Deluxe model 2-pack comes with 36 total videos; 18 videos per projector: 9 for Halloween (6 + 3 bonus) and 9 for the holidays (6 + 3 bonus)
Projector operates from inside your home and displays on window screen
Fits almost any shape and size window
For best results, project from a completely dark room onto the white screen and turn off outdoor lighting above and near the window.
The focus adjuster is located on the front lens of the projector. You may turn it left or right to obtain a clear image.
The arrows on the rear of the projector are for the size of your windows. Pushing to the right will produce a vertical image. Pushing to the left will produce a horizontal image.
The image is best viewed from the outside.
The display screen can be located at the bottom of the box, under the Styrofoam tray holding the projector.
What’s in the Box?
2x StarShower Window Wonderland projector
Base
2x AC adapter
2x 4’ x 6’ Translucent projection sheet
8x Adhesive-backed hook-and-loop fasteners
2x Instructions Manuals
Here’s a Fun Fact for You
“Walking in a Winter Wonderland” was first written in 1934 and has been covered by over 200 different artists. In 1997, a small business selling windowpanes in Lexington, Kentucky released a lesser-known single with a similar name, “Walking in a Window Wonderland.” As of now, no artists have covered it.
@tinamarie1974 Yay! First-hand knowledge. Do you leave yours outside projecting onto your house, or have it inside projecting on a sheet over the window? I’m wondering if these can handle being outside like the cheaply made (but not cheap cost) ones they sell at Lowes/HomeDepot.
@Kerig3@Serafyna indoor use and lit from behind. So you put the white plastic “sheet” on the window and the set up the projector behind it facing out. The image projects and displays on the sheet.
@tinamarie1974 I’ve seen a lot of posts that mention you need to have enough space between the screen and projector, but none that actually clarify how much distance that is. How far away are you running it from the screen, and what’s the shortest practical distance you think might work?
I have a bow window I’d like to use it on, but the projector would sit no more than 3 feet away from the window itself, and I’m thinking that might be pushing it.
@jnanas Watch the video review linked below, it’s a surprisingly long distance just to fill a 54" wide window, and a longer distance also makes the image dimmer. The review also brings to light a few other glaring shortcomings. It’s really poorly designed, IMO.
@Serafyna@tinamarie1974 You have to shine it from behind. If you were to project directly onto a surface, then everything would be reversed. Any snot-nosed kid dressed as Iron Man would surely notice that the skeletons’ left femur is where their right femur should be, and vice-versa, ruining the realism. Of course, you could bounce your projection off a mirror which would also help give you more throw distance in a shorter space. Be sure not to use a front-surface mirror though so you can get a spooky ‘ghosting’ effect.
@stolicat@vlpronj true. I bought a cheap projector from meh. I am going to see if I can also use it to project YouTube videos on a different window, but getting it to fit the window size perfectly will be tricky
@homehziah But it only came in at 9th place in the same reviewer’s “Top 10 Worst As Seen On TV Products of 2017”, so not too shabby!
A perfectly Meh product.
I only have one front window, and Amazon sells one for a penny less. But reviews say quality control is poor, and I might need another as a backup. But quality control is so bad that if I chose this deal, I might have two of them perpetually collecting dust in a box somewhere instead of only one…
Only thing that can make this fun: I will put a sheet out by the road and distract the drivers. DISCLAIMERS- this is in jest; don’t do this on my street, go find your own.
Are the projectors different? Are there 36 different videos or two copies of 18 videos each? That sounds like it might be akin to calling knives and sheaths different pieces of a set.
@djslack Well “technically” there’s 36 videos (18 per projector), but really only 18 unique videos. That’s the kind of marketing language I’ve come to expect from the “As Seen on TV” family of useless products.
What?
No button for President’s Day, Labor Day, National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, National Beer-Drinking Day or even National No-Pants Day?
Forget it.
@daveinwarsh The instructions clearly state that any of the videos can serve as a Groundhog Day video, as long as you play the same video everyday until you experience self-realization and true love.
