputs, the power, and
[0:47] to be honest, we don't really know,
[0:50] >> which is why we're going to rip them
[0:51] open, attempt to set them up, and see if
[0:54] we can find a use for them. Maybe here,
[0:56] maybe at Whale Land.
[0:58] >> I'd rather not, sir. Why?
[1:00] >> Well, because you see, according to the
[1:02] spec sheets, if anyone is within 2 m of
[1:05] this thing and decides to look at the
[1:06] bulb, they will go blind immediately and
[1:09] permanently. Is this even safe to Ellen?
[1:11] >> Probably not, which is why I decided not
[1:14] to tell the safety team that we were
[1:15] shooting today.
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[1:43] >> Which one of these are we opening?
[1:45] >> Well, we have to open all three
[1:46] eventually. Which one do you want to
[1:48] start with?
[1:48] >> You don't know what's in them?
[1:49] >> I have no idea what's in wit.
[1:51] >> All right.
[1:51] >> What's in?
[1:52] >> What's in wit?
[1:54] >> That shows how unprepared we are. Let's
[1:57] start with this one, which probably
[1:59] contains a Christy CP2230,
[2:02] a large format projector that's capable
[2:04] of running screens up to 86 ft with a
[2:07] rated output of 33,000
[2:10] lumens. For context, the Epson projector
[2:12] that I used to have in my home theater
[2:14] offered up a pretty awesome bright HDR
[2:17] experience on a 120in screen with uh
[2:21] 2700
[2:23] lumens. It was introduced back in 2012,
[2:26] so it is a little bit on the older side,
[2:28] but over the years, Christy offered
[2:31] multiple upgrades to add 3D capabilities
[2:34] and even to increase the resolution from
[2:36] 2K, which is basically 1080p, all the
[2:39] way to 4K. How did I end up with them?
[2:42] Well, TLDDR, some jokester on the
[2:44] subreddit noticed an IMAX projector on
[2:46] Bid Spotter, and they were like, "That'd
[2:48] be funny." And we were like, "Yeah." But
[2:52] we couldn't get that because it turns
[2:53] out you can't sell those and IMAX
[2:56] actually ended up sending a team to
[2:58] destroy that projector rather than allow
[3:00] some tech YouTuber to buy it. I took
[3:02] that personally. But not every screen in
[3:04] that 15 screen theater was IMAX. So
[3:07] after scrolling past the headless Tintin
[3:10] statues, urinals, and arcade machines, I
[3:13] found that they were offloading all of
[3:15] the other AV gear from the theater as
[3:17] well. So, the idea was that with two of
[3:19] these, I could finally fulfill my dream
[3:22] of building a stereoscopic 3D gaming
[3:25] experience for Whale Land.
[3:27] >> I don't think that's going to work. This
[3:29] would literally melt or shatter any 3D
[3:32] filter.
[3:33] >> But they have 3D. What does that even
[3:35] mean?
[3:35] >> It says that it'll only do 3D at 30 fps,
[3:38] though.
[3:39] >> Yeah, but No, no,
[3:42] >> don't make me pull out the thing.
[3:44] >> That's the lamp one.
[3:44] >> Well, whatever. The point is it said 60
[3:46] fps on the page I showed you.
[3:48] >> But I thought it No, it was talking
[3:49] about 60 fps when you put both of them
[3:51] together. So you get 30 each eye.
[3:55] >> This is my first time looking at it,
[3:56] too, buddy. Okay, we're going to figure
[3:57] this out together.
[3:59] >> What does this
[4:01] >> Oh, did we manage to unbox the one that
[4:04] doesn't have a projector in it?
[4:05] >> Oh, wait. Oh.
[4:06] >> Oh, wait.
[4:07] >> Oh, this is one of the 3D filters. This
[4:11] sits in front of the projector according
[4:12] to the photos on the auction site. Wait.
[4:15] >> Yes.
[4:16] >> That's how it works.
[4:17] >> Yes. That's why our little dinky filters
[4:19] that we had for the 3D at your house
[4:21] would like die.
[4:22] >> So, this has the filters for the left
[4:25] and right eye alternating.
[4:27] >> Oh, I Oh, yeah. You can actually see the
[4:29] separation between them.
[4:30] >> Yeah.
[4:31] >> Oh, that makes so much more sense now.
[4:34] >> How the hell are we going to get that to
[4:37] work?
