Laser Stars Projector Instead of Fiber Optics

Looks cool I am interested in your use of it. Please post some pics when you get it set up.

this might be really cool when showing sci-fi flics on my pj and 108" screen; shine on ceiling or walls away from movie screen.

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Wow! This looks cool....agreed on using this instead of LED's...

looks like this projects a nice image even on a white ceiling, judging from the screen shots. interesting.

There was some discussion about this projector about a year ago here on this forum. I saw it in person at a Spencers store (its $99). It was just ok, not bad, not great. It would be great if it wasn't green, because its REALLY green. If the stars were white it would be perfect.

When I put "stars" in the search engine, I found a three page thread on the laser star projector

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...ighlight=stars

I picked one of these up. The Theater isn't finished yet. The Green doesn't bug me. It looks cool. I have only used it on a white ceiling. I hope to see how it looks on a black one in the next day or so. I am thinking about using 2 to increast the effect in my theater. It isn't realistic as the stars move way too fast, but it is still a great fantasy star effect.

I have one. I posted photos about a year ago. It's a really amazing device that looks good on any ceiling.

Pros:

Inexpensive option to fiber optic star ceiling
Light and portable. Can be placed anywhere.
Moving stars and clouds - or no clouds.
Major WOW factor. Your guests will be amazed!

Cons:

Don't leave it running for more than 4 hours.
Green stars. Although not a real con.
Makes some noise, but not very loud.


Overall, it's a great addition to any home theater. I like the fact that it can be moved to any room. Have a great dinner event with this device running in the dining or living room and create a romantic atmosphere. Kids will love it for their slumber parties. The possibilities are endless.

- Colton

I know that this device uses lasers but how far would you need to mount it from the surface you are projecting it on?

It covers a large area pretty easily, so if you just want to project only the ceiling then you'd probably just keep it on a shelf or bookcase - especially away from curious little hands. It is very important not to touch the lens with oily fingers.

Does it have an offset? As in would i have to have it in the middle of the room to cover all of the ceiling?

No offset. It does a great job covering the ceiling. I am trying to figure out where to place mine. I will probably do two of them, but I need to play around with it a bit to figure out what will work best.

The next question is how will this affect the projector as I am sure some of the little spots will be hitting the lens. It seems like it won't light up the room too bad as long as you don't project the nebula thing.

Hi. I have been reading everyone's comments. I am working on my HT theater also, and looked at doing something with Fiber optics also. Even played with the idea of buying a fiber optic xmas tree, and modifying it somehow. Anyway I went to Spencers today, bought a Laser Star unit. When I first turned it on for some reason I only got a FEW stars, Like maybe 12 total. I decided I was taking it back. But my wife wanted to see it, so the 2nd time I turned it on ... well I had a room full of stars. Don't know what the problem was, but its working great now. I dont know how I am going to mount it in my dedicated theatre. I have a stage almost identical to Ronnie's home theatre. I was thinking of somehow putting the unit into the sub-structure. Anyway, for my two cents, its a really nice unit and a great alternative to the expensive fiber optics. I got a xmas receipt on it, so I have 30 days to return it. I would love to try out the Sega unit to see which is better. Has anyone had the chance to compare the two units ?

Bob

The Sega Homestar would appear to be more realistic and a more reliable unit. They have the original model, a pro model, and now a new "Pure" model that runs stricly on batteries. These can be had from reliable sellers on Ebay for less ($250 for the Pro and $89 for the Pure). Pretty cool looking. Check out the reviews below:

http://www.audiocubes.com/product/Se...anetarium.html

http://www.audiocubes.com/product/Se...anetarium.html

The Sega Homestar looks interesing. I wish I could see one in demo.

I took the Laser star over to the office theater room that is a total light sucking batcave.

The effect was not nearly as impressive as in my home with a white ceiling. It still looked pretty cool, but since my theater under construction will be 90% batcave, I am considering several options...

1.) Take the unit apart and add a more powerful green laser.
2.) Purchase another unit and run both.
3.) Purchase another unit and add more powerful lasers to both.

I like the little green moving spots. I'm not sure if I will run the nebula thing or not. It does tend to lighten up the room a bit.

I plan on tying my system into my Lutron lighting controller so it will be able to be integrated with the other 5 lighting zones in the theater.

The instruction manual says not to leave it on for more than 4 hours. Not sure why ... maybe the green lasers will cut a hole in your ceiling. LOL!

- Colton

Whenever I want to see stars on a ceiling, I go here:

http://ecotarium.org/activities/planetarium/

I help out there, so I get to "play" with the planetarium at certain times during the day.

The ultimate star projection system..

Reedl

Yeah that would probably work better than my laser star.

So I took the Laser Star apart to check out the laser better to se if I could put in a more powerful laser. It doesn't look like it will be that easy to do. I was hoping that the laser was split out at the spinning disc level, but the beam is split before that. I didn't want to damage the internal lens so I left it alone. I will probably just buy another one or two and run them all together.

Spencer Gifts right now has a sale on the Laser Star, if you buy one at $100, you can buy a second one for $50. This seems like the way to go with this one.

I looked at this at Sharper Image and it is very cool, but for the rectangular grid of 6 stars which spin together in an unnatural formation. If one is looking for a planetarium projector, it's not for you. If one is looking to add a cool sci-fi look to their theater, it is perfect...

Hey thanks for the heads-up on that one. Having 3 running at the same time is going to be totally cool.

That oughta do it!

I considered buying the laser star, but after watching the youtube videos of them in action, the identical spacing of the stars that surround the central star ruins the effect for me. The other stars look great. I wonder why they did this?

looks really cool but some questions to those who have this... does it wash out your main projector's image? can you control the intensity? how do you turn it on? can it be remote controlled? thanks!!!

At least it is not as expensive as this!
http://www.lasersandlights.com/bliss...ector-p-1.html

Thinking about mounting 2 (of the cheaper units ) in the shelf area above my screen. They would then have to project back to cover the depth of the room. Think it will work?

-Cam

Any one got a Line on a Sale again?