You could have taken advantage of USB PD and gotten a USB-C to 2.5mm DC jack cable with 20V handshake. -No need to include the XGIMI power brick in the build -More power efficient since you have less high voltage devices using the AC inverter -The power station already supports it
The captions are nice but I think it's better to just rely on the transcript being uploaded to youtube so those who want to see them can, and those who don't... don't.
It is kind of odd he burned in the captions into the video when he also uploaded the captions along with the video. You can tell the CCs on youtube's end aren't auto-generated ones.
youtubers do this shit on purpose so it generates comments. comments feed the algorithm and help the video. in this case i don't mind giving the comment over it because this channel is awesome and if he has to play the obnoxious (society destroying) youtube rat-race game in order for more people to see his amazing stuff, so be it. i just wish youtube wasn't so gross.
@@thenullco Hell no, that's a horrible way to do captions. This is (almost) the universal way of doing captions, white text with a small dark border, no background. If you need more legible captions because of accessibility reasons, you can always use the built in version of YT to overwrite the ones on screen. Usually I'm all for choice, but captions should be a default. They don't get in the way of anything, they just help. Relying on YT to keep their captions available also isn't an option, since YT likes to change things around form time to time, so baking them into the video is a great option.
captions are really important a11y option, but at the same time they need to be able to be turned off. You can upload a transcript to youtube and people can use the more accessible built in captions if they also want to use screenreaders / braille devices.
As person who uses closed captions daily, I'm very pleased with the intention of adding captions to your video. However, there's no way to personalize and other ppl who doesn't need them might find them cumbersome and hinder their viewing experience. I'd prefer using youtube integrated CC so we can decide ourseleve if we want big, small, normal, the opacity, a background and etc... Still thanks for intention ! (Anticipating the replies, no, using youtube CC to overwrite the videos caption is not an otpion, what kind of madlad would want to see two captions one atop of another, that's terrible)
Idk why everyone’s hating on the captions. They’re not my favorite but I didn’t really even notice them. Great project man and if you like the captions keep them it’s your channel.
You can simplify this setup a little bit further. Since the dji power 100 does usbc charging up to 140w you could get a usbc to that barrel connector for the projector, rather than the dc > ac > dc with the ac mains adapter.
“The only thing I had to do was wait for the sun to set” was a fun one 😂 Since I had already been thinking throughout the video about how silly an outdoor projector would be during the summer, everybody knows that the sun doesn’t set until late August! 😂🇸🇪🌞
As a fellow geek and gadget guru I can only say that my ultimate goal is to be able to have the set up that you do to make these kinds of projects. Since I do not, watching you do what I can only wish too, is the next best thing. One word, Insane! I have a couple of 3D printers but not the good ones like you have. However, you did inspire me to try and use them more to make the things I always wanted to. Thank you for the great video, I'm looking forward to the next project.
Next way to level this thing up is by adding the smallest possible homemade “computer” essentially that has the ability to run emulators as well as its own WIFI supply. Then you can have an N64, Gameboy, PS1/2/3/4/5, or whatever else your heart desires slapped straight onto this relatively small outdoor package that is completely self sufficient with a decent sound system, a projector, charging capabilities, and so much more. THAT would be amazing. Almost zero wires, complete freedom, easy access to all of your favorites, modular, mobile, and seamless connections to various platforms. Brilliant. Love what you have so far. Excited to see if you take a leap in the direction I’m suggesting 😎
While subwoofers arent that directional, you normally want it facing a wall to redirect the sound back into the room. Outside you will lose almost all of the energy if its facing away from you..
That amp is available as a regular flat board too instead of a panel mount. It could have gone in the center along the top of the shelf with the sub right above it, centered and pointing at you.
Also bass not being directional is a lie. It may not be as important to the soundstage as treble, but a trained ear can absolutely hear when a single sub is off center.
I really like your videos Zac, but why are there captions on this one? (I have turned the youtube created captions off). Please no captions in the future, I find them distracting, and if needed there is a CC button on each video for those who need that help. Thanks for your cool projects!
