I built a WINDOW using TVs
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Making a fake window using three 50-inch TVs and basic tools. I start by placing the TVs together on a plywood base and drill holes according to the TVs' mounting screw locations. To hold the TVs, I construct a frame from Baltic birch plywood, reinforced with butt joints and pocket hole screws. The central plywood piece is inserted into the frame through rabbets that I cut using a track saw. I use a French cleat system to wall-mount and add curtains for a window effect. I also created a box to conceal all the wiring and electronics. Finally, I use a video wall controller to make the three vertical TVs work as one. This creates a realistic window that brings the illusion of the outdoors into the room.
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Creative idea! A lazier solution is to just mount a 70"+ modern flat screen like normal and play a scene with a digital window frame like you can find on youtube. Just requires a youtube premium subscription to avoid ad interruption. Not as portable but i can't imagine moving that huge thing instead of just adding more single TV's to other rooms anyway.
Has the day come where it's cheaper to buy TVs than lumber huh?
I chuckled. Thanks.
When he said 'baltic birch' I thought, "Oh man here we go. What's next? The gold chains and Rolex?"
Go back to that scene in Pulp Fiction when The Wolfe asks Jimmy "If he's an 'oak man'" when offering to buy him a new bedroom set. If I were Jimmy, I would have said, "I'm more of a 13-ply guy." I bet The Wolfe would have told him to not get too carried away with his generosity.
Probs. Especially if the tv is like 2 years old.
Love this! You could add some wooden slats down the frame to hide the bezels and make it look more like a multi pane window.
Pretty obvious. Surprised he didn’t. It almost works but it lacks that last piece de resistance
It’s pretty much becoming cheaper to cover your walls with TVs rather painting them 😂
Great project David. I’ll keep saying it you could make anything and I’ll watch it your channel has always been personality’s based. We are here for you.
I appreciate this!
Many people hate the claustrophobic feeling of basement living, particularly where basement apartments are concerned. This is a great solution to psychologically trick the brain to remove that "living in an underground hole" feeling.
I live in a flat that was once the cellar of a pub, my bedroom, the actual cellar has one window, the barrel shoot! So my big tv regularly has a different outdoor scenery on it for this very reason
This is such a cool project, David. I heard about this project on the podcast and couldn't wait to see it
Flashback to "Total Recall", Schwarzenegger version!
Your attitude makes me smile Dave. I'm very happy that your leaning into making these videos with that spirit. Thank you.
Fun video ! Can you please edit yourself onto the screens super big like King Kong looking in the window and play it in the background of a future video and take no notice of it at all. Comments section would be pretty funny. Also just wanted to say thanks for all the videos. You have been inspirational to me to make stuff over the years and now to start making TH-cam videos ! So thanks !
Great idea! Ha! And thank you! ♥️
This idea is 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
My favorite game is guessing what movie/tv show David is watching while building.
Awesome build! I was excited to see if after it was teased on the Making It podcast.
Beavis and Butthead Do America!
Great project but did anyone else notice what happened to the Air Conditioner. :)
Tampa, Florida check-in love what you’re doing
That looks awesome.. I would like to do a few smaller screens to convert the bedroom to give it the effect of flying through outer space or whatever
7:38 when I built French cleat cabinets into a van, so many people told me they were just going to slide around while we drove. Thanks Dave for demonstrating in this moment why they never did.
Awesome project bud. Super fun!
Ha! Thanks Keith!
This was always a good way to bring nature into a basement. Make it not so gloomy.
As an AV industry vet, I’d point out that, technically, you should buy TVs that specifically state they’re designed to be hung in portrait orientation. If not, they’re much more prone to overheat and you’re voiding the warranty. But that would probably at least triple the cost of your project. Awesome build!
Wait.. can you elaborate? Why would orientation change the fan? Just from rising heat?
@@AnthonyLoPrimo Correct. A lot of the cooling is passive, designed for the heat to rise away in a certain direction. When you turn the display, it may cause heat to dump right into sensitive components and shorten their lifespan. It was way more of an issue on older sets, but it can still cause issues.
@@AnthonyLoPrimo as someone who just has access to google, I’d point out that, there’s nothing online to substantiate the claim that mounting any tv vertically will make it more prone to overheat lol
@@jackson_a95My man 😂😂
@@jackson_a95you don’t need google, just knowledge in thermal dynamics. If the vents are at the top of the TV then it may not vent properly. BTW your google kung fu is pretty weak considering I found several provisos as the OP outlined.
Might be cool to actually have a camera oriented outside that you could project live footage from your own property onto TV if you wanted?
