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And now, a scam preying on people who don't understand optics...

2004-11-12, 8:11 PM #1

kyle90

Laser Lover

Posts: 8,450

WOW LIEK OMG IT MAKES YOUR TV BIGGER!!!!!111~!~1!!OMG WTF LOL

http://www.maxtheater.com/

Please tell me that people don't actually fall for this...

Stuff

2004-11-12, 8:14 PM #2

ECHOMAN

"Has it won yet?"

Posts: 17,215

But the guy is so convincing in his picture! It must work!

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2004-11-12, 8:16 PM #3

tofu

(Not an) Administrator

Posts: 2,867

No, it's true, it really does work, just the image quality is terrible because you're blowing the picture up too big. You can actually make one of these out of a cardboard box and some other materials.

2004-11-12, 8:17 PM #4

JudgeDredd

Believed in Green Men

Posts: 1,370

I still don't understand how it works.

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2004-11-12, 8:59 PM #5

Acharjay

Quick! Someone call a doctor!g

Posts: 2,498

Neither...

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2004-11-12, 11:21 PM #6

Thrawn[numbarz]

colonpee addict

Posts: 11,951

I want one!

2004-11-13, 7:28 AM #7

Spork

Junior Vice-President

Posts: 6,279

That guy looks really familair...

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2004-11-13, 7:36 AM #8

MechWarrior

Should be.

Posts: 3,197

Match his pictures up to the Nigarian scammer book... I'm sure you'll find him.

2004-11-13, 7:39 AM #9

DogSRoOL

wtf is a catloaf?a

Posts: 6,227

So what... it's basically a projector?

Cat loaf, meet mouseloaf.
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2004-11-13, 8:19 AM #10

Wolfy

I TYPE LOUD

Posts: 10,623

Quote:

Originally posted by Spork
That guy looks really familair...

He looks like Phil Hartman.

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2004-11-13, 11:23 AM #11

kyle90

Laser Lover

Posts: 8,450

Quote:

Originally posted by Spork
That guy looks really familair...

He's probably that guy... you know, the one in the van, that promised you candy when you were a kid?

Stuff

2004-11-13, 11:35 AM #12

Baconfish

ALL GLORY TO THE CONTEST WINNER

Posts: 18,004

[http://imagecorner.sorrowind.net/288/1.jpg]

Next two may offend

http://imagecorner.sorrowind.net/288/2.jpg
http://imagecorner.sorrowind.net/288/3.jpg

nope.

2004-11-13, 1:12 PM #13

nottheking

Nottheking

Posts: 1,589

The first picture you made was humorous, but the second two were illegible to me for some reason...

Wake up, George Lucas... The Matrix has you...

2004-11-13, 1:29 PM #14

Jereiaki

Banned

Posts: 384

Yeah. The second one has to be a style like were Uncle Sam is pointing a finger at you, saying it at the bottom. Like this:

Just replace Bush's head with Uncle Sam. And "I own you" with your message.

2004-11-13, 10:55 PM #15

dry gear the frog

Membre Aîné

Posts: 1,533

At a glance, he looks like a young Sean Connery. The resemblance disappears when you take a close look though.

It's not the side effects of cocaine, so then I'm thinking that it must be love

2004-11-13, 10:59 PM #16

KOP_AoEJedi

How do I change this?

Posts: 5,705

yeah its just like a big magnifying glass... if youve ever seen one of the old primative 'image enlargement machines' then youd get the same effect.

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2004-11-13, 11:02 PM #17

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

Tofu is right, this does work. It's just horrible image quality. I guess if you sit far enough away though...

2004-11-13, 11:08 PM #18

Mikus

compassion-deficient

Posts: 2,483

Far enough back to negate the size...

2004-11-14, 5:14 PM #19

Noble Outlaw

Well-mannered criminal.

Posts: 2,296

Quote:

Originally posted by DogSRoOL
So what... it's basically a projector?

yeah, that's exactly what it is.

Quote:

Originally posted by Jereiaki
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that's definitly a keeper. Saved!

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2004-11-14, 5:43 PM #20

Raoul Duke

I voted for cake.

Posts: 1,771

[http://www.maxtheater.com/new/images/screenshot1.jpg]

2004-11-14, 5:56 PM #21

..would like a shrubbery.

Posts: 4,822

Thirty seconds on google:
http://bigscreentv.20m.com

By the looks of it, the room has to be very dark to get a half decent picture.

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