haha haha just posted that. That’s the least I could do I think. Guessing that might be a need in the coming years maybe?

I don't sell the screen material--I just wrote up a DIY with links to the products I used for anyone that wanted to tackle it.

Would be awesome if someone were able to get that material in larger sizes to prepare (with adhesive backing) and cut to proper sizing for easier installation.

Takes the image from being washed out and nausea inducing (for me at least), to a theater-like contrast (after also adjusting some of the lighting).

my mistake!

I can work on that .. I have the luxury of having it all at my disposal. I’ll post some newer stuff that’s coming out and probably start a new thread with my findings

Yes, the community would be grateful to have replacements available, and I'd get one just in case if successful.

I’ll be So mad if I can’t figure this out knowing what we do with projection lmao. That’s really the number one thing that drew me to this pinball

CN10 on my pro has an HDMI out…

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See that’s what I figured… manufactures usually produces all the same Circuit boards because it actually saves them money in the long run vs having two different production lines. With our projectors, most of all the intervals are the same, it’s the code and ( missing cables) that make them all work different . I truly believe it’s comes down to the code which I have no idea about, but some of our software guys might know a way of extracting it from my incoming machine… this is all hearsay right now though but I’m willing to try

it’s it’s perfect you are like 20 mins from me haha

I can probably help with the software piece. This is in my wheelhouse.

Given your proximity, we should be able to try this out. Sounds like a fun challenge.

Yes, CN10 is there, another verified Pro owner. A Pro with a projector would be sick, super fast, reliable. Good luck on the project. Count me in.

I think it is already determined the pro can run the pre/le code with the ball lock disabled. Question is does the hdmi have the signal or not. I don't know if the person who tried it took a look or not.

I’m not claiming to be a master at this but I’m just looking at it through a lens on things my company produces. With that said, I’d think the code would enable the hdmi to output signal because all the Circuit boards look to be the same . If they are a good coder, they probably enabled hdcp on the pro models so that you just can’t plug a projector in and it would work ( there are modules that can bypass this though so I’m not worried about that) . Best case Scenario is that the codes are the same and they just enable hdcp… ( hdcp for those of you that don’t know is copywrite protection that would just send a green or blue screen to the output souce) the easiest way to determine this is to just plug a computer monitor into the hdmi out and see what happens

Another thing to keep in mind too is that whether the projector can run the code or not? It might be better if it could to go along with the game but I don’t think that’s a deal breaker. There might be advantages to running it independently, for example if video could be run from an sd card and customized, which shouldn’t be any more difficult than what the tv mods are already doing, it would open up a whole new channel option for fans and what a lot of us want anyway, like new footage from the recent seasons, music video’s, etc. and to get it to turn on with the game shouldn’t be a problem either, simple to splice that in with the power supply to turn it on/off with the switch. Would make for a killer attract mode, maybe even better than how it is now.

I just tried it on my Pro and the hdmi display is blank.

Wouldnt you need to be running the premium code?

Yes I am

So that tells me that there’s probably hdcp enabled… I’ll have to do some testing. I have a hdcp stripper module at work that you plug between the hdmi and your computer screen.

Or it’s needs a scaler in place set to whatever resolution the projector is set to

I might have an hdmi repeater. Would that do it?

Did some research and apparently some hdmi 1x2 repeaters do just that, but only specific models

Sometimes. More I’m thinking about it, It very could be a scaler issue. HDMI is VERY finicky without a scaler in between. I’m gonna try to look up what resolution that projector projects . If it’s 1920x1080 it usually works without a scaler but who only knows what resolution that projector is. Gonna look in the manual and see if I can find out

https://www.vcknsobey.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=143

It’s 854x480 but reads 1080p.
Just seems like a generic dlp pico projector

Anyone know of a place to get a UV Kit for a pro?

I’ve got a spare

PM sent. Thanks!

There’s an sd card slot on the projector, can anyone with an le or premium confirm if there’s an sd card in their projector? Anything on it?

So, i'll jump in with some of my $.02 from a filthy 'pro' owner...

I just got into playing pinball maybe 6 months ago and when a low use pro model came up for sale, I bought it even after playing the LE for quite a while. The price difference for me isn't worth that little bit of extras the LE/Prem models provide. Are they nice? Of course, the extra features are cool and fun, no question.

When I jumped into the market, the production was already over and prices began to go nutty with inflation/scarcity... etc.

