Broke my screen and smashed my speakers .

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited November 2011 in The Clubhouse
Man I went to walk into my video game room on saturday and I forgot that I had the bdroom closet door off for repair .I went to walk into the dark room and head butted the closet door sending it crashing into my polk rti8's and ML encore center .The rti8 just scraped the crap out the sony dynaclear material. The screen just crumpled up like tin foil and lay there all mangled up to crap and my martin logan crushed pretty bad down the sides just like it was made of dust

The rti8's took the full brunt of the closet door assault and never had a scratch on them so I guess they are a tough speaker .Maybe polk should put a PFB proof sticker on them

I now need a new screen for the video game room so I had a look and found this on amazon .Its called the favi fixed frame screen and this weekend it went down from $159 to $96 .The reviews on it aint great but for the money I am willing to give it a try .I am an amazon prime member so I paid another $3 to overnight the delivery on it

I will post some my thought on this and what its like for anyone else that may be interested in a cheap screen under $100

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004A7Z1HQ
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited September 2011
    Pics or it didn't happen.

    Should have gone Elite.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    What's your closet door made of, lead and explosives?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited September 2011
    Any damage to the binding posts?


    Sounds like you need to stay away from anything electronic, or alcohol for that matter.

    Hope you get it all sorted out.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2011
    I will load up some pics later after work

    The sony screen retracts into the rollers as its a floor standing model but due to the slightly metalic silver backing I think its never going to ever be good for movies as there is just to many sharp scrapes thats caused ripels at each side of the screen and one kinda puncture looking dent up top

    It still might be good for an online shooter as the midles pretty good .Its a shame sony does not allow replacement material as you gota buy the whole thing .If I pull it up and check it out tomorrow and the metal has flattend out good enough I may put it up on a karma thread as its a shame to throw out a $450 screen

    Edit : If anyone is curious that owns a PJ here . The sony dynaclear is just like a SI black diamond screen as it boosts the black levels and color contrast and works with the lights on
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    Eh, before you throw it out just put it on eBay with a very honest description of the problem. Someone may be willing to give you at least a LITTLE of your money back for a flawed product. Better than trashing it completely.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited September 2011
    Dude I want to laugh with the visual I have but crashing gear is never funny..

    Pics or it didn't happen!!! I need to see this!!
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited September 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Man I went to walk into my video game room on saturday and I forgot that I had the bdroom closet door off for repair .I went to walk into the dark room and head butted the closet door sending it crashing into my polk rti8's and ML encore center .The rti8 just scraped the crap out the sony dynaclear material. The screen just crumpled up like tin foil and lay there all mangled up to crap and my martin logan crushed pretty bad down the sides just like it was made of dust

    The rti8's took the full brunt of the closet door assault and never had a scratch on them so I guess they are a tough speaker .Maybe polk should put a PFB proof sticker on them


    Speechless :eek::biggrin: You're not going to be invited to any Polkfest :tongue:
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited September 2011
    Was it a Vizio?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited September 2011
    Sorry to hear you had a boo boo. See where my period is? It goes directly at the end of the sentence. That might be the first thing to fix, then everything will fall into place. :rolleyes:
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2011
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Should have gone Elite.

    Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited September 2011
    Drenis wrote: »
    Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn

    Must watch That 70's Show...
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited September 2011
    I hope and pray that you are not really a farmer (one of the most dangerous jobs). If you really are......stay away from the machinery, especially rotating shafts and PTOs. Somehow, I have a vision of you rolled up in a round bale!:tongue::afro
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited September 2011
    Are you related to Perfect Creature? You both seem to be "accident prone"!!!!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited September 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    I hope and pray that you are not really a farmer (one of the most dangerous jobs). If you really are......stay away from the machinery, especially rotating shafts and PTOs. Somehow, I have a vision of you rolled up in a round bale!:tongue::afro

    Farmers nowadays just stay home and get government checks :biggrin:
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited September 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    I hope and pray that you are not really a farmer (one of the most dangerous jobs). If you really are......stay away from the machinery, especially rotating shafts and PTOs. Somehow, I have a vision of you rolled up in a round bale!:tongue::afro

    Rolled up in a bale of hay might just be the safest place for him.:tongue:
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Was it a Vizio?
    Nope cmon, its a PFB!

    PFB, sorry about your equipment damage. Show us a pic of the damage screen before you go any further.
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited September 2011
    Wow! Just reading about all of your damage just made me feel a little queasy. I'm sorry to hear about your incident.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2011
    Well the screen's f'd and I cant watch it but the wrinkles came out pretty good .Even though my ML encore's only worth $200 tops I'm the most upset about that getting scraped up .My center channel stands scraped up with nicks in it by I dont care about that .

