# Small hobby project: home cinema for vintage devices (LaserDisc, HDDVD, Video Projector, etc.)
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/small-hobby-project-home-cinema-for-vintage-devices-laserdisc-hddvd-video-projector-etc/92427
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**Created:** [16 October 2024 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/small-hobby-project-home-cinema-for-vintage-devices-laserdisc-hddvd-video-projector-etc/92427 "2024-10-16T07:19:48Z")
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### Author:  [@generikz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/generikz)
#### Post date: [16 October 2024 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/small-hobby-project-home-cinema-for-vintage-devices-laserdisc-hddvd-video-projector-etc/92427/1 "2024-10-16T07:19:48Z")
Still having and using a LOT of vintage gears at home.
Most of them predates IP/Ethernet and, if you're lucky, had one-way serial ports, or proprietary IR interfaces (SR, Control S, etc.) that you could leverage.
Ex: _Pioneer_ or _SONY_ LaserDisc players, _Pioneer_ or _SONY_ MUSE video decoders, _Toshiba_ HDDVD players, early _NEC_ DLP video projectors.
The project is to "standardize" all these vintage connections into **IP:Port** that can be accessed over Telnet or SSH. I initially used a RPi 3B+ as a proof-of-concept before investing in some specialized 2nd-hand hardware.
- Some recent players have IP control (ex: OPPO UDP-205) but the serial port has more control, especially power ON/OFF.
- For Serial port controlled devices, I acquired a **MOXA NPort**
- For IR port controlled devices, I'm on the market for a Global-Caché GC100-18/R with corresponding Xantech 794/797 modules
So far I have created control flows over RS-232 for OPPO BDP-105, UDP-205, Integra DHS-8.8, NEC HT1100, Lumagen Radiance 2144.
I can share them here if you are interested.
The end game is to have a VM run on my NAS on the LAN and offer a local website with virtual remote controls for all devices/button starting pre-defined scenarios (ex: play a laserdisc, turn on what's needed to listen to my AudioServer, activate external HDMI input with multi-channel audio decoding pre-set, etc.).
Since most of of the modern Home Automation software package rely on Bluetooth/Wifi/IP, none of them were applicable. Node-RED was the only only one I found with raw controls that allow to build whatever you want in an easy way.
Required nodes so far: **contrib-telnet** , **contrib-binary** , **contrib-scenario**
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### Author:  [@generikz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/generikz)
#### Post date: [21 October 2024 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/small-hobby-project-home-cinema-for-vintage-devices-laserdisc-hddvd-video-projector-etc/92427/2 "2024-10-21T12:31:01Z")
It looks like this.
