I Bought a Movie Theater Projector… Turns Out They’re SUPER Dangerous

[00:00] Inside this box is a Christy CP2230

[00:03] projector. Brand new, this bad boy was

[00:06] worth about $50,000.

[00:09] And that's before any costly 4K or 3D

[00:12] upgrades. But that was 10 years ago. And

[00:15] thanks to the onward march of time, not

[00:18] to mention the slowly dying theater

[00:19] industry, I was able to pick up two of

[00:22] these bad boys for a fraction of that

[00:25] price, including shipping from Canada's

[00:28] second most seceding province. But

[00:31] they're just projectors. Why are they so

[00:33] big? Because these projectors are not

[00:35] just a lamp and some color filters

[00:37] inside of a shoe box like you might see

[00:39] in a home theater setup. These bad boys

[00:42] come with an entire server rack each

[00:44] that handle the inputs, the power, and

[00:47] to be honest, we don't really know,

[00:50] >> which is why we're going to rip them

[00:51] open, attempt to set them up, and see if

[00:54] we can find a use for them. Maybe here,

[00:56] maybe at Whale Land.

[00:58] >> I'd rather not, sir. Why?

[01:00] >> Well, because you see, according to the

[01:02] spec sheets, if anyone is within 2 m of

[01:05] this thing and decides to look at the

[01:06] bulb, they will go blind immediately and

[01:09] permanently. Is this even safe to Ellen?

[01:11] >> Probably not, which is why I decided not

[01:14] to tell the safety team that we were

[01:15] shooting today.

[01:16] >> Okay, that's probably fine. As long as

[01:18] you be sure to tell the safety team

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[01:43] >> Which one of these are we opening?

[01:45] >> Well, we have to open all three

[01:46] eventually. Which one do you want to

[01:48] start with?

[01:48] >> You don't know what's in them?

[01:49] >> I have no idea what's in wit.

[01:51] >> All right.

[01:51] >> What's in?

[01:52] >> What's in wit?

[01:54] >> That shows how unprepared we are. Let's

[01:57] start with this one, which probably

[01:59] contains a Christy CP2230,

[02:02] a large format projector that's capable

[02:04] of running screens up to 86 ft with a

[02:07] rated output of 33,000

[02:10] lumens. For context, the Epson projector

[02:12] that I used to have in my home theater

[02:14] offered up a pretty awesome bright HDR

[02:17] experience on a 120in screen with uh

[02:21] 2700

[02:23] lumens. It was introduced back in 2012,

[02:26] so it is a little bit on the older side,

[02:28] but over the years, Christy offered

[02:31] multiple upgrades to add 3D capabilities

[02:34] and even to increase the resolution from

[02:36] 2K, which is basically 1080p, all the

[02:39] way to 4K. How did I end up with them?

[02:42] Well, TLDDR, some jokester on the

[02:44] subreddit noticed an IMAX projector on

[02:46] Bid Spotter, and they were like, "That'd

[02:48] be funny." And we were like, "Yeah." But

[02:52] we couldn't get that because it turns

[02:53] out you can't sell those and IMAX

[02:56] actually ended up sending a team to

[02:58] destroy that projector rather than allow

[03:00] some tech YouTuber to buy it. I took

[03:02] that personally. But not every screen in

[03:04] that 15 screen theater was IMAX. So

[03:07] after scrolling past the headless Tintin

[03:10] statues, urinals, and arcade machines, I

[03:13] found that they were offloading all of

[03:15] the other AV gear from the theater as

[03:17] well. So, the idea was that with two of

[03:19] these, I could finally fulfill my dream

[03:22] of building a stereoscopic 3D gaming

[03:25] experience for Whale Land.

[03:27] >> I don't think that's going to work. This

[03:29] would literally melt or shatter any 3D

[03:32] filter.

[03:33] >> But they have 3D. What does that even

[03:35] mean?

[03:35] >> It says that it'll only do 3D at 30 fps,

[03:38] though.

[03:39] >> Yeah, but No, no,

[03:42] >> don't make me pull out the thing.

[03:44] >> That's the lamp one.

[03:44] >> Well, whatever. The point is it said 60

[03:46] fps on the page I showed you.