TH-cam's autogenerated captions aren't always reliable as they sometimes have a dentence to mishear the words spoken leading them to be incomprehensable. If the creator wanted 100% reliable captions on their videos, they'd need to manually input them. Zac probably just decided to cut out the middle mad and add them into the video itself.
@@artcasual99 no, what he did was put a bunch of garbage with misspellings on top of his video making it look like we are watching pirated content. If he went through the work of adding transcripts to his video editing software then he already has the transcripts and could have just uploaded it to TH-cam so people with sanity could have turned them off.
I'm thinking use this at night, of course, and get some dry ice and maybe some small fans and rig a way to do a cascading fog effect, at night. When a projector is aimed into fog the image is 3D. Then play some HD remastered "Silent Hill."
This is so well made. I definitely want to see a part two. I'm curious about other projects you could make with this tech. As soon as you showed the ability to charge with a folding solar panel, I immediately thought how cool it'd be to have whats basically a folding awning, so you can have shade and protection during the day while charging it for use at night
Do the internal gaming system. Even if you take a current system and just deconstruct it to build into the system. The drawer system could be used as the housing and be interchangeable to make different choices of systems. PS5, Nintendo, XBox, Steam Deck. Lol.
You could try the LattePanda Sigma for the mini gaming SBC, even though it came with an onboard mid-range graphic chipset, it also has an M.2 slot that supports PCIe 4.0 x4 for further expansion.
I love what you’re doing. I think it would be cool to design the drawer as a “port” where you can create different drawers for different consoles/media devices. Using that form factor for a pi, dvd/bluray player, Wii, PlayStation slim, or whatever else you might want to use with your projector.
Cool build as always Zac, thanks for posting! I hope not too many people put in the energy to clack their little fingers on their keyboard and trash talk your 3D printers like it's actually worth their time these days 😂
i dont mind the captions, but i wish they were all spelled correctly lol. i agree that ideally they should be done through TH-cam’s closed captioning button and left as optional
Love the video. Would definitely watch a part 2. And I agree with everyone else, the embedded captions are annoying. If I want them I can just turn them on with TH-cam.
HERES AN IDEA - Add A Laser Beam Output To The ZACBOX And Direct It To A Tree Trunk Located Behind The ZACBOX That Has A Mirror That Reflects The Laser Beam Directly INTO The Photo Cell On The Street mLight To Make It Turn Off! LOL!
would definitely like to see a part 2 or something on this project. a mini PC projector would be sick and you dont have to use the built in OS on the projector
I would love something like this, I wish I had the tools and the skillset to put this together. So COOL! my inner child is definitely wanting one of these
You should definitely upgrade and put it's own gaming system internally! Love your creativity and I'm really jealous of your setup bro lol, that looks sooo dope!
Really cool! One future upgrade you could look at, since the whole setup draws less than 100W, is you could move the power to the USB-C on the power station. You wouldn't need those more bulky AC power supplies anymore, and it would be more efficient since you're not running the AC inverter on the power station along with the power losses that would come from converting the battery DC to AC and then back to DC again. That would also mean a longer runtime in the end!
I think you had plenty of space for tweeters! But this is a really cool idea. If I had a need and the money I'd be looking to make my own! Also, the captions are a bit distracting, but thats just me.
Please get rid of subtitles.... TH-cam has built in CC if people want it, others like myself have a hard time focusing on the video because we auto read the captions instead.
Probably not much. Their 200 W claim is dubious but even if it's true that's still only 222 W in @ 90% efficiency which is pretty typical for a Class D amplifier. But, that'd be almost 10 A x 24 V which is pretty high for the tiny wires he put on it.
Oh part 2? I would go for one of the new laser projectors that shot the image for just below the screen that way your sound system will work better and less tripping hazards out side. I made one like this but it was just a set up that could easily fit in a box and one major repeating problem is tripping on the speaker cables
I’ve been thinking about something I’ve wanted to do, but can’t afford all of the tools to get it done. I want to take a small HD tv, like 20” or something around that small, but not too small, and I want to build a GBA consolizer into the tv with the cartridge slot built into the side of the frame and a USB port for the controller in the front bottom corner. Then of course to keep it all cool use some thermal pads in the middle of the two boards and a decent fan and filter to help with airflow.
