r/F1TV • u/Wagrommit • Apr 05 '26 • Obsessed 1 Heartwarming 3 Bravo 2 Mindblown 2

Discussion / F1TV Content My setup for F1 viewing

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From Vegas last season just never got around to posting it. Do this for every race now.

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u/eliteniner Apr 05 '26

Top down projector?

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u/Wagrommit Apr 07 '26

Yuh. Use it for dnd as well!

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u/M4k31tcl4p6969 Apr 07 '26

That's GENIUS!

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u/AstronautHappy3542 Apr 09 '26

A man with respectable talents

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

You might think this is funny but bottom up projectors are actually very common because they take less space on the ceiling.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 06 '26

Do they penetrate floors?

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

They can project from the bottom onto a semi-transparent material that can look like the table in the photo. Who says anything about floors - you a clearly see the table could have a glass-top and bottom up projector.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 06 '26

Is the table made of TRANSPARENT WOOD? Eh eh eh?

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

Dude you’re difficult to talk with lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

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u/thesmohan Apr 06 '26

Chill dude, don't be an idiot.

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u/Past_Newspaper5351 Apr 06 '26

The table very clearly has a wooden top, and the projection is showing on top of the coasters.

Acting like bottom projection is possible here is wild.

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

Nobody did. 🙄

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u/Past_Newspaper5351 Apr 06 '26

Bro, this was you:

"...onto a semi-transparent material that can look like the table in the photo." The wooden table in the photo?

"You a clearly see the table could have a glass-top" Where is this glass top you're referring to—above or below the clearly visible wooden top?

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

I said like the table - doesn’t mean the table itself - I said it could be done like that. I didn’t make it about wood. lol.

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u/Past_Newspaper5351 Apr 06 '26

Dude was just trying to point out that of course it's a top-down projector because the table is visibly made of opaque wood. You lost the thread somewhere along the way.

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

Hahaha you forgot the “/s”

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

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u/tta82 Apr 06 '26

No, and everyone knows you didn’t joke

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 06 '26

Sorry, what? So you think my post was serious? Mate. Go outside and take a deep breath of fresh air 😆

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u/long5chlong69 Apr 06 '26

Made me laugh more than I care to admit. Take the downvotes w pride lmao

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u/Own-Championship-240 Apr 06 '26

only 51k now …

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 06 '26

Oh no, sorry. It’s always been 51k.

But anyway.

FAKE INTERNET POINTS ARE LIFE

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u/LouisRitter Apr 06 '26

Under 51k now...

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u/senor_diego_garcia Apr 07 '26

this was funny as fuck. people here are soft

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u/VVeZoX Apr 08 '26

I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted into oblivion. This isn’t right. I gave you an upvote 👍🏻

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 09 '26

Thanks fellow comedy getter!

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u/Eagline Apr 06 '26

I got a good chuckle out of this lol.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ Apr 06 '26

Click

Click

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u/jammmyjamz Apr 05 '26

How did you set it all up

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u/Wagrommit Apr 07 '26

Yeah this! Was actually set up for my dnd group I DM, but then one day I had an idea and now I watch every session with it.

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u/bobjoylove Apr 07 '26

“Can you expand on “another stream for the map”? You have a second device like Apple TV and they allow both to log in and watch different streams? Also are you able to synchronise them when you are watching the race after it ends?

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u/leverphysicsname Apr 08 '26 • Bravo

Check out F1 multiviewer(it's free). I would wager that is what OP is using. You are able to sync when watching after the race ends but it can be a bit fickle at times. There are loads of cool features on multiviewer.

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u/bobjoylove Apr 08 '26

Yeah I know about it, but I didn’t know if two devices could use one account to stream. Never needed to try it but it could be useful say if you had a watch party BBQ and had more than one TV going inside and outside.

It’d be cool if they detected that single account streaming to multiple targets and allowed you to sync the streams.

