If the Hammacher 12-foot screen just isn’t enough for your outdoor movie watching needs, don’t worry, the Open Air Screen company is now offering a 16-foot model.

It is gigantic, affordable, ultra light weight, and ready to turn any backyard into a backyard into a phenomenal home theater experience.

The wide screen inflatable screen is easier to set up than a pup tent and is easily transportable. The 220-inch diagonal movie screen weighs about 17 pounds and fits inside a small stuff sack, which you can take anywhere.

The 16-Foot Open Air Home Screen from Open Air Screen is yours for $999.

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Hardcore fans of The Simpsons now gets a chance to decorate their computer screens with a mini-bulb strand that consists of nine little Homers, all powered via USB.

You can then stick them around your monitor using the little suction caps on the back! You could even use them as an indicator for when you are available in the office, plug them in only when you’re free to stop unwanted disturbances!

The wire for the Homer Simpson USB Monitor Lights is 2510mm long and the product is available from drinkstuff.com for £15.99 (about $32 USD).

This portable 7-inch Nintendo Wii monitor allows you to play your Wii games wherever you are. Simply attach the device to the back of your console.

All of the ports on the back of your unit are cloned (barring the AV connection as it goes to the screen) so you can simply plug in your Nintendo power cable and keep all of your USB accessories. A ventilation hole is even cut in to the unit to provide correct ventilation to the Wii’s OEM fan. Extra AV ports are provided if you wish to hook up a DVD, Media player or another console and a car cigar lighter adaptor is provided for in car use.

The screen is made on a ball and socket design to create freedom of movement an allow for an incredible array of viewing angles, a reverse/up/down picture control is available to for fixing the picture if you plan to mount your Wii in the roof of a car and have this unit fold down instead of up for example. When not in use your monitor is protected by folding perfectly flat against the wii.

Features:

• Screen: 7inches TFT LCD
• Resolution: 480(W) X 234(H)
• Colour System: PAL/NTSC (auto switching)
• Perfect Portability for the Wii
• Clean White Finish
• Aspect Ratio Adjustability
• Adjustable Picture Settings -contrast, brightness etc.
• Fan Grill Hole so your Wii Won’t Overheat.
• Nintendo Wii Direct AV connection
• Auxiliary Stereo AV Connection (3 x RCA)
• 2 x USB for Nintendo Wii
• Built-In Stereo Speakers
• Power Source: 12 VDC (Car Cigar Lighter Adaptor Included
• Dimension: 258×62x156mm (LxWxD)

The 7-Inch Nintendo Wii LCD Monitor is available over at the Chinavision website for 64.44 EUR (about $102 USD).

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Here’s an alternative to those Cinemizer iPod Video Glasses that we covered last month. This model can be connected to any multi-media device with an AV output, and will give you an 80-inch virtual screen.

Screen your movies in such a way that it seems as though you’re looking at a huge screen. Watch movies in bed without disturbing your better half, chill out on the train in front of a top film, or plug in in-flight and free yourself from those horrible little seat-back screens.

Features:

• None radiation true and full color micro LCD panel
• Comfort viewing, no eye irritation, scatheless to eyes and eyevision
• 80 inch large virtual screen for enhanced personal entertainment
• Auto switching between different video system, Pal/Ntsc/Secam
• Standard Nokia Mobile batteries in-built, removable, chargeable and exchangeable
• Low power consumption
• Adjustable volume

You can get the Eyepod Cinema Glasses from Bim Bam Banana for $509.

The Backyard Drive-in is a large portable projector screen that quickly and easily can be constructed and taken down. Use it for movies, games etc.

There are two sizes to choose from: 10(W) x 6(H) feet and 13(W) x 9(H) feet. More information about the Backyard Drive-in at thebackyarddrivein.com.

No word on pricing.

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You often see waterproof speakers and MP3 players, but it’s not that often you run into waterproof LCD screens.

This 15-nch TFT LCD screen features built-in speakers and a 1280×800 pixel resolution. Both the screen and the included remote control are waterproof.

Features:

• AV IN
• Audio In R/L
• VGA Input
• S-Video Input
• TV Antenna IN
• Built-in Speaker (2W x 2)
• Adjustable Contrast/Brightness
• Dimension: 300×463x37mm (LxWxD)

The LCD screen will soon be available at Chinavasion. No word on pricing yet.

Plug in the EzVision Video Eyewear ($306) to any portable video/movie/DVD player and enjoy the movies in such a way that it seems as though you’re looking at a 50 inch large screen. The 68g portable lightweight glasses also features built-in headphones.

There are retractable headphones that are built into the arms of the specs, so you can truly plug-in and zone-out. Watch movies in bed without disturbing your better half, chill out on the train in front of a top film, or plug in in-flight and free yourself from those horrible little seat-back screens. They have an 8 hour re-chargeable battery, an integral volume control, and come with adaptors to connect to iPods (and we tried it successfully with the new Zune player too) and DVD players.

Features

• Video eye-wear offering a 50inch virtual screen to watch DVDs, videos from your Video iPod, TV, or games from your gaming station.
• Resolution of 320 x 240.
• Fit like a pair of glasses.
• An eight hour rechargeable battery pack with volume control for the ezVision.
• Adaptors to connect to iPods and DVD players.
• Suitable for ages 14 years+.
• Requires an AC wall charger (UK adaptor included).
• Size: 16 x 6.5 x 3cm (folded).

We are used to seeing digital photo frames in keychains, alarm clocks etc, but you rarely see them in a big classic photo frame style. That’s until the 15-inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame ($250) showed up.

It delivers a sharp 1024×768 resolution, built-in speakers, support for eight different media types including USB drives and MPEG Video/MP3 playback.

Product Features

• Displays digital pictures (JPEG or BMP) without a computer
• Cherry Wood Frame
• Simply insert a compatible memory card into the digital frame to show photos, play MP3 music or supported video files
• Display photos on a connected USB Thumbdrive or External USB Hard Drive (FAT32 Format Only. External hard drive must be powered separately)
• Compatible memory cards include CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), SecureDigital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Smart Media (SM) and XD
• Instantly plays MP3 music with the integrated speaker
• Instantly plays MPEG 1, 2 or 4 Movie files with sound
• Supports up to 12 Mega Pixel image files.
• Bright 15″ TFT active matrix LCD screen
• 1024×768 Resolution
• Automatic slide show with multiple transition effects and display times
• Plays slide show with MP3 music in the background
• User-friendly on-screen display lets you access all controls easily
• Included IR Remote controlls all frame functions
• Powered by included AC Adapter 110-240V AC 50/60Hz

The Tucano pyjama-style protection covers does not only make your screen look great when it’s “asleep”, it will also protect it against dust, sunshine etc.

• Tucano PJ Mac Screen Protection Cover for Apple Mac G5 17″ ($20)
• Tucano PC JAM Screen Protection Covers for 17″ PC Screens ($38)

(Via Chip Chick)