Remove captions please. Great video and one that I will mark as, "No, you ARE NOT building this!" lol Such an ingenious build. Sponsors benefit from videos like this. And well, you benefit from sponsors, lol. Adding a Pi is meh, unless you are going to do the image from scratch and document it. Then I say go for it.
cool project, i was thinking you could put a storage device in that drawer to connect to the projector to play your favorite movies and connect to the pi to play games
Awesome project You could have used USB-C Power delivery trigger board to power the amp, and probably the projector too, it would have been probably more efficiant :) Thanks DJI
i'd love to see a part two of you trying to add a whole gaming system. maybe use an sbc and install something like retropie or batocera and it could be a cool outdoor retro multiplayer system.
Its neat but you could have done some weather proofing because its going to cause issues with that amp (and maybe the projector if its a really low ip rating)
You could have taken advantage of USB PD and gotten a USB-C to 2.5mm DC jack cable with 20V handshake.
-No need to include the XGIMI power brick in the build
-More power efficient since you have less high voltage devices using the AC inverter
-The power station already supports it
This should be higher up! Exactly what I thought.
Those "SDC" ports on the front actually output 12v directly as well (depending on what the projector/amp take)
@@rickmuk the projector is 19V
Yes, and plenty of existing DC->DC options as most laptops run at 19v
can you explain like I'm 5? I dont quite understand your comment 🤔
Would love to see that part 2! And the weather is good enough now you could actually take it camping and get footage of that!
The captions are nice but I think it's better to just rely on the transcript being uploaded to youtube so those who want to see them can, and those who don't... don't.
It is kind of odd he burned in the captions into the video when he also uploaded the captions along with the video. You can tell the CCs on youtube's end aren't auto-generated ones.
TH-cam’s auto-generated captions are hot garbage.
youtubers do this shit on purpose so it generates comments. comments feed the algorithm and help the video.
in this case i don't mind giving the comment over it because this channel is awesome and if he has to play the obnoxious (society destroying) youtube rat-race game in order for more people to see his amazing stuff, so be it. i just wish youtube wasn't so gross.
Agreed. Either do them properly (solid background with accessible contrast ratio + the option to turn on/off) or don't do them at all.
@@thenullco Hell no, that's a horrible way to do captions. This is (almost) the universal way of doing captions, white text with a small dark border, no background. If you need more legible captions because of accessibility reasons, you can always use the built in version of YT to overwrite the ones on screen.
Usually I'm all for choice, but captions should be a default. They don't get in the way of anything, they just help. Relying on YT to keep their captions available also isn't an option, since YT likes to change things around form time to time, so baking them into the video is a great option.
If I just listen to the audio of this guy without watching the video, I keep expecting to hear the phrase "Quirks and Features".
And the phrase “Don’t let it fool you.”
I always thought he sounded like Doug Demuro too.
"THIS is...."
The subtitle is kinda distracting, maybe do the inbuilt subtitle, so people have the option to enable or disable it.. Otherwise nice vid!
+1
Thats funny I didnt even notice them 😂
Yeah, he can integrade his own CCs into the youtube video CC function
captions are really important a11y option, but at the same time they need to be able to be turned off. You can upload a transcript to youtube and people can use the more accessible built in captions if they also want to use screenreaders / braille devices.
Annoyingly it’s only done for shorts and previews because of “””engagement”””
Your channel is second only to DIY Perks and that's a huge praise.
DIY Perks is amazing, although I doubt I could do any of the things he does myself
Plus Zak doesn't sound like he's trying to sell me a timeshare
@@Rankoldbeast_UK this entire episode is just an add for a portable power station…
@@ImPretendtious I get that. It was a comment on the Rupert from DIY perks sounding like a smug bellend
I thought I was the only one who thought this
Hell yeah the pt 2 must be released for this one
As person who uses closed captions daily, I'm very pleased with the intention of adding captions to your video.
However, there's no way to personalize and other ppl who doesn't need them might find them cumbersome and hinder their viewing experience.
I'd prefer using youtube integrated CC so we can decide ourseleve if we want big, small, normal, the opacity, a background and etc...
