DIY Projector - Completed!

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:25 am

ohhh, cool, how much do you think this is going to cost you?

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:13 am

So far $120 CAD, but I didn't pay for the LCD or the wood or the glass

The $120 is 2 15" frensel lenses and a commercial quality projection lense. Im most likly gonna need to redo the lighting system and that will cost about $180 CAD (ouch)... eather way I want the best results I can, Ill prolly have about $100 by next week because it's my birthday so I suspect ill have enugh by mid october, (but you never know, it might work out ^.^ )

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:27 pm

Ithink I will be making mine out of a 2.5in lcd, found one for $51 including shipping on ebay. And a person on diyprojectorco made one from an lcd of the smae company, but the 1.8in model, and gets good quality on a 40in screen without a fresnel lens, so I'll see how it goes. I don't want to spend more than $75 on mine if I can, I am always strapped for cash.

Anyone want to buy a colecovision+multiple games for $125?

j/k

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:10 pm

I'm going for the best quality I can so im gonna spend some money, if I can I plan on keeping this for a good long whyle, I mean seriously, who would ever want to get rid of a 80"+ TV

This will most likly be a very long ongoing project as I move along, I plan on upgradeing the components as much as I can.

Post by **Triton** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:12 pm

i got some neat thigs fro the school for free, some of wich might be useful for this sort of thing, kinda. they are apollo 9100gs PC presenters! they (i think( were intended for projection using a overhead projector and i THINK they mght be in color, i have one working in monochrome at the moment, its a little low quality buy probably 7"

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:48 pm

Yep, I'm definitely feelin' good today.

My 15" Viewsonic Flatpanel(for my projector) arrived at the house today. ($80 on Ebay--woohoo!)

But perhaps the best find was when I went to the State Surplus today and found a $300 Buhl overhead projector for get this: ONE DOLLAR!!!!!! I STILL CAN'T GET OVER THIS! IT'S ALMOST LIKE I PAID TO STEAL IT!

And it works great- aside from a shattered internal reflecting mirror, the thing folds up into a suitcase shape and has twin 410 watt bulbs- that's plenty of brightness!!!

The mirror can easily be replaced.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:53 pm

I've been thinking lately about how cool it would be to make an LCD projector out of Apple's 30" Cinema Display HD. Just think: 2,550 x 1,600 pixels and a display that's approximately 20 feet diagonally! The projector would have to be huge to house a 30" LCD panel thoughâ€¦

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:02 pm

and if you did that you would have a mob of apple users chasing after you for the rest of your life for the desecration of such beautiful technology

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:47 am

Damn Canada post to a small hole in the ground...

My package gets sent out on Monday... alls cool, it reaches New York on Tuseday and im all like yay! I will be here in like 2 days (I live a 17 hr drive from NYC) then the geniouses at USPS and Canada Post decided lets send it to Vancover, BC for clearing (I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, witch is on the other side of the frikin country from Vancouver....) So now im prolly gonna have to wait till next Wenday or Thirsday before my parts get here.... oh and by the way my projector is 98% finished... all I need to do is fix a FCC on my screen (comes with the kit) and line up the frensels so I can cut the hole for the projection lense... CURSE YOU CANADA POOOOOOST!!!!!

Post by **Triton** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:55 pm

i hate canada post to!

cennar sent my lcd on aug 25 and it got here sept 21 i think, it took just under a month to get from victoria BC to iowa

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:15 pm

sam fisher wrote:NIN youve not been on here or gp32x for ages!

Yeah i know man i've still got my gp32 novel thats finished just need and hour or 2 to play through and make sure it all runs nicely

Just have no time for anything lately

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:17 pm

good to see you back!

NiN^_^NiN · Post by **NiN^_^NiN** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:28 pm

thanks its good to see u guys

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:46 am

see i told you nin loves me most

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:34 am

well, i found I can cut out the fresnel by getting a surplus rear projection lens, so I found I can put one with a 40-60in screen together for about $150