[03:48] >> But I thought it No, it was talking

[03:49] about 60 fps when you put both of them

[03:51] together. So you get 30 each eye.

[03:55] >> This is my first time looking at it,

[03:56] too, buddy. Okay, we're going to figure

[03:57] this out together.

[03:59] >> What does this

[04:01] >> Oh, did we manage to unbox the one that

[04:04] doesn't have a projector in it?

[04:05] >> Oh, wait. Oh.

[04:06] >> Oh, wait.

[04:07] >> Oh, this is one of the 3D filters. This

[04:11] sits in front of the projector according

[04:12] to the photos on the auction site. Wait.

[04:15] >> Yes.

[04:16] >> That's how it works.

[04:17] >> Yes. That's why our little dinky filters

[04:19] that we had for the 3D at your house

[04:21] would like die.

[04:22] >> So, this has the filters for the left

[04:25] and right eye alternating.

[04:27] >> Oh, I Oh, yeah. You can actually see the

[04:29] separation between them.

[04:30] >> Yeah.

[04:31] >> Oh, that makes so much more sense now.

[04:34] >> How the hell are we going to get that to

[04:37] work?

[04:39] >> We're going to find out. Was this

[04:41] supposed to come with a termination to

[04:43] something? Did they just like cut it

[04:45] from the wall and just give it directly

[04:47] to you?

[04:48] >> It may be a little over our heads here,

[04:50] Elijah.

[04:51] >> Lord Almighty.

[04:52] >> Yep. Yep. Yep.

[04:55] >> That's one one of the filters. Wo. What

[04:58] is all this?

[04:59] >> I think these were wall-mounted if I

[05:02] remember correctly in the auction photo.

[05:04] >> The drywall anchors.

[05:05] >> Wow. They did not

[05:07] on the pallet.

[05:09] I mean, they can't be that heavy then.

[05:12] Oh gosh, sir. Hold on. Sorry.

[05:16] What is rattling? There's so many new

[05:19] screws in here. Okay, so this is just

[05:23] basically glorified switches as far as I

[05:26] can tell. Panic.

[05:28] >> What does that mean?

[05:30] >> Oh god, I forgot there was another one

[05:31] of these. Look, dude, we haven't even

[05:33] gotten to the projectors yet.

[05:34] >> Do we want to open these boxes that came

[05:36] with it? Yeah,

[05:38] I'm afraid to find out what's in them.

[05:41] >> Lens.

[05:45] >> What?

[05:46] >> Shatter.

[05:46] >> That's how you open a lens, right?

[05:48] >> Whoa. Holy crap. These are huge. What do

[05:52] you see, Captain?

[05:54] LAND AOY. I wasted me money.

[05:59] >> Pallet. Pallet one. Pallet. Pallet two.

[06:03] What the Sam heck is up with this

[06:04] pallet? Got this little pinner piece

[06:06] right here.

[06:12] >> Oh, hello. Oh my god. It's like

[06:15] >> I know. That's why I'm like

[06:16] >> Wo, dude. It's so precarious.

[06:18] >> Yeah, I know. That's why I'm over here

[06:19] holding it.

[06:20] >> Is that for cooling?

[06:21] >> Yes. So, in the pictures on the auction

[06:23] site, this was just piped up to the roof

[06:25] kind of like a laundry shoot or like a

[06:27] laundry dryer thing. So, I think it's

[06:29] just heat. Raw heat going to come out of

[06:31] this. Warning. lamp may explode, causing

[06:34] bodily harm or death. I mean, we said

[06:36] this thing was dangerous.

[06:37] >> Yeah, we'd hate to let the people down.

[06:39] >> Someone's got to die of this video.

[06:44] >> What the hell were we thinking?

[06:47] >> Don't you say we you.

[06:50] >> All right, good luck.

[06:52] >> That's only the first one. This gives us

[06:54] a better look at it. So, up here we've

[06:56] got Oh, wow. Kind of beautiful, isn't

[06:58] it?

[06:59] >> So, that right there would be my mirror

[07:00] array, I guess, then. And then behind it

[07:03] would be Oh my god. Like all of this is

[07:07] light source. That's crazy. So this is

[07:11] probably the access hatch for the lamp.