[4:39] >> We're going to find out. Was this
[4:41] supposed to come with a termination to
[4:43] something? Did they just like cut it
[4:45] from the wall and just give it directly
[4:47] to you?
[4:48] >> It may be a little over our heads here,
[4:50] Elijah.
[4:51] >> Lord Almighty.
[4:52] >> Yep. Yep. Yep.
[4:55] >> That's one one of the filters. Wo. What
[4:58] is all this?
[4:59] >> I think these were wall-mounted if I
[5:02] remember correctly in the auction photo.
[5:04] >> The drywall anchors.
[5:05] >> Wow. They did not
[5:07] on the pallet.
[5:09] I mean, they can't be that heavy then.
[5:12] Oh gosh, sir. Hold on. Sorry.
[5:16] What is rattling? There's so many new
[5:19] screws in here. Okay, so this is just
[5:23] basically glorified switches as far as I
[5:26] can tell. Panic.
[5:28] >> What does that mean?
[5:30] >> Oh god, I forgot there was another one
[5:31] of these. Look, dude, we haven't even
[5:33] gotten to the projectors yet.
[5:34] >> Do we want to open these boxes that came
[5:36] with it? Yeah,
[5:38] I'm afraid to find out what's in them.
[5:41] >> Lens.
[5:45] >> What?
[5:46] >> Shatter.
[5:46] >> That's how you open a lens, right?
[5:48] >> Whoa. Holy crap. These are huge. What do
[5:52] you see, Captain?
[5:54] LAND AOY. I wasted me money.
[5:59] >> Pallet. Pallet one. Pallet. Pallet two.
[6:03] What the Sam heck is up with this
[6:04] pallet? Got this little pinner piece
[6:06] right here.
[6:12] >> Oh, hello. Oh my god. It's like
[6:15] >> I know. That's why I'm like
[6:16] >> Wo, dude. It's so precarious.
[6:18] >> Yeah, I know. That's why I'm over here
[6:19] holding it.
[6:20] >> Is that for cooling?
[6:21] >> Yes. So, in the pictures on the auction
[6:23] site, this was just piped up to the roof
[6:25] kind of like a laundry shoot or like a
[6:27] laundry dryer thing. So, I think it's
[6:29] just heat. Raw heat going to come out of
[6:31] this. Warning. lamp may explode, causing
[6:34] bodily harm or death. I mean, we said
[6:36] this thing was dangerous.
[6:37] >> Yeah, we'd hate to let the people down.
[6:39] >> Someone's got to die of this video.
[6:44] >> What the hell were we thinking?
[6:47] >> Don't you say we you.
[6:50] >> All right, good luck.
[6:52] >> That's only the first one. This gives us
[6:54] a better look at it. So, up here we've
[6:56] got Oh, wow. Kind of beautiful, isn't
[6:58] it?
[6:59] >> So, that right there would be my mirror
[7:00] array, I guess, then. And then behind it
[7:03] would be Oh my god. Like all of this is
[7:07] light source. That's crazy. So this is
[7:11] probably the access hatch for the lamp.
[7:13] >> Oh, they're not locked. Wo.
[7:15] >> Shut up.
[7:15] >> It's liquid cool.
[7:17] >> Shut up.
[7:19] >> Oh my gosh.
[7:20] >> No way. Use Jeff Cool E105. Really? Jeff
[7:24] Cool
[7:25] >> in the movie theater. My name Jeff.
[7:28] >> Oh, dude. Dude, they use colder quick
[7:30] release fittings.
[7:30] >> Oh, so you can These These are the
[7:32] >> Oh, really?
[7:33] >> Yeah. The brand is colder, dude. These
[7:35] are These are like $105 each or
[7:36] something like that back when I
[7:37] researched them cuz I wanted to bring
[7:38] them in at NCIS.
[7:39] >> Well, I'm really glad they didn't cut
[7:40] any corners in a $50,000 projector.
[7:42] >> Also, is this a DDC with like an EK
[7:45] Delin top on it or something
[7:47] >> that I was going to say this looks just
[7:48] like a PC water pump. Like, this does
[7:51] not look like anything custom almost,
[7:53] you know? So, this is a three chip DLP
[7:55] and you've got water cooling one, two,
[7:59] three for each of the DLP chips.
[8:01] >> Is that all in the same loop? I can't
[8:03] quite see.