@jml326 Make sure it’s almost completely dark on both sides of the window or no one will see it. Also make sure you have plenty of distance between the window and where you can set up the projector or the image will be too small. Watch this video review to see just how far back from the window you might have to go:
I bought one of these 2 years ago for my apartment. It was so dim and blurry that it was practically useless. I was just trying to cover a standard size bedroom window. Such a great potential idea, with poor implementation.
The Mrs. is nutty for Halloween gadgets of all kinds (most recently, a moaning ghost that “floats” back and forth on a string), so this got a “yes” from her.
I do window projection on my main bay windows with a nice HD projector setup, but I bit the bullet on these to see if they would fill some small upper windows for a cheap price and I was actually pleasantly surprised. It’s not super bright but still very visible from outside at night and you can adjust the focus to make it clear at whatever distance you need. For me it was just going in a guest bedroom that stays unused so it’s always dark and there aren’t any limitations on placement. I’m glad I picked them up.
@sammydog01@therealjrn That is some quality creeping keeping up with what I do beter than I do.
I thought maybe the computer was acting weird, but I have tried it from computer and from phone (on and off wifi) just to be sure on both morningsave and samsclub. It is a weird day for me.
@sammydog01@therealjrn Well… I searched the site instead and did find them, but seems they changed it to 2 for $32 or $16 each. Not quite as tempting to test it out.
Edit: wtf… now the link worked and see the 2 for $16. I am seriously confused. I am really not working well today I guess.
FYI, I had two bad ones. One just lit up a white screen. The second one would only run for about 10 sec at a time before cutting out. I swapped the main board of the mostly working one into the other, and now I have one working one, and one doubly broken. (Just be careful though, the QC on the connectors is pretty crappy and some were reversed from each other. )
It seems there’s a temperature sensor on the LED heatsink that was probably acting up
@caffeineguy I was looking for an instructable or video on upgrading the LED in these units but could not find one. I think kicking up the brightness (a lot) would make a difference in its usability…
… Also, for those that didn’t notice, there’s a cheap screen of sorts under the styrofoam and some double sided tape. If you have a Bluetooth battery/ speaker with an aux in (‘If’ haaah! Of course you have one) it’ll also play some tacky and creepy sound effects (the Xmas ones are creepy)
A bit disappointed.
Yes, not as good as an HD projector (as expected).
Definitely requires total darkness.
The good:
It was cheap.
They are light weight.
Easy to setup.
The bad:
There are 9 clips, but it doesn’t cycle through them. You can choose 1 and it shows a 10-15 second clip over and and over and over and OVER AND OVER…
That is a HUGE bad. Oh well…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
2x StarShower Window Wonderland projector
Base
2x AC adapter
2x 4’ x 6’ Translucent projection sheet
8x Adhesive-backed hook-and-loop fasteners
2x Instructions Manuals
Here’s a Fun Fact for You
“Walking in a Winter Wonderland” was first written in 1934 and has been covered by over 200 different artists. In 1997, a small business selling windowpanes in Lexington, Kentucky released a lesser-known single with a similar name, “Walking in a Window Wonderland.” As of now, no artists have covered it.
Price Comparison
$39.98 (for 2) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Spooky!
I own this projector. It does a great job and their price for two is less than I paid for one!!
@tinamarie1974 “It doe a great job.” So, you refute all the one-star reviews on Amazon?
@phendrick I guess so. I
mine. I use it for Christmas
@tinamarie1974 Yay! First-hand knowledge. Do you leave yours outside projecting onto your house, or have it inside projecting on a sheet over the window? I’m wondering if these can handle being outside like the cheaply made (but not cheap cost) ones they sell at Lowes/HomeDepot.
@Serafyna I believe these are strictly for indoor use only.
@Kerig3 @Serafyna indoor use and lit from behind. So you put the white plastic “sheet” on the window and the set up the projector behind it facing out. The image projects and displays on the sheet.
@tinamarie1974 I’ve seen a lot of posts that mention you need to have enough space between the screen and projector, but none that actually clarify how much distance that is. How far away are you running it from the screen, and what’s the shortest practical distance you think might work?
