http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Build your own HD projector (Part 2) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Macfeargus@yahoo.com]]>Aug 20th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Mar 3rd 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/]]>Jan 11th 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
oh I almost forgot... FIRST POST, WOOT!]]>Oct 30th 2006 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
I'm sorry, let me get this straight. You are going to spend dozens of hours, pretty much the same amount of money when you are done, and then get an ugly, huge and vastly inferior result than the real thing?

Excuse me.. but.... wah?

An Optoma HD70 is less than $1000. Probably about the same that you are going to spend on this monstrocity. And I guarantee you it will absolutely blow away your results.. not even close.

Not to mention it will come in a nice self contained case and you can sell it a year from now and get some of your costs back when you upgrade to 1080p.

Just insane. Lamp cost is real, but give me a break, if you really watch that much TV you can afford a few hundred every couple years.

Just asinine.]]>Oct 30th 2006 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/I have a 17" LCD with a dying backlight...I might just do this.]]>Oct 30th 2006 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Have you ever seen a DIY projector yourself? When done correctly the results can be quite spectacular. And also, results aren't the only reward of DIY, building the damn thing yourself is half the fun!

Honestly, you can get a great picture by buying an HD70, but the most excitement you'll get from buying one is driving down to the store and picking one up. ]]>Oct 30th 2006 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/thanks for the info

personally I think I would be more proud of a product that I bought and build myself.

Q: Where is the first par? changed the url but that didnt work.

Emanuel]]>Oct 30th 2006 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=inurl%3Awww.engadget.com+how+to+projector&meta=):

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-1/]]>Oct 30th 2006 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Go to the yahoo search engine and search "LCD HD Projectors."

This post should come up near or on #12 and the firat article should be about # 18 on the yahoo list.

look for "engadget.com" in green letters at bottom of post.

S. Corbin]]>Oct 31st 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/...
Excuse me.. but.... wah?
...
Just asinine."

This folks, is a textbook case of a complete lack of sense of adventure and fun.

"I pity da fool."
]]>Oct 30th 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-1/

Changing url didn't work because this article is dated much earlier. ;)
Searching helps. :p]]>Oct 30th 2006 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Did that PC come with a grammar check?
]]>Oct 30th 2006 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/These days, with globalisation and everything, we have to respect each others' religion. Whether you believe in one Steve or mulitple Linux gods, whether you are a Windowsian or a BSDist, you must understand that other people think differently, and everyone can live together if we want to. It's not because someone has other beliefs that they are stupid or have no brain.
Because in the end, we all worship the same God, we just have different OS ways of doing it. