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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DethStryke" data-source="post: 2060784" data-attributes="member: 1309">Nice setup for a travel capable. This is something I've been working towards myself. Right now I have a huge train layout table I got for 10 bucks that can seat 10 around it pretty easily if need be. I installed a surround sound system (5.1) around the table. Hooking that up to a sound blaster in my computer allows me to *move* the sounds around the table as I like for sound effect and music. Combine that with wireless networking and a mounted swingarm moniter mounted for a built-in computer or laptop, there is not much I *can't* do at the table.The projector I am going to rig up to the ceiling to do what this is showing (projecting maps onto the table itself) and have a swivel built in to point it at the wall behind the DM seat. I plan on making cut scenes and animations for some special points in my games, which then can be shown on the screen behind me for the group to experience. For instance, I can make a Star Wars opening crawl for my d20SW game starts. With full surround and the re-mastered DVD audio tracks, the effect is stunning.Some of the better things you can only do if you have a room dedicated for use as a gaming area. I'm a lucky man who has a wife who games (she actually rounded up here own group from her co-workers! We have to "schedule" uses of the game room now. heh. Horrible problem to have, huh? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) AND we have no children, which makes it easier.So far the price is the sticking point. My gaming buddies are not very wealthy, so getting more than 10 bucks a week is not really an option. I'm going to try to save up, or run some kind of fund raiser to help out, I think. Might be a fun option for the group... build comradery and the like.Speaking of which, many DVD players now can show Jpegs and the like from digital cameras or burned CDs. You can get a boxed DVD surround set for less than 200, which covers sound and audio. Plug that into your projector and run a disk with the files burned to it. As long as you make a handy index on paper to refer to, moving between pre-made maps is pretty easy. Those same DVDs can usually take Component (RGB) video connectors, so the quality should be quite high.If there is interest, I have a nice and very inexpensive way to make speaker mounts that I can share with people. 25 bucks for a mount is just too much to pay when the system would cost less than the 5 mounts you need!</blockquote>

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