Still thanks for intention !
(Anticipating the replies, no, using youtube CC to overwrite the videos caption is not an otpion, what kind of madlad would want to see two captions one atop of another, that's terrible)
Idk why everyone’s hating on the captions. They’re not my favorite but I didn’t really even notice them. Great project man and if you like the captions keep them it’s your channel.
You can simplify this setup a little bit further. Since the dji power 100 does usbc charging up to 140w you could get a usbc to that barrel connector for the projector, rather than the dc > ac > dc with the ac mains adapter.
“The only thing I had to do was wait for the sun to set” was a fun one 😂
Since I had already been thinking throughout the video about how silly an outdoor projector would be during the summer, everybody knows that the sun doesn’t set until late August! 😂🇸🇪🌞
And yes internet, I’m aware that most of earth’s population doesn’t have midnight sun, chill people 😋
Yes part 2. Definitely want to see the upgrades.
Counter sinking the drivers with a mesh panel would really make it a clean look but it's badass as is.. Well done!
would love to see the RPi in it 😍
This build along with the LTT build just done in the camper van with this massive portable power bank was awesome.
The amount of understanding, knowledge, and tools is astounding!
As a fellow geek and gadget guru I can only say that my ultimate goal is to be able to have the set up that you do to make these kinds of projects. Since I do not, watching you do what I can only wish too, is the next best thing. One word, Insane! I have a couple of 3D printers but not the good ones like you have. However, you did inspire me to try and use them more to make the things I always wanted to. Thank you for the great video, I'm looking forward to the next project.
Dude!! So good!!! Can't wait for part 2
another suggestion for part two is a top mounted carrying handle, so that you can carry the whole assembly more easily.
or wheels on 1 corner and pull it like a suitcase
Pro tip short dry wall screws work really well on 3d printed parts. The bigger sharp threads really cut in and hold well.
I would love to see a part 2 of this video with a built-in gaming system and/or mini-pc!
My favorite part is when you said DJI made it with repairability in mind, proceeded to open it and the transformer is completely covered in epoxy lmao
Idt thts epoxy, it looks to be like some thermal compound just slathered all over
There is a difference between replacing faulty power cells and fucking around with a mains voltage transformer.
That's often there to insulate the circuitry and prevent arching.
smh
Next way to level this thing up is by adding the smallest possible homemade “computer” essentially that has the ability to run emulators as well as its own WIFI supply. Then you can have an N64, Gameboy, PS1/2/3/4/5, or whatever else your heart desires slapped straight onto this relatively small outdoor package that is completely self sufficient with a decent sound system, a projector, charging capabilities, and so much more. THAT would be amazing. Almost zero wires, complete freedom, easy access to all of your favorites, modular, mobile, and seamless connections to various platforms. Brilliant. Love what you have so far. Excited to see if you take a leap in the direction I’m suggesting 😎
Part 2 of this project would be nice and I don't mind the subtitles but I'm biased since I grew up watching foreign films 😊
While subwoofers arent that directional, you normally want it facing a wall to redirect the sound back into the room. Outside you will lose almost all of the energy if its facing away from you..
That amp is available as a regular flat board too instead of a panel mount. It could have gone in the center along the top of the shelf with the sub right above it, centered and pointing at you.
Also bass not being directional is a lie. It may not be as important to the soundstage as treble, but a trained ear can absolutely hear when a single sub is off center.
awesome builds as usual!
I really like your videos Zac, but why are there captions on this one? (I have turned the youtube created captions off). Please no captions in the future, I find them distracting, and if needed there is a CC button on each video for those who need that help. Thanks for your cool projects!
TH-cam's autogenerated captions aren't always reliable as they sometimes have a dentence to mishear the words spoken leading them to be incomprehensable. If the creator wanted 100% reliable captions on their videos, they'd need to manually input them. Zac probably just decided to cut out the middle mad and add them into the video itself.
@@artcasual99 no, what he did was put a bunch of garbage with misspellings on top of his video making it look like we are watching pirated content. If he went through the work of adding transcripts to his video editing software then he already has the transcripts and could have just uploaded it to TH-cam so people with sanity could have turned them off.
