In the Best Christmas movie list it's in the very firsts positions because there is no Christmas without Miracle On 34th Street and the 1994 version with an outstanding Richard Attenborough is amazing. Everything seems perfect: location, light, sound, actors, direction, and the script is a bit expected but really good.
Except for one thing, one little particular that is completely crazy for how much simple it is.
The name of Santa Claus.
There is no Christmas without Christmas movies
There is a scene at around the 23rd minute in which the little star sits on Santa Claus' knees and ask to him his name. This is his answers:
Well, I have lots of names. Uh, Kriss kringle, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas. If you were in holland, I'd be sinterklaas, or in italy, le befana.
What? Almost everybody knows that in Italy we call Santa Claus with the name of "Babbo Natale" while "Befana" is the name of the old lady that comes during the night of the 5th January to bring carbon to bad children or sweets and candies to good children. Befana is the character that we Italians have invented to give a pagan meaning to the Christian holiday called Epiphany, when the Three Wise Men went to the Jesus' grotto following the comet to bring their gifts to the new King.
I'm old, please, understand me...
The question is always the same, exactly as it was in "Maria Antoinette" by Sofia Coppola, where in a scene there was a first shot of a pair of Converse shoes. Converse shoes in a movie based in the eighteenth century?
What??????
And the question is: how is this possible? A movie has been watched by thousands of people before it's been released and possible that nobody has asked to himself: what are the name of Santa Claus? Or, is it possible that nobody has seen this pair of shoes?
It's crazy, isn't it?
Are you looking for a gift that will surprise your loved one? The Day is coming and I am looking for the best christmas gift idea for boyfriend or for dad, but I have no idea. How to find the Best Gift for Christmas? Any christmas gift idea? What about a sweater or a shirt? I don't know the size. What about a travel? Well, they don't travel. And I could continue forever, but the fact is: this is the perfect gift for Christmas, a portable projector to have a projector screen on your room. Cheaply.
The Scrooge inside you says you don't have to spend money for nothing
I was looking for a christmas gift idea for myself
A couple of weeks ago I wanted to buy my personal Christmas gift in advance and I went to Amazon. I have always liked the idea behind a projector: the opportunity to have your own theatre at home. Moreover, now we have all of these tv services on streaming such as Now tv, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video etc., so we really have the chance to turn on the projector, prepare the popcorn and watch a movie as if we were in a cinema. Problem: Projectors usually cost a lot. Solution that I have just found out: there are the Portable Projectors. They are smaller and cheaper. What? Really?
Yes, you've read well: £59,99 for having a cinema in your room (the price can change)
Searching a lot on Amazon and I found this pico projector, the GM60
Searching searching, I found on Amazon the Stoga GM60 for a price around 60 or 70 pounds. Could I avoid to buy it? Of course not even though my first thought was: “Ok, I have wasted my money”. Surprisingly, after a couple of weeks of intensive use at my office and at home I think it’s perfect! Of course, it’s perfect if you’re not looking for a perfect image or a perfect quality!
How is the GM60? Is it really worthy?
Let’s start with a test drive of this projector. The GM60 has a lot of ports to input the video signal. On the left we have the SDcard, two usb, the HDMI, the AV and the audio port. On the back there is also a VGA port if you want to connect an old computer. The design is fine and the dimensions are actually small: 15 for 18 centimetres and you can put it inside your bag with no problem. Do you have George Martins’ A game of thrones book? Well, dimensions and weight are the same. From a distance of 225 centimetres we have a screen of 160x100. Not bad, not bad.
These are the specifications. Can you read them?
How the GM60 (or XPRE450) works: give power to the LED!In my video (open Youtube) you can see how it works. The projector has got a LED light and maybe this is the reason why its price is so low and the first thing you will notice will be a noisy rumor that comes from it. It’s the sound of fan and it’s something like…. uuuuuhhmmmm... it’s noisy but when you start a video the audio will cover this noise, so, it’s not a big problem. But the most important thing in a projector is the ability to watch something and it is fine even with all lights of the room completely turned on. This means that even if you like to watch a movie with some lights around you this will be possible with this projector.
The projector can read almost all formats but with the HDMI you can connect a lot of other devices
The media player to see videos, pictures and documents and to listen to music
The GM60 has also a basic media center inside that allows you to decide which port you want to open so, PC-RGB, HDMI, AV, USB or the SDCARD. Here you can decide what kind of media you want to stream, if a movie, a song, a photo or a text if you want to see a document on the screen. At the HDMI I have connected a tv Dongle such as the Haier Android Smart TV and it works perfectly: a smart tv on your wall, better, a smart wall. So, if you want you can connect other devices such as the Kindle Fire TV Stick or Chromecast or the Apple tv or the NOW TV Box set, whatever you like.
I have used this projector since its arrival for hours and I really think it could be perfect for Christmas or for Saint Valentine, for example. You can give a diamond ring, of course, or you can give this projector and transform your room in a magic theatre maybe with a dinner in bed. That’s amazing, isn’t it.
Not bad, uh?
Different name, same products, maybe
The latest tendency is to release the same product with different names by different companies. This is why you could find the Stoga GM60, the Crenova XPE450, the Elephas or the Tronfy but it seems the same product. Of course, I have got only the Stoga's one, but looking at the others I see the same design and the same box. So, I guess it's the same product.
Yes, this seems an advertised post but it isn't (unfortunately). I am really happy of this product (exactly as I was disappointed by other projectors or supposed to be) and I think this could be the perfect Christmas gift for a boy, a girl, a dad, a child, whoever you like. Do you want to watch a test video made by me? Click below here:
Do you like it? Buy it here at Amazon: Portable projector Is it or not the best christmas gift idea?
and the 1994 version with an outstanding Richard Attenborough is amazing. Everything seems perfect: location, light, sound, actors, direction, and the script is a bit expected but really good.
for a price around 60 or 70 pounds. Could I avoid to buy it? Of course not even though my first thought was: “Ok, I have wasted my money”. Surprisingly, after a couple of weeks of intensive use at my office and at home I think it’s perfect! Of course, it’s perfect if you’re not looking for a perfect image or a perfect quality!
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