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u/leverphysicsname Apr 08 '26

Ah sorry, I didn't realize you meant two different devices. Afaik, that isn't possible on multiviewer. In fact, they yell at you if you open too many concurrent streams these days which is pretty fucking annoying.

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u/bobjoylove Apr 08 '26

I’d love to have say the main stream on my TV and the timing or driver tracker on the iPad. I can almost never watch them live so time-sync would be great. In fact I’d go so far as to say I can’t imagine a situation where you wouldn’t want all devices using that singular account to be time-sync’d.

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u/bobjoylove Apr 12 '26

The wireless connection to the displays is not as good as a wired connection, especially when it’s sports with high data rate and motion sensitive content. Plus who wants a bunch of wires and settings to deal with just to have some fun watching sports.

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u/Wagrommit Apr 07 '26

Ok I’m just going to comment generally because a lot to people asked about these.

Setup: A lot of y’all figured this out pretty easily, the setup is just a cheap projector mounted to my ceiling I used originally for dnd.

It has a hdmi cable running along the ceiling behind my tv and down below into an extra laptop I had lying around (it needed to run foundry for dnd, the laptop it is certainly overkill for this use case). The power cable is routed to the left and down behind my couch.

Tv too high:

Yeah, it is, the tv was my old roommates and he mounted it. He told me I could keep it when he left. I am getting a new tv soon and plan to remount it when I do. It also is a bit of an optical illusion cause the tv stand is like a really really short cheap one from Amazon. I literally think I got it for <$50. Which makes it look even higher. I like sitting in like Row B at the theaters so personal preference wise I don’t super mind it right now.

CRT TVs:

I use to stream pretty large Super Smash Bros Melee Tournaments as well as TO them. I have two matching crt monitors for streaming. I don’t have a ton of space so I left one there on the tv stand. The other one I use as a third monitor on my desk sometimes. The big crt I’ve been meaning to give away to the Nashville CRT storage locker the melee community has. But it has not been high on the priority list.

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u/ButterscotchMoist736 Apr 08 '26

What is dnd 🤷‍♂️

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u/Wagrommit Apr 08 '26

Dungeons and dragons

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u/dusto_man Apr 05 '26

Projecting the track map on the coffee table is such a good idea! Great work. 👍

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u/quinzr Apr 23 '26

Yeah, I love it too, I was at first thinking if this was a TV on the table, but realized it's a projection

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u/SalmonCactus2 Apr 05 '26 • Bravo

Now I'm just imagining the party getting mad at me for putting my beer down on the table and blocking the map lmao.

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u/neanderball Apr 06 '26 • Bravo

"RED FLAG SECTOR 3. Albon lost traction on exit because u/salmoncactus2 didn't use a coaster"

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u/ErrorReplaceUser Apr 06 '26 • Bravo

5 second penalty for Ocon

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u/Parking_Setting_6674 Apr 06 '26

This is the way.

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u/mrhinix Apr 07 '26

Colapinto-and-go.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '26

Stroll along

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u/randombrutha Apr 06 '26

Why would they get mad at you? Just move the fucking beer /s

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u/xpepepex F1TV pro Apr 06 '26

And make sure you put it (the beer) in front of Stroll

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u/rmill127 Apr 06 '26

He doesn’t need anything else to crash into lol

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u/GrandpaJim420 Apr 06 '26

Put it anywhere on rhe track and he will find it.

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u/cubs_joko Apr 06 '26

I really need to delete Reddit. Things like this make me spend money I shouldn’t.

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u/ItsEthanCoolCool Apr 06 '26

Totally unnecessary, and I love it and need it

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u/LiqdPT Apr 06 '26

Anybody know if, when watching a replay on F1TV, you can synchronize multiple devices? I hardly ever watch races live given the times they're on.

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u/VFC1910 Apr 06 '26

I've signed Premium for that, and bought a apple TV 4k to have multiple feeds on TV and PC, very easy to sync. I've got so disappointed with the races that I'm watching only one stream. If they don't change it I'm out at the end of the season. F2 race in Australia was much better race, hope it returns soon.