@@artcasual99 I believe that auto generated captions can be edited now.
I'm thinking use this at night, of course, and get some dry ice and maybe some small fans and rig a way to do a cascading fog effect, at night. When a projector is aimed into fog the image is 3D. Then play some HD remastered "Silent Hill."
This is so well made. I definitely want to see a part two. I'm curious about other projects you could make with this tech.
As soon as you showed the ability to charge with a folding solar panel, I immediately thought how cool it'd be to have whats basically a folding awning, so you can have shade and protection during the day while charging it for use at night
Do the internal gaming system. Even if you take a current system and just deconstruct it to build into the system. The drawer system could be used as the housing and be interchangeable to make different choices of systems. PS5, Nintendo, XBox, Steam Deck. Lol.
I tried SO HARD to ignore the subtitles. Please never do that again 🤣
Great build! Rest of the video was super fun. But good lord, I can't focus
Dude...big fan, just started watching your channel and you already hooked me up, you're the man dude, great work
why baked in subtitles ?
Yes! Part 2!
honestly love this, with the retro stuff and watching you build a ton of stuff, would love to see you attempt the new 3ds somehow.
5:24 the subwoofer being smaller than the speakers is comical
“I was thinking about getting the speaker enclosures professionally printed.” I don’t know if you’ve realized this, YOU are the professional!
Incredible build. I’ve been eying the DJI 1000 as well because we do a lot of camping. I’m also a projector enthusiast.
I love this project. I'm totally going to steal the speaker ideas (using an automotive sound deadening spray, designing a bumpy interior). 👍
Yes to the part 2!
Nice Project! For me, the subtitles are very annoying and distracting. You can even Upload custom transcripts so I don't see why you have them here.
Yes to the part 2 of this project!
Definitely want that part 2! 🙌🏻
If the projector's power input is 12v, you could probably power it directly from the DJI power station with a single cable.
You could try the LattePanda Sigma for the mini gaming SBC, even though it came with an onboard mid-range graphic chipset, it also has an M.2 slot that supports PCIe 4.0 x4 for further expansion.
Yesssss part 2 please!!!
A Projector with a HDMI port. ive waited years for this moment. Finally my dreams have come true. Yes. Fist pumps.
I TOTALLY want to see this part 2 with this build-in gaming PC! :)
love the build, hate the hardcoded subtitles.. gimme the option ;)
I love what you’re doing. I think it would be cool to design the drawer as a “port” where you can create different drawers for different consoles/media devices. Using that form factor for a pi, dvd/bluray player, Wii, PlayStation slim, or whatever else you might want to use with your projector.
Yes yes yes i need a part 2 of this build
What a sick build! The sponsor must be super happy with this one, I can't think of a better showcase for their product.
Yes, I would love to see a part two!! What are you going to do with the HDMI port on the projector?
Part two! Plz drill a hole into that DJI 😂🎉
Cool build as always Zac, thanks for posting! I hope not too many people put in the energy to clack their little fingers on their keyboard and trash talk your 3D printers like it's actually worth their time these days 😂
" Interior crocodile alligator
I drive a Chevrolet *_movie theater_* "
Great Work! i would love to see a part 2.
i dont mind the captions, but i wish they were all spelled correctly lol. i agree that ideally they should be done through TH-cam’s closed captioning button and left as optional
7:25 ox input 🙃
I would like a part 2, and an honest assessment on the projector. True focus center to edges?
Yes! Absolutely do part two with the internal gaming module
Love the video. Would definitely watch a part 2. And I agree with everyone else, the embedded captions are annoying. If I want them I can just turn them on with TH-cam.
I have no words. You are really cool. I am inspired to go out and build stuff too.
I would love to see a part 2 video .. Great job
That's pretty slick!!!
HERES AN IDEA - Add A Laser Beam Output To The ZACBOX And Direct It To A Tree Trunk Located Behind The ZACBOX That Has A Mirror That Reflects The Laser Beam Directly INTO The Photo Cell On The Street mLight To Make It Turn Off! LOL!
would definitely like to see a part 2 or something on this project. a mini PC projector would be sick and you dont have to use the built in OS on the projector
Sweet. I need to do something similar. Also yes to part 2; imagining a place for controllers and such
I would love something like this, I wish I had the tools and the skillset to put this together. So COOL! my inner child is definitely wanting one of these
Captions because people can't understand Canadian? Whats that aboot?