[8:03] >> Yes, it's all in the same loop and it's
[8:05] coming over to this single 120 mm
[8:07] radiator. So, it's not actually a ton of
[8:09] heat. It's just about the concentration
[8:12] of the heat and getting it away from
[8:14] those chips during I mean long-term
[8:17] operation right?
[8:18] >> If nothing else, this is certainly a fun
[8:20] adventure.
[8:21] >> Do you want to do this one next?
[8:22] >> We can try. All right.
[8:23] >> Should we spin it around for them?
[8:24] >> No. Oh, yeah.
[8:26] >> There's one broken, but I just found
[8:27] this on the floor.
[8:28] >> I think we found the key.
[8:28] >> Oh, let's hope.
[8:30] >> Dude, this feels like a video game.
[8:32] You're just like walking around and you
[8:33] find a random key. You're like, "Oh, is
[8:34] it for the door that I couldn't unlock
[8:35] before?"
[8:39] >> Let's go.
[8:40] >> All right. What's in here?
[8:41] >> Terrible.
[8:42] >> Oh my lord. Okay, I'm very glad we
[8:46] didn't rip this door off because if we
[8:48] turned this on without this shielding
[8:51] here. Oh, I couldn't imagine what that
[8:53] would be like.
[8:53] >> Hey, Elijah, I figured out why the
[8:55] projector's so heavy.
[8:59] >> Oh,
[8:59] >> the entire freaking base is made of
[9:02] milled aluminum.
[9:03] >> Oh, it's one P. Oh my
[9:07] Holy cow. Is this like a chassis
[9:10] detector?
[9:10] >> Yeah. So, we had to keep this closed.
[9:13] >> Yeah, that makes sense. Well, no. We
[9:14] would have had it closed. I was just
[9:15] going to drill out the lock. You're
[9:16] still going to close it.
[9:17] >> Let's look at the IO.
[9:18] >> Uh
[9:18] >> oh, dude.
[9:19] >> DVI, baby.
[9:22] >> $15,000 DVI to HDMI converter.
[9:25] >> General purpose IO, serial 3D sync of
[9:29] some sort, presumably. And then it also
[9:31] takes SDI in. I don't know what server
[9:34] port does, but I think I saw something
[9:36] similar over in the server rack. So, why
[9:38] don't we take a look at that?
[9:39] >> Oh, okay.
[9:39] >> What is this?
[9:40] >> What do you got?
[9:43] Adorable.
[9:44] >> Hacking the main frame.
[9:46] >> Some random gigabit switch. Pass through
[9:48] holes
[9:49] >> with a power bar.
[9:50] >> Um, presumably for this automation
[9:52] controller. So, this is going to be for
[9:55] crap like your, you know, curtains and
[9:57] whatnot, I assume.
[9:58] >> Oh, buddy. Oh, you got a lot of cables
[10:00] back here.
[10:01] >> What am I attached to?
[10:02] >> Like everything.
[10:03] >> Is this a content server? Christy
[10:07] Digital Systems often utilize GDC
[10:09] technology media servers. There's no way
[10:11] that this thing isn't like locked down
[10:14] AF. I mean, the only way to find out is
[10:16] to boot it up, I guess.
[10:18] >> Hey, Elijah, if you were hoping that
[10:19] this rat's nest would be easy to
[10:21] decipher, I got bad news. This is great.
[10:23] It's labeled. Also, they just cut
[10:25] everything out of wherever it was.
[10:27] >> Is that Oh, that is the other end. Okay.
[10:29] >> The worst part is if this label's
[10:30] anything to go by, this is probably the
[10:32] encryption.
[10:33] >> Oh, okay. That's annoying.
[10:35] >> But then I didn't see anywhere for this
[10:38] to plug into back here. So,
[10:40] >> I mean, does that match the projector,
[10:41] though? The answer is yes. It lines up
[10:43] with the port labeled audio AES, which
[10:45] makes sense cuz this is AES out.
[10:47] >> You got a spot for me, boys?
[10:49] >> Nope.
[10:50] >> This gives us a bit of a better look at
[10:52] this machine. Yep. It's a piece of crap.
[10:54] But what it does have is this AJA
[10:56] interface card that I am not super
[11:00] familiar with. IMB interface
[11:02] >> that plugs That looks like the same
[11:03] port.
[11:04] >> Yeah, it is for the GDC card.
[11:05] >> Yeah. Okay.
[11:06] >> And we have that cable. It wasn't cut
[11:07] off.