Saw that video lol. It was cool diy racing sim wall with outside vision.
Amazing !
0:30 famous last words 😅
I have TOTAL RECALL of this kind of thing before. Yep, it was somewhere around the year 1990.
Nice upgrade would be to hook it up to a local camera - just to get the weather and the rising and setting of the sun displayed.
My man!!!! I was totally gonna do this in front of our kitchen sink since we don't have a window there, but I wussed out. This helps a ton! Thank you so much David. Keep on kicking ass dude!
For the power button - you could solder extra wire to make the button come out further. Then, place it on the underside of the frame. I love this build and most likely will steal your measurments and save me a hassle of wasting wood. Just getting into woodworking. Like to do things right from others knowledge and learn that way over just kinda doing it myself and seeing if things works.
Did something similar years back for a Holiday sales company. Had the sea washing up over the beach behind fake sash windows. Back in the day before 4k so the resolution was not great but the effect was .....effective. Biggest problem was allowing for the gap they wanted between the 'windows'. Great build. Enjoyed that
Awesome job. I didn’t realize I needed one of these till now… Thanks for the new project😂
This was a fantastic build, but I'm surprised it wasn't easier (or cheaper) to just buy an 85" 4k and build a removable grille to mimic the panes that you could remove when its movie time.
Cool project that looks great! Unnatural nature is better than no nature. And big digital displays are just cool. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful work, Dave! It looks incredible!!! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Awesome as always!
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I’m here for the 70s (80s?) paneling.
Cool window
Great build! God bless you and yours! Praying for you!
Great video. Cool project. Mahalo for sharing! : )
*_I forget what it's called, is it parallax? You can (easily) make the screen sync with your camera(PC needed), so it looks more real. Like how The Volume works on The Mandalorian._*
It's been decades since I saw a Tsquare
I watched your chair video the other day where you mentioned being a big fan of Ryan Trahan. I dig the subtle nod to him with your ‘The Game Plan’ sequence!
Great eye! Thank you!
the matte texture on the screens makes the reflections look non-window like. More glossy screens might add further realism.
Your rebates (rabbets) go all the way along those side members and you can see a gap because the rabbet should be stopped short of the end of the wood. Did you overlook that? Great end result btw.
The“Insignia” logos are a little annoying but overall it is very good!
With the power buttons you could cut the switches off and solder on more wire and link them all into a single power switch.
So very cool it looks great
very nice
Now place a camera on the other side of the wall on the outside and connect it to the big ah screen window to have an actual window without ppl being able to look inside😂
You can get a new 75” for $600 at Costco . A decent window that size is $1000+
Such an amazing idea and project!
Sweet build! I built a desk/table with a similar monitor setup but I did a small mullion in between to cover logos and the gap. Then fortunately had a pc with a proper graphics card to avoid the output matrix fight. As always great work!
Great job,like that
I love the workmanship. Great job. I've been experimenting with making a 1:3 portrait video wall for about a year now. I'm surprised that a 4k video stretched across what is now about a 110 inch display looks good enough from a few feet away. My most recent experiment was with a matrox quadHead2Go box and a single portrait tv to see what it would look like with 3. I was not happy at close range so I abandoned that and am now working with 3 32" displays. But if you are happy with it I may rethink my project
lost for words Great build love this project
Can you open the window for some fresh air? 🤓
That's an awesome build. I wanted to do something in my last shop, but since we just moved to Italy a month ago that will be put on hold for 2 years lol. Heard about it on the podcast, but think it turned out better than I even pictured (pun not intended)!
Thank you for inspring me to do to my new house
Great build, but where did the AC unit go?
I'm surprised you din't extend the wires so you could mount the on/off button underneath the frame. Doing that later on?
Was going to but had trouble finding the correct size 5pin cable needed to extend them. I could have soldered extensions but my soldering skills are not up to par.
Looks so good Dave!!
This is yet another cool build. Not a big commenter on here, but wanted to say you have been crushing it
Thank you!!
Loved this project. I wonder if it would make it lighter/cooler if the screens were removed from the plastic boxes?
I am going to try this weekend to remove the frames
Damn Dave! You must really be terrified of your router table or dado stack LOL!
This was a fun one!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The end result looks great! I wonder if the light from the LED TV's can actually help with some seasonal depression that sets in during the winter months.
Now . . . how about showing us how to incorporate a camera so the "window" actually shows us what's outside? Or, a source for recorded backgrounds to play?
My sources are all from TH-cam. There are a ton of 8 hour long videos.
The only thing I’d do differently than Daniel is to make the frame look more like a real window. I’d face frame over the bezels to look like grilles and add a sill.