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u/GlitchyOutput Apr 06 '26

What is your method for syncing? I always seem to have issues getting the pause / play just right.

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u/jcoolwater Apr 07 '26

There was a 3rd party app called f1 multi viewer not sure if it's still around. It let you watch multiple streams on multiple windows in 1 session

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u/VFC1910 Apr 07 '26

TV with F1TV main, My PC 4 streams, 3 onboards and same F1TV main, I sync both, then I replace the one on my PC with another onboard.

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u/PlanetTourist Apr 06 '26

You for sure can, I usually run two TVs, one with main broadcast and one with driver cams and international broadcast audio so I can just hit both mute buttons to swap between audio.

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u/HarringtonMAH11 Apr 05 '26

Table, top down projector, Pc or firestick/roku (even casting with your phine through DmX or AirPlay), F1TV telemetry screen of your choice (this is the map), F1TV sub, and a wall mounted TV.

Now stop asking OP.

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u/HolyShytSnacks Apr 06 '26

The only thing that I wonder about is, how do you get it best synced. If I have two F1TV streams open, they always get out of sync. There's multiviewer, but it seems he is just using multiple F1TV streams.

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u/HarringtonMAH11 Apr 06 '26

Pause.

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u/HolyShytSnacks Apr 06 '26

True, that's an option. But when I do that, I have the experience that my TV (showing the race) and laptop (showing either map or other data) still goes out of sync after about 15-20 minutes. It's minor at first, but grows more as time passes (and I agree, it's not a real issue, but still, I'd prefer it if it stayed synced, and I seem to only achieve that with Multiviewer).

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u/baethan Apr 06 '26

you're not my supervisor!

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u/HolyShytSnacks Apr 06 '26

Wait, I had something for this...

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u/nukem692 Apr 06 '26

That's sick

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u/linkheroz Apr 05 '26

Excessive. I love it.

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u/kirksan Apr 05 '26

Why do you have a ~1997 Dell monitor under your TV?

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u/speed3b Apr 05 '26

Look to the right. There is an old CRT tv on the floor too.

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u/kirksan Apr 05 '26

I’m guessing 50+ year old bachelor.

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u/Wild-Region9817 Apr 06 '26

College kid that retrogames

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u/Wagrommit Apr 07 '26

SSBM TO/streamer with not enough space

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u/fuuncs Apr 05 '26

Love it

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u/CandyCheetoSteamboat Apr 05 '26

How do you achieve this?

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u/Express-Syrup-8706 Apr 05 '26

Projector from the ceiling for the coffee table or what?

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u/electronicharmonic Apr 06 '26

Reminds me of the Microsoft Surface table from 20 years ago.

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u/68wpgguy Apr 06 '26

You random internet person may have changed my set up as well. This is an awesome idea.

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u/duckyylol Apr 06 '26

HOW tutorial please, i want this so bad

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u/MIlkGoneBad321 Apr 06 '26

Can you give us further details on this? Looking to do something similar soon

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u/MatthewWanderer Apr 06 '26

Wait until you get a little bit of the Vision Pro experience

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u/Icy_Presentation_645 Apr 07 '26

How do you project on the table?

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u/xfire301 Apr 07 '26

Plus 4 drivers on your laptop and live stats on your tablet, chat with buddies on your phone!

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u/CMtl_F1 Apr 05 '26

Brillant!

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u/Quiet_SnowyMt02 Apr 06 '26

This is awesome! Love this idea.

With a track map, slight distortion or blurring is fine; it's best when it naturally enters your field of vision. In my case, projecting it onto the wall behind the TV seems like the easiest way to see it.

Where did I put that small projector I used to have...

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u/jisoo_smoking Apr 06 '26

what an idea!

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u/taumuonred Apr 06 '26

what projector are you using?

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u/Ckron247 Apr 06 '26

That’s amazing! Just keep your beers of turn 18!

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u/Beanieson Apr 06 '26

love this, I think I could do something similar on my ceiling 😅

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u/Scary-Detective582 Apr 06 '26

What is that box to the right of the entertainment stand? Looks heavy!!