[11:08] >> Okay, that's good. Well, we don't have
[11:10] to use this. We can just plug into the
[11:12] HDMI in on the projector.
[11:13] >> Oh, yeah. But it doesn't like, you know,
[11:14] can I change the input? It doesn't come
[11:16] with a remote or anything. So, like, how
[11:18] do I manage my interface?
[11:20] >> Try the marriage button. I mean, it's
[11:22] not scary, right?
[11:23] >> Would you rather the panic button or the
[11:25] marriage button?
[11:26] >> Well, they're both the same eventually.
[11:27] >> First one than the other.
[11:28] >> Yeah.
[11:29] >> Found another one that wasn't cut off.
[11:30] So, here's the GPIO.
[11:32] >> Okay.
[11:32] >> Hey, Glenn, you know lenses, right?
[11:34] >> You ever seen this before? Where? Hold
[11:36] on. Where was the
[11:37] >> Oh, unlock first.
[11:38] >> Oh,
[11:39] >> there you go.
[11:40] >> Okay,
[11:41] >> then that should
[11:42] >> Okay,
[11:43] >> lock it.
[11:44] >> I feel like we're putting
[11:45] >> Oh, that went in easier now.
[11:48] >> And then lock. Make sure to lock it.
[11:51] >> Was that it? You just put it in and lock
[11:53] it. I
[11:54] >> That does not seem right at all.
[11:56] >> DL over here.
[11:57] >> Yeah.
[11:57] >> You know what that stands for?
[11:59] >> Big lens.
[12:02] At this point, I think everything else
[12:03] we're looking at is either the GPIO for
[12:06] that automation controller or just like
[12:09] C13 power cables and RJ45 network
[12:12] cables. Like everything here is standard
[12:13] stuff.
[12:14] >> Okay,
[12:14] >> I think we've got everything we need
[12:16] other than power for the projector to
[12:19] try this thing out.
[12:20] >> Okay, I will work on getting it set up.
[12:23] Do you want me to unbox the second one
[12:24] as well?
[12:25] >> I would just leave it for now.
[12:26] >> Okay, well stay tuned, kids. One kissy
[12:30] projector setup later.
[12:32] >> Wow. You did this all on your own?
[12:35] >> Sort of. I can't take full credit.
[12:37] >> I think you mean no.
[12:39] >> I actually emailed Christy and they
[12:41] actually got back to me within about a
[12:43] day.
[12:43] >> Oh,
[12:44] >> and they emailed me all of the manuals,
[12:46] all of the instructions for this model
[12:48] of projector.
[12:49] >> Wow. Okay. They also gave us a huge
[12:51] safety warning. You remember how we
[12:53] opened that lamp at the beginning and we
[12:55] were like, "Wow, this looks cool."
[12:57] >> Yeah, it did look cool.
[12:57] >> Yeah. It will kill you if it explodes.
[12:59] >> Oh, cool.
[13:00] >> That makes it even cooler.
[13:02] >> It's a xenon bulb. And I'll put footage
[13:03] of what they look like exploding here.
[13:05] Um, but they actually recommend that you
[13:07] wear a full face shield, ballistic suit,
[13:09] and safety gloves when you're operating
[13:11] it. And we were just like, ooh,
[13:14] it was really not okay. But the good
[13:17] news is I didn't have to go in there in
[13:18] order to get it working. After I emailed
[13:20] Christy, they gave me all the manuals.
[13:21] They then ghosted me.
[13:22] >> Oh. I think that what happened was when
[13:24] they were trying to get me in touch with
[13:25] a Christy certified representative Yeah.
[13:28] >> they all basically were like, I don't
[13:30] want to touch this thing.
[13:31] >> Yeah. Cuz it was shipped Lord only knows
[13:33] how with all those bulbs in it.
[13:36] >> Yes.
[13:36] >> And has been touched now by us.
[13:39] >> Yeah. But
[13:40] >> damaged goods basically.
[13:42] >> It was enough for us to get it up and
[13:43] running.
[13:43] >> Okay.
[13:44] >> Would you like to fire it up or
[13:45] >> I would.
[13:46] >> Okay. Step one, we have to plug it in
[13:51] >> over there, sir. Step two, we need to go
[13:53] underneath and flip two switches down
[13:55] there.
[13:57] Would you like me to do it? You're sore.
[13:59] >> No, I'm good.
