My new home theater for a buck!

[Kamakiri]

Won an auction for a Sony KP-7220 on eBay for a buck!

I picked up the set in a well-to-do neighborhood in the outskirts of Rochester NY. Offered the guy $40 for the set in email after the auction ended. I couldn't risk NOT getting it, the cool factor was way too high . It even came with the original protective cloth screen cover and manuals.

It's amazing how much space these sets take up, not just in size but in the area needed to operate it. You need a full six feet from projector to screen, and the alignment is done with two cords that plug in to the base of the screen....just plug in the cords, and pull the screen or projector until they're taut, do the crosshatch alignment, and watch TV.

Only problem is that the screen surround is a VERY brittle plastic, and completely fell apart when we put it up. Good ole duct tape. It'll get me by until I can figure out how to make a frame for it out of wood.

Wish I could get it to focus just a *little* better. The focus is okay for TV, but I have no idea how my 14 year old son doesn't go blind trying to read all the fine print when playing Battlefield 4 on it on his PS3.....

And of course, I had to pick up some cheap furniture to transform that half of the basement into a "vintage" home theater.......