![]() One night before we knew, we were in a movie and we didn’t see the text. ![]() We have to make sure it is on before we leave, or be ready via text to press play. The only bummer is if a sitter is watching kids and wants to put on a movie then we have to make sure to turn it on from our phones because there is no manual way. We have one on each side of the screen and we turn it on with our Sonos app on our phone. HOW DO YOU LISTEN/WHAT IS THE SOUND LIKE? I know you have a ton of functional questions. Most people wouldn’t need to remove it as often as we do, but it’s nice to know that it can be taken down for special occasions. The cartridge is easily removed if needed – it hangs on small screws that you can hardly see. The kids now feel like it’s a special occasion and they kinda know that we won’t just pull it down for a quick show. The screen is super easy to pull down and retrieve up.Īdmittedly it’s huge but WE LOVE IT. The curtains can go over the cartridge easily if we want to close the curtains completely (which we never do), and it really just disappears. Our IT guy gave us options and recommended everything based on our needs (mine: minimal design, easy to remove, Brian: high quality picture, good sound and minimal design, too). How it’s projected couldn’t be minimized to fit on a smaller screen. I of course wanted a smaller screen, but we actually couldn’t get one with the projector that we already had (we considered others but any higher-end projectors weren’t going to be able to project small enough at that distance, from that height). We chose the simplest white cartridge and screen. She’s big, the quality is high, and it’s REALLY FUN. We are currently taking auditions for the other 4. We are very tired and only like 11 people max in our house at a time, 4 of which are us. Right above the window! It’s a white metal cartridge that is hard to see, but then when you are ready to watch Nate and Jeremiah By Design, you simply…ĭear Hollywood, your new premiere venue has arrived. ![]() Now where is this hidden screen? See below. And our basket of kids books covers it for the most part. You can see that of course, but it could be SO MUCH worse. He snaked the cords along the baseboard (in a conduit cover) and then attached a power strip to the bottom of the table. Any other tech is hidden underneath the table or on the ground under the sofa (not ideal, but you can’t really see it). You can see it if you look hard, but it’s seriously not noticeable. Our installer hid all the cords behind the shades and then put them inside a white cord cover and snaked them down the middle of the windows. If anything our friends are excited to see great tech in a more formal space. It’s honestly hardly noticeable, and it doesn’t bother me at all. It’s like seeing a lamp cord – not ideal, but you stop noticing it because LIFE. It is something we can remove so easily (for shoots) but projects a nice picture when needed. Welcome to our new (but subtle) home theater/TV room:Ībove the sofa we have the projector. ![]() A few weeks later we had a whole new tech life. We called an IT specialist and he consulted, suggested, and installed. We didn’t feel like it was perfect, but we pulled the trigger because we were so sick of talking about it and action needed to happen. So after talking about it for over a year we came up with a solution. If our home were big enough we would have both a TV room and a play room, but it’s not, so we don’t. But up there they have a dedicated play space – a whole room just for THEM (plus acres of forest in the back yard). We don’t have one at the mountain house and for the most part they just forget about it and play instead. Perhaps there will be less begging, less of us saying and reminding them of the rules. And we really wanted to de-emphasize the TV in our house in the hopes that it would tempt them less. The last year we had a smaller TV in the den, but the kids really needed that play space and the sofa was taking up too much room. She makes them laugh and keeps them safe. The question of getting rid of the TV certainly came up over and over (and OVER), but then the weekends rolled around and man, that electronic babysitter is really good at watching our kids at 7am. No room makes sense, and no wall felt natural. If there was one question in the world that Brian and I were sick of asking ourselves, and each other, it was ‘WHERE DO WE WATCH THAT TV?’ Our house was built in 1926 and therefore just not set up for that perfect 65″ TV wall.
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