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Show HN: a tiny Instagram projector
- jeffclark 14y agoI love your homepage. I love the little surprise that you're not looking at an icon... you're looking at the actual projector! Very cool.
- mullr 14y agoThe product isn't for me. Hopefully there's someone who it is for. But the web page is fantastic - this is the first convincing, tasteful integration of video into page content that I've ever seen. Well done!
- scrrr 14y agoI don't know. This is just old technology with a fancy label. Just use a video beamer or your computer screen. Next week on Kickstarter: A coffee table book about coffee tables.
- mochizuki 14y ago"And the coffee table book has legs that fold out! So the book becomes a coffee table in it's own!" I agree. The mixing old technology with the new thing was played out after the hundredth "turns your iPhone into an analog phone!".
- SonicSoul 14y agoold technology for us.. something completely new for young generation. not to mention it's a cool looking gadget. I'd have to see how nice the projection is to finalize my opinion however..
- zeru 14y agoI dont see the point, maybe i missed something. Why is this better than viewing the photos on a regular monitor, TV, or even beamer? and why only instagram?
- silversmith 14y agoBecause hipsters.
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoIf Kickstarter accepted Bristol£ they'd get their funding in no time.
- mcollier000 14y agosoooooo true! ha.
- papalalu 14y agoit appeals for the same reason instagram appeals - why not leave your photos as they were shot, without losing detail by adding filters? i like it, it's cute, cheap enough to be a fun gift, and the kind of ridiculous steps your photos have to go through appeals. kind of like http://instacrt.com/ http://instacrt.com/
- zeru 14y agoWell, even though I dont use instagram, however I can see why some people would. :p Cute, fun gift? I guess yeah, but again, why only instagram? Oh well. I realize of course that I'm not at all their target audience.
- bradleyland 14y agoWhy this product? Nostalgia. Why only Instagram? Because it's good product alignment. Instagram also sells Nostalgia and has a huge user base. If you haven't seen it before, take a moment to watch this clip from an American television show called Mad Men. It's a show about a group of people working at Madison Avenue (in New York City) advertising firms in the 1960's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus I felt pretty moved the first time I saw that clip. I still feel moved when I watch it. For a moment, I wanted a slide projector. All of the people I know who also watch the show felt it was a master stroke. Nostalgia is a powerful selling force.
- mochizuki 14y agoNot for me, but it seems like it would do well on one of those take-my-money sites like ThinkGeek. I'd market it to one of those big ones, they're always investing in products and have the means to make it.
- jongold 14y agoI played with a production prototype yesterday, it's really cool. Would make a great gift or trinket. Well made and from a team ( http://mintdigital.com/ http://mintdigital.com/ ) with a history of shipping cool products — http://stickygram.com/ http://stickygram.com/ https://www.foldable.me/ https://www.foldable.me/
- colinwinter 14y agoMust have a huge margin! It will sell if they promote it right, which it looks like they are doing. I can see buying this for a friend as a gift. I can also see it becoming a nice bathroom light at night, as I hate waking myself up with bright lights.
- thoughtpalette 14y agoThat's actually an awesome idea (bathroom light) if the bulb has good longevity.
- r3demon 14y agoWhy is it just for Instagram? I'm not using Instagram, but I would like to have the device
- adventureloop 14y agoI feel the exact same way, but i have backed this device. As a backer I have a voice, in the worst case I can use instagram to move my pictures around for the film.
- albemuth 14y agoConvenience? You have a single data source with a single API which probably works for 90% of the target market? For MVP wouldn't you agree it's the best decision?
- alexmuller 14y agoThe cost of the product seems ok ($20 on Kickstarter, probably a little more later), but the lack of information on film pricing is a bit concerning. Especially after you include shipping from the US to the UK (in my case).
- pwestendorp1 14y agoWe're currently still trying to figure out how much extra wheels will cost as we are fulfilling single orders first. We should know by mid December at the latest. The shipping on extra wheels will be much cheaper, as you can fit wheels in envelopes rather than bulky packages. It may take a little longer however. Thanks for the question.
- knes 14y agoHipster gonna Hype'.
- nchlswu 14y ago> No Pixels, No Pixelation I find this statement a bit disingenuous. While the images might not pixelate, they will clearly degrade as you enlarge the image. They specifically state they get great results up to two feet wide in pitch black rooms and don't mention much further than that.
- jeffehobbs 14y agoGet Wes Anderson on board, stat.
- measure2xcut1x 14y agoI'm pretty sure I have seen something similar to this in a McDonalds Happy Meal - as the included toy. As I recall it was promoting major motion picture characters or something like that.
- lallysingh 14y agoThey've over-retro'd retro. I'm a little put back. It'd be great for a dollhouse, though.
- superchink 14y agoSide note: is anyone else having issues playing HTML5 videos in Chrome (Version 25.0.1323.1 dev)
- fumeboy 14y agoI would love to see a hack or wait for the next cycle where it rotates the wheel on a timer so I don't have to manually do it. Unless I missed that part from the video/website?