BRIDGTON NEWS | June 25, 2020
By Wayne E. Rivet – Staff Writer for the Bridgton News
Bring Movies and Gaming Outdoors
Make your favorite outdoor spot …an outdoor movie theater. Todd Morton has started a new company, the Wireless Outdoor Cinema Company.
Bring Movies and Gaming Outdoors
Make your favorite outdoor spot …an outdoor movie theater. Todd Morton has started a new company, the Wireless Outdoor Cinema Company
Todd Morton, founder of the Wireless Outdoor Cinema Company, was interviewed at his home in Bridgton, Maine, on June 20, 2020.
Todd Morton has had a diverse working career. He has done construction, finish carpentry and built a couple of log homes. And he worked 25 years as an Internet marketer. Now he hopes to add the Wireless Outdoor Cinema Company to his professional accomplishments.
“I want to create an outdoor experience that the entire family will enjoy,” he said.
Todd has always had a great appreciation for the outdoors and grew up in northern Vermont. His true passions have always been woodworking and being outdoors with nature. For years, Todd thought about putting up a backyard outdoor movie theater and started testing various outdoor setups that turned out to be flimsy or too cumbersome to set up and watch.
During the winter, Todd continued researching outdoor movie theater setups but found most did not hold up due to uneven ground conditions and wind. “I brainstormed for months how I could set up an outdoor movie theater in my backyard that I wouldn’t have to inflate, deflate, or package up at the end of the night after watching a movie,” he said.
Todd built a movable pressure-treated screen frame system, which two people can easily move. All hardware used on the outdoor wooden frame is weather-resistant galvanized and stainless steel. “This frame is built to last,” he said. The cinematic screen size is 150” diagonal and attaches to the frame with grommet holes and screw hooks. To put the cinematic screen on the frame system and get the cinema setup takes less time than it does to pop a bag of popcorn in the microwave, Todd said.
“You can set up the movable wireless outdoor movie theater anywhere on your property where it is flat. After watching my first movie outside, I knew other homeowners would love this experience. Being outside in the fresh air and seeing the stars and moon is incredible; nothing beats the experience,” he said. I envision people watching movies outside with family and friends during the summer months, having Halloween parties in October, and watching the Super Bowl in the winter; all you need to stay warm in the cooler months is a good old-fashioned campfire or a propane heat lamp.”
The 1080p HD Wi-Fi projector (positioned six to eight feet from the projector screen) is placed on a custom wooden projector stand. The rechargeable battery station powers the entire outdoor cinema, where there’s no need to run extension cords out to the electronic components.
He currently offers the 150” Big Moose Outdoor Movie Theater, perfect for watching movies and streaming your favorite shows on a 12’ widescreen for $2,899.
Press Contact
Wireless Outdoor Cinema Company
Todd Morton – founder
(207) 647-8759