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Kid gets custom 98 inch screen
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I know what you mean (i.e. I don't think you're planning on having your children live like the Amish). My kids are not allowed computer games etc. The closest they have is an old iMac G3 that plays a few educational games. They are only allowed 45 mins a week of that. Of course, I hear a lot of complaining since their friends have 360s, wiis, playstations, DSs etc. I've recently been put in a position where I need a console. I am getting a PS2, but I have to keep it secret! (good luck with that, I know!).
About the TV. I can't imagine it being very comfortable to have to lie completely flat to watch TV etc.
Heh, good call.
I like to watch the occasional TV show on my iPod before bed. But because I watch it lying down (with the iPod held up on the pillow) I find myself nodding off before its finished. Maybe its just me but lying down=sleep!
All that did is delay the inevitable. This kid is going to get crushed, while lying in bed pleasuring himself to a girls gone wild DVD. Mother of the year for sure.
Hey.. nothing wrong with 1080p GGW videos....lol... Yeah could you imagine if he was in that position and the tv did crash on him.... ROFLMAO...
Everyone read, it's not a monitor or television, it's a projector.
It would not hurt if that fell on him.
It would not hurt if that fell on him.
So they had to reinforce the ceiling for something that wouldn't hurt if it fell on him? Right....
So they had to reinforce the ceiling for something that wouldn't hurt if it fell on him? Right....
They didn't have to reinforce to ceiling to hold it up there. It's recessed into the ceiling, so they probably had to take out ceiling joists and build a frame around it.
Joists run 16" on center, and if there is 98" of open space, that means there were ~6 joists that they had to cut and box-in around the opening, weakening the ceiling considerably.
If a ceiling of a house can't hold up a 98 inch T.V, how do you walk in your attic without falling though? How do houses have multiple stories?
Why on earth is it on the ceiling? I can only imagine one use for a TV set on the ceiling... :/
Cool otherwise. I'd love to have a TV mounted flush in a wall, and use it as a picture frame when not watching anything on it.
Cool otherwise. I'd love to have a TV mounted flush in a wall, and use it as a picture frame when not watching anything on it.
It's touching for a mother to be so committed to her child that she would go so far above and beyond to accommodate his needs.
The child is a quadriplegic, right?
I mean, because otherwise, this whole project would be silly and overindulgent.
The child is a quadriplegic, right?
I mean, because otherwise, this whole project would be silly and overindulgent.
When I have kids, I'm only going to allow them to run in the park and play sports! There will be none of this childish technology business.
Ha! damn...
My kids gonna have some amazing equipment in his room... well every room will but the kids room with have Dj decks, docks for every device, iPods, sennheiser headphones, Macbook etc...
But the whole house will be tech'ed out to the limit, all integrated into the walls etc... so its really clean... gonna be an awesome future
Yes he will be a tech geek but not in a bad way, in the way where he will be creative with it, mixing music, having mates round and everything lmao
1. I can't imagine using a keyboard/mouse while looking at the ceiling.
2. I can't imagine holding a video game controller while looking at the ceiling.
3. I can imagine using a cable box remote while looking at the ceiling.
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If I do have children I don't plan on restricting anything. David Mills put it well; if you hide pornography and stuff of that nature it's going to tempt children to want to see what it's all about. Imagine if French Ballet was banned in the U.S.. Wouldn't millions of people, a large percent of them being teenagers, see why it's condemned? I know I would be up for hours on end wondering what the fuss about French Ballet was.
I apply the same kind of thinking with other things too. They should be able to try and experience what they want, in moderation. I know when I was growing up my mother never came into my room at the wee hours of the morning when I was up to see what I was doing, which, although at the time I liked, was bad.
Kids should be able to experience what they want, when they want. Just not too much alcohol/drugs.
2. I can't imagine holding a video game controller while looking at the ceiling.
3. I can imagine using a cable box remote while looking at the ceiling.
@ Other people in this thread
If I do have children I don't plan on restricting anything. David Mills put it well; if you hide pornography and stuff of that nature it's going to tempt children to want to see what it's all about. Imagine if French Ballet was banned in the U.S.. Wouldn't millions of people, a large percent of them being teenagers, see why it's condemned? I know I would be up for hours on end wondering what the fuss about French Ballet was.
I apply the same kind of thinking with other things too. They should be able to try and experience what they want, in moderation. I know when I was growing up my mother never came into my room at the wee hours of the morning when I was up to see what I was doing, which, although at the time I liked, was bad.
Kids should be able to experience what they want, when they want. Just not too much alcohol/drugs.
A teenage son with this set up who likes video editing. Just a little hint for you mom. When he disappears for hours at a time and his door is locked that doesn't mean he's playing video games. Lack of supervision = mischief and teenage boy = crazy hormones. I bet dad is so jealous.
ahahahahha! that was hilarious.