    Anyways I was going to take some pictures tonight but just found out my new screens not coming till tomorrow now so amazon owe's me $3.99 for not giving me one day shipping
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  • evhudsons
    evhudsons Posts: 1,175
    edited September 2011
    thanks for the heads up on the dynaclear. I never heard of it before but just watched some examples online. I have a normal one which was in my budget and was the right size, but I might give it a whirl down the road.

    good luck with your restoration.

    I just ordered hard hats for my speakers.
    Polk Audio SDA CRS+ crossover 4.1TL by Trey/VR3 (Rings and custom stand by Larry)-Polk Audio SDA SRS2 crossovers by Trey/VR3Parasound HCA1500aYamaha rxa-3070 with musicast-Celestion SL6S presence,- sl9 surround backNHTsuper1's surroundMagnepan SMGParasound 1500pre- Sofia "Baby" tube amp - Monitor Audio Silver RX2 Marantz 2230/B&Kst140Technics 1200mk2 Gamertag: IslandBerserker I am but a infinitesimally small point meeting the line of infinity in the SDA universe
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited September 2011
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    so amazon owe's me $3.99 for not giving me one day shipping

    Congrats :biggrin:
    Gears shared to both living room & bedroom:
    Integra DHC-80.3 / Oppo BDP-105 / DirecTV HR24 DVR /APC S15blk PC-UPS
    Living room:
    LSiM707's / LSiM706c / LSiM702 F/X's / dual JL Audio Fathom F113's / Parasound Halo A51 / Panasonic 65" TC-P65VT50
    Bedroom:
    Usher Dancer Mini 2 Diamond DMD's / Logitech SB Touch / W4S STP-SE / W4S DAC-2 / W4S ST-1000 / Samsung 52" LN52B750
    Other rooms:
    Audioengine AP4's / GLOW Audio Sub One / audio-gd NFB-3 DAC / Audioengine N22
    audio-gd NFB-10.2 / Denon AH-D7000
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    Sorry to hear you had a boo boo. See where my period is? It goes directly at the end of the sentence. That might be the first thing to fix, then everything will fall into place. :rolleyes:
    Funny! :biggrin:
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,715
    edited September 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Rolled up in a bale of hay might just be the safest place for him.:tongue:


    PFB .... you're all right ! :wink:

    stuck.jpg
    Sal Palooza
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited September 2011
    DMara wrote: »
    Congrats :biggrin:
    Invest it wisely !!!!!!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2011
    Here's a few pics I took tonight

    Well every upload failed


    All my pictures were between 3 and 3.7 mb ?
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited September 2011
    Shocker.....:rolleyes:
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  • evhudsons
    evhudsons Posts: 1,175
    edited September 2011
    Too funny, where do I begin?
    Polk Audio SDA CRS+ crossover 4.1TL by Trey/VR3 (Rings and custom stand by Larry)-Polk Audio SDA SRS2 crossovers by Trey/VR3Parasound HCA1500aYamaha rxa-3070 with musicast-Celestion SL6S presence,- sl9 surround backNHTsuper1's surroundMagnepan SMGParasound 1500pre- Sofia "Baby" tube amp - Monitor Audio Silver RX2 Marantz 2230/B&Kst140Technics 1200mk2 Gamertag: IslandBerserker I am but a infinitesimally small point meeting the line of infinity in the SDA universe
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2011
    rebuy wrote: »
    Shocker.....:rolleyes:

    Help me out here .... Why has the upload failed ?
    Whats the limit of file size ?
    Any way I can shrink or compress em ?
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited September 2011
    Didn't I read somewhere in all these threads that all the oldtimers are always razzing people they are the problem and they are the reason some people leave??? With the post's above we should never hear that again!! "yeah right"

    Newbies taking on PFB!!!! Too funny..
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    Didn't I read somewhere in all these threads that all the oldtimers are always razzing people they are the problem and they are the reason some people leave??? With the post's above we should never hear that again!! "yeah right"

    Newbies taking on PFB!!!! Too funny..
    Many followers amongst the kids, you never heard children learn and mimic the example their parents and elder gives them? ;) Mr. Bigbluelight, in a humoristic way your pic in post 25 is quite funny. PFB, (if you can take the humour) do you recognize your self in that pic? I wonder how you manage to get into that position? ;) I'm still waiting to see how that screen is damaged as depending on the damge it can potentially still be of some use.
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited September 2011
    Well tonight I have been building my new screen and guess what............ I broke it

    I just rushed to menards before it closed to buy some plastic glues .I bought this JB weld and gorilla glue witch are both epoxy based and I hope they work with pastic on plastic or I'm f'd lol again

    If I could post pics I could show you what happened
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