If you’re worried about the face frame interfering with the receiver for the remote, I’m sure someone out there makes an external receiver…though I’ll admit to not researching that.
Yhea honestly I'd want to get 3 that had skinnier bezels as well so the gap between wasn't as bad. It'd make it far more useful but again cost.... I'd also probably go for computer fans and control of the system as most people already have a computer and buying specific controller to do the job seems unnecessary. Also give you a huge computer screen to use.
You’re a stud. Great content and inspiring for my builds.
I could not understand why you were worried about the weight of the combined tv's.
After all, you had dangerous Dan there to lift them! He's always got your back and we all know how buff he is.
I didn't know that he has to hide his face. Is he in the witness protection program?
Is he one of the aliens who have recovered from UFO's in the recent past?
Does he have three eyes as result of being raised in Russia near Chernobyl?
Will we see Dan on TMZ this week? (BTW: I enjoyed watching this build. Thanks for sharing it.)
A project like this is almost worth boarding up the windows in my Living room 😂
3:45 Pocket screws work best if you run them in away from the edge of the receiving piece..
4:33 Just to show that I'm not some sort of know-it-all troll (I actually do not know it all - at 47 a guy should know his limitations.. lol), I want to give huge props for showing this technique. I've seen it done before (I think I've even done it). It's a super handy tip.
8:13 lol
Nice project. Thumbs up.
Okay, I need this in my office/den. Now I just have to convince my wife that I need it. 😂
This would be great for a pet playroom. Imagine building a window frame with this behind it playing CatTV or DogTV.
So cool!
Definitely looks cool!!! 🤙
Why not cover the bezels with some wood to make it look like a window frame?
Something I’ve always wanted to do! Sweet build 👊🏽
Привет! Очень оживляет атмосферу в глухих комнатах без окон. Спасибо!
Great video, maybe one of your best!!
Bob
England
Nice build! Thanks for sharing all the ways you can't make the TVs work together! Just buy a bunch more TVs and make more fake windows in the orientation that those other boxes work. 😂
I've got no idea why but when you said 'using basic tools' I immediately got a mental image of caveman Picciuto with some flint tools hacking away at whole trees....I may need to go get some counseling.
Definitly a cool looking project though.
Need to frame it out
this is awesome. someone quoted me $17,000 for a printed scene with some borders and this could be done at a fraction of the price. Maybe I'll see if some handyman wants to take it on for me. thanks for the idea! btw, I'm sure you caught it on post edit but at 3:58 "it's heavy as AF" is "it's heavy as as F" double as.. maybe heave ass F? :)
Where did your A/c go in the final shot?
Real nice. I wanted to do this for a gaming room later down the line. But I plan on using only one bug screen, the triple solution here is not really my cup of tea. But great nontheless.
Cool!
That is so cool, you have just got me in trouble with the wife. Lol😂
I'll give him a citation because someone left a 💩 on his front porch.
Pst. It was me 😂
The AI fill and mini split delete in the video is so amazing. ...and scary.
Yeah, it's getting too easy. Don't trust anything anymore!
Excelent project 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I want to make a portable window for people who live in basements. Comes with a heater and sun lamp. Hit me up!
What would happen if you put edge banding on the black frames of the tvs
Wasn't there an option to remove the bezels and replace them by smaller strips (of wood)? There would be even less of a bezel between the screens.
Nice build. If you and your subscribers like this kind of build you should check out DIY Perks. That guy makes some really fantastic electronics builds natural light skylights similar to your build, 4K projectors, mirror screens for the bathroom, a PC and monitor entirely hidden in a desktop, home made battery pack similar to Eco Flow and tons of other amazing builds
I wonder if something like dakboard could be used with multiple monitors? I know they run on raspberry pi but they only have 2 hdmi outputs so that could limit the capabilities. Awesome project!
Looks brilliant. Great to see you channel your inner creativity, you’re really switched on 😁
I give this project " Five Picciutos". Hanging the project; two Picciutos. He he he, see what...never mind.
hehe!
Nice view!
“Ahhh, this is god’s country…BWAAAHH!”
What happened to the mini split that was above the tv’s earlier in the video?
Hey David, awesome build, but you leave me confused. What happened to the aircon above the frame? Disappointed that you did not show the lifting process. thestruggleisreal...
First off, I love you your videos. I am going to be pedantic for a second however. The holes you opened up for the mounting hole screws are technically counter-bored not counter-sunk.
You know you have to make it outer space … say a scene from aliens if you can
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This is definitely on my building-list for my basement here in Canada! Especially for winter!
Multiple passes with track saw....but not with a router? Still, awesome project!