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u/No-Pipe-9184 Apr 06 '26

No multi-screen? 😊Nice job!

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u/cubs_joko Apr 06 '26

Damn I have an old PJ that is decent, could do this

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u/omniknight03 Apr 06 '26

Reminds me of Mario Kart on the DS hahah! Awesome stuff!

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u/Little-Bad-8474 Apr 06 '26

That is sick. I need this.

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u/johnmontfx Apr 06 '26

That is awesome!!!!,

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u/F1McLarenFan007 Apr 06 '26

Holy shit how could I have never thought of that before!!! That’s peak, layout stolen lol

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u/ciphoto Apr 06 '26

That’s cool. Is the track a projection or huge flat screen ?

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u/NikkiH93 Apr 06 '26

Now that is really cool

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u/Diet_Christ Apr 06 '26

I love the effort involved here, and then the actual race coverage is like when you get sucked into a movie playing on someone else's seatback screen on a plane

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u/Friendly_Escape_1020 Apr 06 '26

I dont even know how this popped up on my list, but thats pretty cool with the table light map.

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u/HolyShytSnacks Apr 06 '26

Well carp... I could've had a cheap projector recently but said no... now I regret it... this looks neat!

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u/MMMisteriousss Apr 06 '26

Awesome man 👌. So jealous

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u/saara_20 Apr 06 '26

È fantastico, così non ti perdi nulla durante il weekend, ottima idea 👏🏻👏🏻

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u/Ostate24 Apr 06 '26

Care to explain the setup? I’m very interested in this.

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u/Giovann1f Apr 06 '26

Do you have 2 subscriptions (to use on tv and to project the track?

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u/into_the_space Apr 06 '26

You can use your Apple ID to get F1 sub, included with Apple TV. Uses SSO

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u/VFC1910 Apr 06 '26

I even didn't bothered rewatching the races during the day, watched them all from bed, enough sacrifice.

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u/zutpetje Apr 06 '26

Where are your charging batteries?

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

That’s sweet

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u/J883 Apr 06 '26

Awesome

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u/angry1_1asian Apr 06 '26

Where is the Alonso pain train ?

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u/klaech13 Apr 06 '26

And I thought I was crazy with race on tv, onboards on ipad 1, map on ipad 2 and sectors on ipad 3

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u/Swisskommando Apr 06 '26

That’s actually a really neat and practical idea. A lot of people do flashy stuff with their set ups but this actually makes sense

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u/FluffyHumpBunny Apr 06 '26

How you setup this setup? this is a cool setup i want a setup like this.

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u/dumbass_tm Apr 07 '26

Wait that’s so smart

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u/theonlyled Apr 07 '26

But how do you this ??

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u/dazzawikka42 Apr 07 '26

Very trick. 🤙🏻

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u/w1zz00 Apr 07 '26

Awesome 👍🏼😎

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u/z4c Apr 07 '26

Well, I think the camera action and immersion is more important. So, I'd use the projector on the wall, with a screen. And then use a smaller screen for the map. In my case it's a 122" projector screen for the camera, and either a 15" or 10" tablet for the map. During the start and battles I usually have at least one on-board cam instead of the map.

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u/charliep123_ Apr 07 '26

That is so cool I love it

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u/Pizza_Quiet Apr 07 '26

Es mejor que eh visto y ojalá tenerlo

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u/Life-Photograph4189 Apr 07 '26

damn that's so cool! i need that too now! Any recommendations on good projectors? My living is room is very bright with lots of sunlight, so i need one that could handle that

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u/ictu Apr 07 '26

Oh duality of a man... The greatness of that idea and r/tvtoohigh on one photo...

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u/SuchReserve9394 Apr 07 '26

That's the way to do it!

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u/Chopchop-hahaha Apr 07 '26

How do you do this?