I'm from Brazil and I don't think subtitles are unnecessary, I'm still learning English
Stay oout of this
you can also make connector to connect the speaker to block the hole so its also easy to service or dismantle in case
Make PT. II 😉
You should definitely upgrade and put it's own gaming system internally! Love your creativity and I'm really jealous of your setup bro lol, that looks sooo dope!
Really cool! One future upgrade you could look at, since the whole setup draws less than 100W, is you could move the power to the USB-C on the power station. You wouldn't need those more bulky AC power supplies anymore, and it would be more efficient since you're not running the AC inverter on the power station along with the power losses that would come from converting the battery DC to AC and then back to DC again. That would also mean a longer runtime in the end!
Super interesting episode buddy and absolutely amazing build. And yes I want to see the retro part two
Saw the Thumbnail for this and thought' "Wow, what a BEAST, what is it?!"
Would definitely consider adding in something like the Minisforum EM780
I think you had plenty of space for tweeters! But this is a really cool idea. If I had a need and the money I'd be looking to make my own!
Also, the captions are a bit distracting, but thats just me.
Yes do it and I love your vids I love watching things like this it always amazed on how people can do these stuff
The remote holder is a great touch
Please get rid of subtitles.... TH-cam has built in CC if people want it, others like myself have a hard time focusing on the video because we auto read the captions instead.
How much power does the amp draw, without the projector? Interested in the bluetooth speaker part of your build
Probably not much. Their 200 W claim is dubious but even if it's true that's still only 222 W in @ 90% efficiency which is pretty typical for a Class D amplifier.
But, that'd be almost 10 A x 24 V which is pretty high for the tiny wires he put on it.
A part 2 please! this was so interesting to watch
Oh part 2? I would go for one of the new laser projectors that shot the image for just below the screen that way your sound system will work better and less tripping hazards out side. I made one like this but it was just a set up that could easily fit in a box and one major repeating problem is tripping on the speaker cables
I’ve been thinking about something I’ve wanted to do, but can’t afford all of the tools to get it done. I want to take a small HD tv, like 20” or something around that small, but not too small, and I want to build a GBA consolizer into the tv with the cartridge slot built into the side of the frame and a USB port for the controller in the front bottom corner. Then of course to keep it all cool use some thermal pads in the middle of the two boards and a decent fan and filter to help with airflow.
go for part two man.
you could also revisit old post mortems that you feel could concretize a video
This is cool Zac!!!!
Remove captions please.
Great video and one that I will mark as, "No, you ARE NOT building this!" lol Such an ingenious build. Sponsors benefit from videos like this. And well, you benefit from sponsors, lol. Adding a Pi is meh, unless you are going to do the image from scratch and document it. Then I say go for it.
I always enjoy your builds
cool project, i was thinking you could put a storage device in that drawer to connect to the projector to play your favorite movies and connect to the pi to play games
We lucky to get 4 to 5 weeks. Love your content sir.
Xgimi Halo+ is one of the best projectors out there
Awesome project
You could have used USB-C Power delivery trigger board to power the amp, and probably the projector too, it would have been probably more efficiant :)
Thanks DJI
i'd love to see a part two of you trying to add a whole gaming system. maybe use an sbc and install something like retropie or batocera and it could be a cool outdoor retro multiplayer system.
the addition of an integrated raspberry pi gaming system to this would be epic to see
looking forward to that part 2
Its neat but you could have done some weather proofing because its going to cause issues with that amp (and maybe the projector if its a really low ip rating)
I see your in your home theater phase. we've all been there. 😂
I vote yes for part 2!!
This guy is absolutely unstoppable. There's nothing he can't do 👏🏼😅
The whole time I was thinking "this needs to be waterproofed"😆
Let's face it, Zac. We have 3 reasons, here. Snow season, rain season, and hockey season. That's all we need to know.