Mom installs 98-inch screen in son's bedroom ceiling, deservedly garners award nomination
Thought you had it all set with a 14-inch TV and an NES in your room as a kid? Then you might want to look away for a minute, lest your childhood memories be diminished. Everyone else can take a good look at this 98-inch screen that Patti Deni had installed flush in the ceiling of her son's bedroom. At the center of the setup is an NEC projector paired with some Draper projection mirrors, which fills that 98-inch StarGlas60 display with some full HD images than can be viewed from just about any angle. As you might expect, however, this wasn't exactly the easiest of installs, and apparently even involved reframing and reinforcing the ceiling. No word on any mom of the year awards just yet, but the setup itself has at least attracted the attention of Electronic House's Home of the Year awards.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Galley @ Jul 27th 2009 4:41PM
Is the kid handicapped, and bed-ridden? Why the ceiling?
poorwiggy @ Jul 27th 2009 4:46PM
I don't know what she looks like but for that act alone I consider her a major MILF!
Chad @ Jul 27th 2009 4:56PM
I look at the empty wall to the side and wonder why... why the ceiling?
TrueEddie @ Jul 27th 2009 5:07PM
That's just ridiculous.
Mics @ Jul 27th 2009 5:22PM
@Gallery @Chad
I'm thinking it's on the ceiling for all the following reasons:
1) It's a rear-projected image, therefore not enough space inside/behind that empty wall to the side of the bed for a 98" picture. Only above the ceiling (most likely at the top of an attic) can the projector be mounted.
2) The empty wall is to the side of the bed. Not the ideal angle when you're laying in bed at night.
3) It's way cooler on the ceiling than a normal wall-mounted system.
sumtone @ Jul 27th 2009 5:58PM
dam wish my mom did the same thing to me lol o wells...
DJ @ Jul 27th 2009 6:05PM
Kinda gives MILF a whole new meaning......
DrXym @ Jul 27th 2009 6:41PM
What a thoroughly pointless thing to do. Even the photo shows there is a perfectly adequate wall the TV could have been hung from. Which also has the added advantage that you don't have to be lie staring at the ceiling to watch the thing. It also avoids the slight but real possibility of a 50+Kg television piling into on your face in the middle of the night.
Michael @ Jul 27th 2009 6:54PM
If you read the article it clearly states that it is a rear projection with a projector in the ceiling there is nothing to fall down.
Peter F @ Jul 27th 2009 9:49PM
Now he has a perfect punch line for girls:
"Want to come up to my room to see something real big?"
Two things can happen
1) She gets disgusted, but he gets a Get out of jail free card by showing her the TV
2) She takes the bait
jlh304 @ Jul 28th 2009 4:50PM
Oh you forgot the best part. To truely watch the tv the girl has to get in the bed... Mom must want her son to be a player.
eric f. @ Jul 28th 2009 12:23PM
First step completed in creating another morbidly obese bed-ridden kid.
tbor @ Jul 28th 2009 3:53PM
And the kid's name? Harry Knowles.
Skottey @ Jul 28th 2009 10:54PM
As a parent planning a wall mounted HDTV for my own child there is great concern in smaller children throwing toys at the TV and just plain messing with it. I opted to do a wall mount up high enough the kids cannot reach it. She took the ceiling approach. Yes, she is seriously spoiling this child, but I'm just saying it is probably on the ceiling to avoid potential damage.
Stitches @ Jul 30th 2009 2:43PM
The kid is a teenager not a small child who is going to damage equipment. Yes she is seriously spoiling her child, but it is nowhere near an ideal location.
M_B @ Jul 29th 2009 2:59AM
oh my god that looks cool. completely overkill, especially for a kid's bed room, and at a very weird viewing angle, but cool.