[14:00] >> Okay. Yes, that's switch one. And you
[14:02] should hear it pretty soon here. Start
[14:04] firing up.
[14:04] >> Wait, I I flipped two switches.
[14:06] >> Oh. H. It's probably fine. Hey, it's
[14:08] booting.
[14:09] >> There we go.
[14:10] >> What does this thing run like? Windows
[14:12] 98.
[14:13] >> I'm not really sure what it runs.
[14:14] >> That was an old school BIOS.
[14:16] >> It's very old. Yes, it can take like 15
[14:19] to 20 minutes to heat up, so it might be
[14:21] a while.
[14:23] Should I be the one to tell them?
[14:25] >> The lens is pointing that way and your
[14:27] projector screen is there.
[14:29] >> Yeah. Well, this is a movie theater
[14:30] projector. I wanted a bigger display.
[14:32] >> Ah, I see.
[14:33] >> And then if it really sucks, maybe we
[14:35] can turn it around.
[14:37] >> While we wait, should we fire up the
[14:38] digital cinema server?
[14:39] >> It's not actually needed. This is only
[14:41] required for when you have all the
[14:42] licensing to deal with when you are
[14:45] leasing a movie in order to project it
[14:46] in a movie,
[14:47] >> which we don't. Instead, we're just
[14:49] going to use the DVI to HDMI converter
[14:51] that was thankfully included, and we're
[14:53] just going to hook up a computer to it,
[14:54] and we're going to game. Okay, so we've
[14:56] got an error. Light change recommended.
[14:59] We acknowledge this error.
[15:00] >> Circuit board serial numbers do not
[15:02] match.
[15:04] >> It's fine. One of the things you'll
[15:07] >> Yeah, it's fine. One of the things
[15:08] you're going to notice about this is it
[15:10] will probably give us an error. We'll
[15:11] clear the error. It'll give us two more.
[15:13] That's why it actually took me so long
[15:15] to get this thing up and running. And we
[15:16] might just have to do a couple more
[15:18] today. It's in working condition. And
[15:20] that's actually what these lights are.
[15:22] At a quick glance, you could see, oh,
[15:23] there's an error I have to clear. This
[15:24] is just a warning versus we're all good
[15:26] to go.
[15:27] >> Oh, our temperatures are all critical.
[15:29] Wait.
[15:29] >> Uh,
[15:30] >> warning. It will reboot.
[15:31] >> These are all very It rebooted. These
[15:34] are all very new errors. So, thank you.
[15:37] >> But I didn't do anything.
[15:38] >> You walked on to set. When this actually
[15:40] does turn on, do not stand there, Glenn.
[15:42] One of the things that we determined is
[15:44] while it's not as hot as it was warning
[15:46] us, it will blind you. When I got it
[15:48] booted before, I was probably 10 meters
[15:50] away and I happened to look back, I saw
[15:53] spots for the rest of the day. So, if
[15:55] you're like within 2 m, you you're done.
[15:57] Um,
[15:57] >> don't do that.
[15:58] >> Oh, I I did it by accident.
[15:59] >> Well, yeah, but don't do it by accident.
[16:01] >> Yeah, thank you, Captain Hindsight.
[16:03] Like,
[16:05] >> it's not even hindsight. We knew that
[16:07] already.
[16:08] >> Yeah, but I didn't like think about it.
[16:09] It's just like, oh, it's just a
[16:10] projector. It'll be fine. So now what we
[16:12] should be able to do is we can actually
[16:14] initiate power cuz this isn't on yet,
[16:16] >> right?
[16:16] >> This is just kind of getting us to the
[16:18] interface. So we need to hit the power
[16:20] button.
[16:20] >> All right,
[16:21] >> there we go.
[16:22] >> Hey, there's your cooling fans, buddy.
[16:24] >> Yes. So now it's really starting here.
[16:28] That blue tape is critical
[16:29] infrastructure. Um, we discovered that
[16:32] it gives an error when it's trying to
[16:34] exhaust, but there's an actual like
[16:37] mechanical thing that's supposed to open
[16:38] and like vent more. Yeah.
[16:40] >> So, we've just made it vent all the
[16:41] time. So, that that blue tape is
[16:44] critical for this.
[16:45] >> Oh, okay. It's just like holding down
[16:47] the flap.
[16:48] >> Yeah, basically. So, it's starting DLP
[16:50] and IMB. That has to do with the
[16:52] connection back to this interface. It
[16:54] will fail, which is fine because we
[16:56] don't need it. There's workaround space.