[07:13] >> Oh, they're not locked. Wo.

[07:15] >> Shut up.

[07:15] >> It's liquid cool.

[07:17] >> Shut up.

[07:19] >> Oh my gosh.

[07:20] >> No way. Use Jeff Cool E105. Really? Jeff

[07:24] Cool

[07:25] >> in the movie theater. My name Jeff.

[07:28] >> Oh, dude. Dude, they use colder quick

[07:30] release fittings.

[07:30] >> Oh, so you can These These are the

[07:32] >> Oh, really?

[07:33] >> Yeah. The brand is colder, dude. These

[07:35] are These are like $105 each or

[07:36] something like that back when I

[07:37] researched them cuz I wanted to bring

[07:38] them in at NCIS.

[07:39] >> Well, I'm really glad they didn't cut

[07:40] any corners in a $50,000 projector.

[07:42] >> Also, is this a DDC with like an EK

[07:45] Delin top on it or something

[07:47] >> that I was going to say this looks just

[07:48] like a PC water pump. Like, this does

[07:51] not look like anything custom almost,

[07:53] you know? So, this is a three chip DLP

[07:55] and you've got water cooling one, two,

[07:59] three for each of the DLP chips.

[08:01] >> Is that all in the same loop? I can't

[08:03] quite see.

[08:03] >> Yes, it's all in the same loop and it's

[08:05] coming over to this single 120 mm

[08:07] radiator. So, it's not actually a ton of

[08:09] heat. It's just about the concentration

[08:12] of the heat and getting it away from

[08:14] those chips during I mean long-term

[08:17] operation right?

[08:18] >> If nothing else, this is certainly a fun

[08:20] adventure.

[08:21] >> Do you want to do this one next?

[08:22] >> We can try. All right.

[08:23] >> Should we spin it around for them?

[08:24] >> No. Oh, yeah.

[08:26] >> There's one broken, but I just found

[08:27] this on the floor.

[08:28] >> I think we found the key.

[08:28] >> Oh, let's hope.

[08:30] >> Dude, this feels like a video game.

[08:32] You're just like walking around and you

[08:33] find a random key. You're like, "Oh, is

[08:34] it for the door that I couldn't unlock

[08:35] before?"

[08:39] >> Let's go.

[08:40] >> All right. What's in here?

[08:41] >> Terrible.

[08:42] >> Oh my lord. Okay, I'm very glad we

[08:46] didn't rip this door off because if we

[08:48] turned this on without this shielding

[08:51] here. Oh, I couldn't imagine what that

[08:53] would be like.

[08:53] >> Hey, Elijah, I figured out why the

[08:55] projector's so heavy.

[08:59] >> Oh,

[08:59] >> the entire freaking base is made of

[09:02] milled aluminum.

[09:03] >> Oh, it's one P. Oh my

[09:07] Holy cow. Is this like a chassis

[09:10] detector?

[09:10] >> Yeah. So, we had to keep this closed.

[09:13] >> Yeah, that makes sense. Well, no. We

[09:14] would have had it closed. I was just

[09:15] going to drill out the lock. You're

[09:16] still going to close it.

[09:17] >> Let's look at the IO.

[09:18] >> Uh

[09:18] >> oh, dude.

[09:19] >> DVI, baby.

[09:22] >> $15,000 DVI to HDMI converter.

[09:25] >> General purpose IO, serial 3D sync of

[09:29] some sort, presumably. And then it also

[09:31] takes SDI in. I don't know what server

[09:34] port does, but I think I saw something

[09:36] similar over in the server rack. So, why

[09:38] don't we take a look at that?

[09:39] >> Oh, okay.

[09:39] >> What is this?

[09:40] >> What do you got?

[09:43] Adorable.

[09:44] >> Hacking the main frame.

[09:46] >> Some random gigabit switch. Pass through

[09:48] holes

[09:49] >> with a power bar.

[09:50] >> Um, presumably for this automation

[09:52] controller. So, this is going to be for

[09:55] crap like your, you know, curtains and

[09:57] whatnot, I assume.

[09:58] >> 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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