Do I regret buying a pro? Hell, no. My wife and I love it. Would I buy the Prem/LE if I could for close to that price? Yep! Not in the cards unfortunately, but I was able to save a few $ and buy another machine so now I have 2!

That said, i'm jealous of you guys who can crack 1B pts, I'm stuck around 400M and can't seem to get beyond that. My shots either hit a post, bounce funny and drain down the sides or I'm just not accurate enough. But, that's the fun of the game, right?

make sure your posts aren't wide open, make sure you light the left outlane save, and just...play. i would say 90% of my drains now have happened to me before.

I have the posts in the middle hole for "normal" difficulty. but ya, probably just need more time/experience.

EDIT: i'm also trying to learn to nudge, but can't seem to get the hang of it. Not smacking it hard enough? LOL

nudge it UP more than side to side. think of the tops of the slings as immobile flippers

STh is an outlier in that there isn't very much rubber for the ball to ricochet off of on the lower part of the playfield- so most drains are from smashing a standup, bricking a drop, or a quick sling-to-outlane. it's a relatively easy game to start predicting the path of the ball on and also- make sure you know what to do if you miss. knowing that bricking the left standup on the right ramp is almost a guaranteed sdtm drain on my game has caused me to start slide saving to the right out of instinct when i know that's happened

Maybe that's where I'm going wrong, i can't seem to slap or slide save hard enough to get it to deviate from the SDTFM!

the only real stdm's you should get are when you limp dick the demogorgon shot after the drops are down or if you limp dick the left ramp

other than that most of my drains are like...left standup on the right ramp to stdm, right orbit return to right stand up on left ramp to sling to drain, or left/right sling to right/left outlane

Except that they’ll all have broken projectors by then. So I hope blasius01 is successful in his quest. I’m all about $20k premiums and $25k LEs - they’ll make a $10k Pro seem like an absolute bargain!

Does anyone know what the "spotted mode starts" adjustment does I cranked it up to four and it didn't seem to do anything?

Reading the rule sheets on tilt forums looks like maybe it involves the mystery lane helping for the first few mode starts?

yeah the Mystery shot will spot collectibles towards starting modes based on that setting. It will spot you whatever target will help you the most, in your case, up to four of them. I think the default is 2?

I've had SDTM from the front 4 drop targets slamming so hard it launches into the air and drains over my fucking flippers. And a few oddball bumper to outlane drains... weird bounces.

Then again, i wish i could bump better.

of course. bricking the drops is always an option

Just for the record : I did connect a regular hdmi display I had (FullHd, nothing specific to it) to the hdmi output on my Premium, and I DID have video content corresponding to the projector signal. So the output is not locked to a specific EDID (otherwise I would get a blank display)

Someone already tested with a Pro running Premium code, and HDMI output is blank.

So unless both testers running Premium code in the Pro had bad luck with their display, it looks like the code is able to detect it's running in a Pro machine. Which I must admit I'm puzzled, as I don't quite see how (if I recall all node boards reference are identical). Unless I'm confused and the TKLock mech relies on an additional node board which would then be detected and used to identify a real premium machine

I have also tried running Premium code a few months ago on my Pro, and tried a couple different hdmi displays and no video signal either.

Maybe someone knows someone that can help answer this question at stern.

It blows my mind that people care enough about the projector to want to add it to the Pro. Even if it was possible, you’d have to add white decals everywhere. Not getting it. Pro is great as is.

But I think you agree…this is the whole reason that Premiums and LEs are going to the moon. Pro owners should be very happy with the stock game (IMHO).

Agreed, moving picture is an entirely different level and experience. People complaining they don’t like the premium because it’s ugly when off is ridiculous.

It’s a new dimension and worth every penny. That being said if you can’t get a premium, get a pro. The game is 10/10 for me and nothing come close. Haven’t played TWD or GOT yet chuckwurt so my rating stays the same until then.

the projector is the freshest thing in pinball since the juggler on hurricane

Joined the club officially today with a beautiful LE. Can’t wipe the smile off my face. So extremely happy. So is the family. Huge Stranger things fans. Dad did good today for a change.

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Doubt they would be able to help (not by choice), but assume they don't want that info out there. That said, I should be able to take a look in Pinball Browser and see if they have any code that is restricting this on the pro and just remove the block. I will dive deeper this week once i get my PB license up and running.