I have a bow window I’d like to use it on, but the projector would sit no more than 3 feet away from the window itself, and I’m thinking that might be pushing it.
@jnanas Watch the video review linked below, it’s a surprisingly long distance just to fill a 54" wide window, and a longer distance also makes the image dimmer. The review also brings to light a few other glaring shortcomings. It’s really poorly designed, IMO.
@jnanas you would be pushing it. I put it in my dining room and it sits at the other end of the table. So 6 or 8 feet?
But my window is standard size, if you are using a bay window it is wider so you can be a bit closer.
@Serafyna @tinamarie1974 You have to shine it from behind. If you were to project directly onto a surface, then everything would be reversed. Any snot-nosed kid dressed as Iron Man would surely notice that the skeletons’ left femur is where their right femur should be, and vice-versa, ruining the realism. Of course, you could bounce your projection off a mirror which would also help give you more throw distance in a shorter space. Be sure not to use a front-surface mirror though so you can get a spooky ‘ghosting’ effect.
Looks more like burnt toast.
Talk about boo! … I mean meh!
Anyone know if these have an accessible internal card, so you can load your own videos? Couldn’t find any mention on Amazon.
@vlpronj Nope. And no video input either.
@medz @vlpronj that’s a deal killer - be nice to load in your own stuff but I can imagine the neighborhood trouble that could cause.
@stolicat @vlpronj true. I bought a cheap projector from meh. I am going to see if I can also use it to project YouTube videos on a different window, but getting it to fit the window size perfectly will be tricky
Just be aware that you’ll need to place the projector quite a ways back from the window to fill the whole thing. (depending on window size)
But wait! Call now and we’ll add the 5-piece Ginsu® knife set absolutely free! (just add shipping & handling)
Reasonable Review, about what I expected: http://freakinreviews.com/window-wonderland-reviews/
@homehziah But it only came in at 9th place in the same reviewer’s “Top 10 Worst As Seen On TV Products of 2017”, so not too shabby!
A perfectly Meh product.
Ahh, the two-for conundrum!
I only have one front window, and Amazon sells one for a penny less. But reviews say quality control is poor, and I might need another as a backup. But quality control is so bad that if I chose this deal, I might have two of them perpetually collecting dust in a box somewhere instead of only one…
What to do! /buy -qty 0
Only thing that can make this fun: I will put a sheet out by the road and distract the drivers. DISCLAIMERS- this is in jest; don’t do this on my street, go find your own.
Are the projectors different? Are there 36 different videos or two copies of 18 videos each? That sounds like it might be akin to calling knives and sheaths different pieces of a set.
@djslack Come on DJ. You know better. You buy 2 knives with 2 sheaths for 4 different pieces.
@djslack Well “technically” there’s 36 videos (18 per projector), but really only 18 unique videos. That’s the kind of marketing language I’ve come to expect from the “As Seen on TV” family of useless products.
@therealjrn @Kerig3 I know, I know, but they wrote it so convincingly!
@djslack @therealjrn There’s the rub, LOL!
@djslack It’s actually millions of videos, but each one is just one pixel wide
Really? Boo!
@therealjrn I guess boo! isn’t the trigger. How about meh!
@mediocrebot how about ant?
@mediocrebot aha!
What?
No button for President’s Day, Labor Day, National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, National Beer-Drinking Day or even National No-Pants Day?
Forget it.
@daveinwarsh EVERY day is no-pants day!
@daveinwarsh @therealjrn As long as your cover ALL your windows with the screen. Otherwise it’s just one Arbor Day video on loop.
@daveinwarsh @therealjrn And National Beer-Drinking Day!!!
@daveinwarsh The instructions clearly state that any of the videos can serve as a Groundhog Day video, as long as you play the same video everyday until you experience self-realization and true love.
Debating these for the windows in my 8th floor lab…
@jml326 Make sure it’s almost completely dark on both sides of the window or no one will see it. Also make sure you have plenty of distance between the window and where you can set up the projector or the image will be too small. Watch this video review to see just how far back from the window you might have to go:
I bought one of these 2 years ago for my apartment. It was so dim and blurry that it was practically useless. I was just trying to cover a standard size bedroom window. Such a great potential idea, with poor implementation.