[16:58] >> Can we just cancel it?
[16:59] >> No, because you still have to let it go
[17:00] through the process. So, one moment,
[17:02] please.
[17:02] >> I'm starting to come around to the
[17:04] realization that I have purchased
[17:05] e-waste.
[17:06] >> Oh, yeah. And you bought two of them.
[17:08] So, now we're finally ready to actually
[17:10] turn on the bulb.
[17:11] >> Big moment.
[17:11] >> This is the moment where no one is
[17:13] allowed to walk in front of this
[17:14] projector. And this is where you're
[17:15] going to be very disappointed.
[17:20] >> Is it on?
[17:21] >> Yes.
[17:24] >> Thought you said it was bright.
[17:25] >> It is when you look at it, but these
[17:28] things are optimized for being in a
[17:29] pitch black movie theater. Now, there
[17:32] are some things we can do to verify that
[17:34] there is something on the screen. We can
[17:35] go to the test patterns and we can
[17:37] actually display something.
[17:40] >> Oh, it is totally working.
[17:42] >> Yes. Now, obviously it looks like we're
[17:45] down to the left right now.
[17:46] >> Oh, yeah.
[17:47] >> But
[17:47] >> we have lens shift, right?
[17:49] >> There is a whole bunch of lens shift in
[17:50] here. And obviously there's all your
[17:52] focus, your zoom, and everything else in
[17:53] here. So,
[17:55] >> so we could just Oh,
[18:01] wait. That's as far right as it goes.
[18:02] >> What can I tell you, dude? Like this is
[18:04] you bought this.
[18:06] >> Is it meant to sit like way at the back
[18:08] right?
[18:08] >> Well, no. It's centered.
[18:10] >> Yeah, but I already moved it all the way
[18:11] to the right. Can I not move it up?
[18:13] >> No. You also got to remember this thing
[18:15] is supposed to be mounted like at the
[18:16] top of your movie theater aiming down.
[18:21] I mean, we can throw it on a forklift.
[18:22] >> Okay. Zoom though. We have zoom.
[18:24] >> Yeah. So, you can obviously make it
[18:26] freaking massive.
[18:27] >> I can't believe how not that bright it
[18:29] is.
[18:29] >> You got to remember, very old lamp
[18:30] already in here. And one thing Lucas and
[18:32] I did discover, which we can find in the
[18:33] settings again, this is not 33,000
[18:36] lumens like it claims, it seems to be
[18:38] around the 6 to 7,000 lumen mark. And I
[18:43] don't know if that's because of the
[18:45] actual lamp itself,
[18:46] >> right?
[18:47] >> Or if there's a setting that we're
[18:49] missing that's specifically unlocked by
[18:52] like a Christy certified technician.
[18:55] >> Wow, it looks just like an old crappy
[18:58] projector. It's got the flicker and
[19:00] everything.
[19:01] >> It's pretty bad. Another thing is, do
[19:04] you want to guess how much power this is
[19:05] drawing?
[19:05] >> 2500 watts.
[19:07] >> Let's find out. Cuz last time we
[19:09] checked, this was about 4,000 watts. Oh,
[19:12] I might have to log into the service
[19:14] account, which we found out the password
[19:15] for the service account was service.
[19:18] >> Nice.
[19:19] >> Oh, yeah.
[19:19] >> Intensity. 5800 lumens.
[19:22] >> Yeah. So, that's roughly what we think
[19:23] the lumen count is. We couldn't actually
[19:25] verify that,
[19:26] >> right? Wow. There's so much that you can
[19:29] do manually on this. You can move the
[19:30] light.
[19:32] >> It's and the lens. Oh, I wonder if
[19:34] that's why our default is like way the
[19:36] crap over there.
[19:37] >> Maybe
[19:38] >> do auto.
[19:42] >> Oh, it's definitely doing something. Oh,
[19:43] wo.
[19:44] >> Hey, it got brighter for a second there.
[19:46] It actually looks like it's doing
[19:47] something.
[19:48] >> Yeah, she's got some brightness in her.
[19:50] Well, that's brighter.
[19:51] >> It finished and it's at 11,000.
[19:54] >> Yeah, buddy. Okay, that definitely looks
[19:57] a lot brighter now. And it's more in
[19:59] focus than what you got it to. So,
[20:00] >> and it seems to be flickering even more.
