The only logical place for a big TV in the great room is right in the middle. And even a very nice flatscreen TV would be in th way there. So I thought of a different solution, involving an obsolete projector, and obsolete Apple TV, and (thanks to my brother Karel for providing) a little gadget that allows an Apple TV to be connected to a VGA screen. Normally that’s prohibited by a technology called HDCP, intended to prevent copying. But with the gadget, and an Ikea roll up blinds set, I now have a 57″ ultra flat TV.
The colors aren’t that blue, that’s just my camera choosing the ambient light as neutral.
It plays Netflix, Music, Radio and anything streamed to it using Airplay. When not in use, you simply roll it up to the ceiling. The HomePod is moved to the tree, to be more natural as a sound source. Tomorrow, I’ll hook up power to the tree under the house, so the extension cords is no longer needed. Also coming is Air conditioning in the great room. More about that also tomorrow.
Looks good , glad that the Fury worked well,
This year Ikea will release motorised blinds in their TRÅDFRI range , so you can even automate the screen also
Yeah, that would be cool. and solve the issue that the roll up takes it’s name a bit to literally; it usually rolls up after being pulled down. Not sure why that happens. Oh and the aspect ratio issue has been solved; that was a setting that could be done on the projector. With the speaker now close to the screen, it’s a pretty good solution for an otherwise hard to disguise TV solution.