Okay, some of the Christmas ones are actually pretty creepy. Check out those floating zombie redbirds!
As long as they’re not glaring in ur neighbour’s window. Living next to a narcissist.
Meh, do u have something for that?
I would get booted out of my condo complex for sure. The board doesn’t have a sense of humor.
@Dog19026 you only live once. Maybe you’d find somewhere more hilarious to live?
@hafner I tried that many times. I usually ended up in some kind of trouble.
What about fidget spinners?
@crow I have a few tubs I can sell you. Cheap.
The original version of this had another version of ‘star shower’ called ‘golden shower’. Not sure what that was, but it sounds nice.
@frd1963 Good joke. Wrong product.
The Mrs. is nutty for Halloween gadgets of all kinds (most recently, a moaning ghost that “floats” back and forth on a string), so this got a “yes” from her.
/giphy vengeful-narcoleptic-bandicoot
This just has to be hackable. It totally SCREAMS Psycho shower scene.
Was going to pull a last minute buy until I saw the tear-down video. Basically, hard-wired junk…
/giphy sanford-and-son
I do window projection on my main bay windows with a nice HD projector setup, but I bit the bullet on these to see if they would fill some small upper windows for a cheap price and I was actually pleasantly surprised. It’s not super bright but still very visible from outside at night and you can adjust the focus to make it clear at whatever distance you need. For me it was just going in a guest bedroom that stays unused so it’s always dark and there aren’t any limitations on placement. I’m glad I picked them up.
Sixteen bucks for two on Morningsave if anyone missed them.
@sammydog01 Hrmm… $4 less than they were here? Unfortunately the link seems like it isn’t working so maybe sold out.
@sammydog01 You need to check your browser or something @raccoon81. The link is working. You said you had trouble getting to samsclub.com too, right?
@sammydog01 @therealjrn That is some quality creeping keeping up with what I do beter than I do.
I thought maybe the computer was acting weird, but I have tried it from computer and from phone (on and off wifi) just to be sure on both morningsave and samsclub. It is a weird day for me.
When I click the photo here it goes to morningsave.com/#daybreak instead.
/giphy I’m broken
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Well… I searched the site instead and did find them, but seems they changed it to 2 for $32 or $16 each. Not quite as tempting to test it out.
Edit: wtf… now the link worked and see the 2 for $16. I am seriously confused. I am really not working well today I guess.
@sammydog01 It looks like @mediocrebot is playing your song @raccoon81. I wasn’t trying to be creepy lol
FYI, I had two bad ones. One just lit up a white screen. The second one would only run for about 10 sec at a time before cutting out. I swapped the main board of the mostly working one into the other, and now I have one working one, and one doubly broken. (Just be careful though, the QC on the connectors is pretty crappy and some were reversed from each other. )
It seems there’s a temperature sensor on the LED heatsink that was probably acting up
@caffeineguy I was looking for an instructable or video on upgrading the LED in these units but could not find one. I think kicking up the brightness (a lot) would make a difference in its usability…
… Also, for those that didn’t notice, there’s a cheap screen of sorts under the styrofoam and some double sided tape. If you have a Bluetooth battery/ speaker with an aux in (‘If’ haaah! Of course you have one) it’ll also play some tacky and creepy sound effects (the Xmas ones are creepy)
@caffeineguy You can also pick up a super cheap translucent shower curtain at the dollar store; it will work as a screen also.
A bit disappointed.
Yes, not as good as an HD projector (as expected).
Definitely requires total darkness.
The good:
It was cheap.
They are light weight.
Easy to setup.
The bad:
There are 9 clips, but it doesn’t cycle through them. You can choose 1 and it shows a 10-15 second clip over and and over and over and OVER AND OVER…
That is a HUGE bad. Oh well…
@sdavidow yeah, and it’s a very jarring transition between the end and beginning of the short clip each loop.