[20:04] >> Well, can't win them all.
[20:07] >> Okay, what else we got?
[20:09] >> Let's put that rainbow test pattern on
[20:10] again. OH, WOW.
[20:11] >> WO,
[20:12] >> THAT IS A LOT more vibrant.
[20:14] >> Okay, now we're cooking with gas.
[20:17] >> Do you like the focus?
[20:19] Yeah, I couldn't help noticing that it's
[20:21] bang on right here and then off both
[20:25] here and here.
[20:26] >> We think we might have an issue with the
[20:28] lens alignment cuz if you look even in
[20:30] the top left, the light starts to like
[20:31] fade off. So, we're not sure if we're
[20:34] missing a piece to help center it or if
[20:36] we just sucked at putting it in. But,
[20:38] >> I mean, speak for yourself. I got three
[20:40] kids. Doing anything on this is
[20:42] horrible,
[20:43] >> man. I um
[20:45] >> Do you think this is the most you've
[20:48] regretted a purchase?
[20:50] >> No comment.
[20:51] >> Yeah,
[20:51] >> the firetruck was a better investment.
[20:54] >> Oh, literally though. We will yield no
[20:56] further content and no further use from
[20:59] these whatsoever.
[21:01] >> But hey, maybe if one of you guys wants
[21:04] one, we have two. Hit us up.
[21:07] >> The input lag is
[21:08] >> I was I was just going to say
[21:10] >> way better than I expected. like
[21:13] extremely usable, maybe even good.
[21:18] >> This is significantly better than I
[21:19] thought.
[21:20] >> That's what I'm talking about.
[21:21] >> Holy cow, we're so bad. Okay, now we
[21:24] just need to
[21:25] >> I got an idea. I got an idea. What if we
[21:27] fired it through the door in the theater
[21:28] room
[21:30] and see if we can hit the screen that's
[21:32] in there?
[21:33] >> And then anybody who turns around and
[21:35] leaves dies cuz they can't they can't
[21:37] get out the door.
[21:38] >> We'll be fine. We got this.
[21:39] >> We're not doing it, dude.
[21:42] This is freaking ridiculous. There's
[21:45] kind of a shadow in the top left and I
[21:47] figured it out. Do not look at the lens,
[21:49] but point the camera toward the lens.
[21:51] And you can actually see we shifted the
[21:53] lens so much.
[21:55] Like lens shift is literal lens shift.
[21:59] So there's vignetting cuz the image is
[22:01] way over here. Okay, I think that's as
[22:02] good as it's getting. Elijah, are you
[22:04] going to be able to get in here?
[22:04] >> Oh yeah.
[22:05] >> Oh man, I love climbing into my movie
[22:08] theater.
[22:15] I can't tell if it's just cuz this room,
[22:17] but it feels warmer in here.
[22:19] >> Oh, yeah.
[22:19] >> Even since we've just started sitting
[22:21] down and playing.
[22:22] >> Oh, yeah. Okay.
[22:24] It's still not great.
[22:26] >> It's not as bad as you thought, though.
[22:28] Now,
[22:29] >> no. No, it's better than it was. It
[22:31] turns out light control is good for
[22:34] projection, so that's cool.
[22:36] >> Who would have thought it?
[22:37] >> Who would have thought it?
[22:38] Unfortunately, even with the increased
[22:40] brightness, movies still aren't going to
[22:42] pop because it's just too old to support
[22:44] HDR. So, it's just
[22:48] bright SDR.
[22:50] It does have like a very filmic pleasing
[22:54] look though.
[22:54] >> Yeah. But is that because of our out of
[22:57] focus?
[22:58] >> No. No, that's
[22:59] >> cuz like there's still parts right now
[23:01] where we haven't gotten the focus dialed
[23:02] in.
[23:03] >> No, no, this is true. But, uh that's
[23:05] that's not all of it. In the middle,
[23:07] it's focused. So, that's the only place
[23:09] I'm looking.
[23:10] >> Okay.
[23:10] >> I mean, it doesn't help that there's not
[23:12] practically a place we could still put
[23:14] this.
[23:14] >> Nope. Nowhere.
[23:15] >> Not your house. Not the tech house. Not
[23:17] here. Like,
[23:19] >> not even at Whale Land.
[23:20] >> No.
[23:22] >> Well,
[23:23] now we know that.
[23:26] But is there a place that we could put
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