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LOL
Thats kindof amusing...but about the same amount of hassle as taking the projector down, and with that they could just use another power cable, its not like there aren't tons around
-matt
Thats kindof amusing...but about the same amount of hassle as taking the projector down, and with that they could just use another power cable, its not like there aren't tons around
-matt
While i'm not in college, i'm of college age and have two male roommates one of who is a college kid. I have an X1 in my bedroom and while I don't mind them using it when they want to or have friends over, I kept coming home to my projector being on, along with all my audio equipment and an xbox game still playing, but the room would be completely empty and probably had been for hours. I eventually printed out a sign and placed it right under the projector that said in nice big letters:
WHEN DONE USING PROJECTOR PLEASE:
1. Turn off Projector
2. Turn off audio equipment
3. Turn off game console
4. Pick up food & garbage
That seemed to do the trick, i never came home to a messy room or a room with all it's electronics running again.
Now, at least my friends were respectful enough to read the sign and do what it says. I know some people out there can be aholes and would just totally ignore it all together and use your stuff even after you tell them not to. If thats the case with your friends then the only option left is a nice friendly beat down to get the point across.
WHEN DONE USING PROJECTOR PLEASE:
1. Turn off Projector
2. Turn off audio equipment
3. Turn off game console
4. Pick up food & garbage
That seemed to do the trick, i never came home to a messy room or a room with all it's electronics running again.
Now, at least my friends were respectful enough to read the sign and do what it says. I know some people out there can be aholes and would just totally ignore it all together and use your stuff even after you tell them not to. If thats the case with your friends then the only option left is a nice friendly beat down to get the point across.
1 ] Take the source connection cable [ Component / VGA / DVI / etc. ]
2 ] Take the source with you [ dvd / xbox / etc. ]
3 ] If nothing else works ... Pull the Lamp out from the side .
--------- Jason
2 ] Take the source with you [ dvd / xbox / etc. ]
3 ] If nothing else works ... Pull the Lamp out from the side
.--------- Jason
You know it does have an Auto Shut-Off feature that works as long as the source is no longer active .
------- Jason
.------- Jason
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yeah that feature is enabled...but doesnt work when the source is cable, or dvd when it just goes back to root when the movie is over and then loops on the menu. :-\\
Trust me, this was the first thing i turned on (or checked that it was enabled) when i hooked it up because they have a bad habit of leaving all the other **** on in the house.
| Originally posted by DaGamePimp You know it does have an Auto Shut-Off feature that works as long as the source is no longer active .------- Jason |
Trust me, this was the first thing i turned on (or checked that it was enabled) when i hooked it up because they have a bad habit of leaving all the other **** on in the house.
Your a hell of lot more generous than I would be...a bunch of morons with no respect for EXPENSIVE and DELICATE piece of equipment that they use for FREE...I'd lay down the law and tell the bums EXACTLY how I wanted the thing treated and the next time they fu%$ed up I would take it down and say "Sorry ya pricks, movies over!"
But then again my college roommates were morons and pricks that drank my beer and ate my food and had the nerve to tell me to my face they didn't drink anything while they burped! Maybe you actually like yours
But then again my college roommates were morons and pricks that drank my beer and ate my food and had the nerve to tell me to my face they didn't drink anything while they burped! Maybe you actually like yours
I would go nuts if that ever happened to me. I wouldn't allow family members to do it let alone roommates. You are one patient guy. Myself personally, I don't consider myself stingy, rather liberal really, but one of my pet peeves is dead weight losses, I can't stand things going to waste if there is a similar amount of effort involved in waste as there is in preservation. If I were you, I'd not bother with ceiling mounting and just table top mount it when you want to watch, then pack it away when you are done, preferably with a padlock on the bag/case/cupboard you intend to place it in. People who don't respect others things are usually the stingiest of all, they're not generous enough to provide their own to be used, yet go all mental when someone else stinges them without realising they don't deserve it. I remember I used to lend out video tapes of things I taped on TV (used to collect and watch quite a bit of TV programming pre DVD days), there were two types of people, those that would return it after watching it, and return it themselves, and those that would bother to drop by and borrow, but will never bother to drop by and return unless they could make the most of the trip by borrowing a stack more (and sometimes even have the nerve to drop by to borrow more without returning the old stuff), it was those people that were always mangling my tapes with their old as heck VHS players which have probably got foodstuffs inside but that can't be bothered to look after their own stuff and stuff they borrow. I am glad the whole VHS fiasco is over. I don't bother lending DVDs out to anyone but the closest of friends, I'd rather disappoint them then have them disappoint me... it doesn't pay to give the benefit of the doubt... of course not everything in life should be that way, but when you become a "source" of sorts because you collect for your own enjoyment whilst others can't be bothered and wouldn't bother except for the fact that it won't cost them, you shouldn't become the one who has to shoulder all the costs associated with other peoples inconsiderateness. I doubt any of them would hesitate to make the trip back to the video store to return videos for which they were forced to pay for, here people do the good thing by friends and lend for free and get shafted worse than the video stores. Now that I've gotten that off my chest...
Cheers...
Duy-Khang Hoang
People who don't respect others things are usually the stingiest of all, they're not generous enough to provide their own to be used, yet go all mental when someone else stinges them without realising they don't deserve it. I remember I used to lend out video tapes of things I taped on TV (used to collect and watch quite a bit of TV programming pre DVD days), there were two types of people, those that would return it after watching it, and return it themselves, and those that would bother to drop by and borrow, but will never bother to drop by and return unless they could make the most of the trip by borrowing a stack more (and sometimes even have the nerve to drop by to borrow more without returning the old stuff), it was those people that were always mangling my tapes with their old as heck VHS players which have probably got foodstuffs inside but that can't be bothered to look after their own stuff and stuff they borrow. I am glad the whole VHS fiasco is over. I don't bother lending DVDs out to anyone but the closest of friends, I'd rather disappoint them then have them disappoint me... it doesn't pay to give the benefit of the doubt... of course not everything in life should be that way, but when you become a "source" of sorts because you collect for your own enjoyment whilst others can't be bothered and wouldn't bother except for the fact that it won't cost them, you shouldn't become the one who has to shoulder all the costs associated with other peoples inconsiderateness. I doubt any of them would hesitate to make the trip back to the video store to return videos for which they were forced to pay for, here people do the good thing by friends and lend for free and get shafted worse than the video stores. Now that I've gotten that off my chest... Cheers...
Duy-Khang Hoang
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