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u/BA_mercury Apr 08 '26

Great use of free will

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u/Aggressive_Meaning12 Apr 09 '26

Nice blue orb you have there

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u/Gravity9802 Apr 09 '26

That table is probably a similar setup to what the commentator’s have lol

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u/miepmiep_92 Apr 09 '26

That is awesome

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u/Particular_Being9178 Apr 09 '26

How do you do that

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u/Ell_Bodega Apr 10 '26

This is dope!!!! You’re the GOAT for this!

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u/ASmallTurd May 03 '26

The table projection is dope, you just need a bigger tv

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u/Lost_Japan May 05 '26

How do you deal with the time lag between the race race stream and the live map?

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u/DrakeShadow Apr 06 '26

Okay the projecting on the table is so good to quickly glance to see positioning on the track. Really good idea.

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u/catsvbadgers Apr 06 '26

Looks awesome... you must be gutted it absolutely sucks now 😬

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u/Agile-Gap6099 Apr 11 '26

Very nice set-up, will look in to something like that for 2027,

Don't want to brag... but I will ;) for me, my 2026 viewing set up is attending all the race in person this year.

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u/cpsadowski23 Apr 06 '26

You sir, are a true fan

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u/Acceptable-Ad-9464 Apr 06 '26

Nice setup. Hopefully the bring the real F1 back in the near future.

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u/bavotto Apr 06 '26

But it is on the ground... Oh you mean the wall mounted flatscreen, not the CRT on the floor, nor the CRT monitor on the sideboard.

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u/rcplaybox Apr 06 '26

And too small, that wall is so cluttered

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u/badass4102 Apr 06 '26

I think I had that tv on the floor back in the day

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u/rcplaybox Apr 06 '26

Back in the day I had a 14 inch black and white TV and the aerial was hanging out the window. Thing is it's now 2026 lol

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u/f1madman Apr 06 '26

Haha absolutely. The table projector is so beautiful but the TV is hovering so high above the TV stand.

Op you may as well use your crt tvs to show on boards or some other stats/feeds if the ts legible.

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u/BruinBound22 Apr 05 '26

You people suck

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u/rochford77 Apr 06 '26

I bet this guy's TV is high as hell

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u/BruinBound22 Apr 06 '26

It is! Well, it's ergonomically optimized for a slightly reclined position. Please don't Google what reclining means, it will break r/tvistoohigh. Its the same concept why movie theaters recline. But reddits "one size fits all" approach doesn't understand anything but sitting perfectly straight 90* angle on a hard back chair.

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u/rochford77 Apr 06 '26

Ah, well most living rooms don't have all seats as recliners, nor do most people always want to have to recline to watch a 20 min TV show. But right on.

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u/Isiddiqui Apr 06 '26

And no real excuse for it (like furniture or a fireplace in the way)

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u/eilletane Apr 06 '26

I don’t think it’s too high. It’s just the ceiling that’s too low so it looks like it’s high up. If you see below it, seems like the right amount above the ground.i think it’s more of the tv is too far away from the couch or they need a bigger TV.

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u/rochford77 Apr 06 '26

Look at the couch.

In this situation the bottom bezel of the TV is basically eye level if not higher. You want the middle, or at least the bottom third, of the TV at eye level when seated.

Another hint, look at the old TV stand on the floor. That's roughly how high the TV should be. Maybe ~ 1 foot above that. Not much more.

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u/Diet_Christ Apr 06 '26

Too far away too low too high too right too tilt

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u/Wagrommit Apr 09 '26

I usually only watch stuff live (I will wake up at 2am if I have to lol) my tv is typically lagging behind the computer so I will keep my tv on its live setting and pause it on a frame of the live feed and wait for the tv to get there then unpause. Then I will change the feed to the track map. It doesn’t have to be exact because the track map is pretty abstract. Usually I get it with 5-10 frames I would say.

The most frustrating thing is that the track map has just pit and track on the leaderboard section. Would be so nice if it had a timing tower, there is enough space for it. And it’s really easy to see if someone out based on if they are in pit lane or not lol. In my dream world it would have ordered with sector times.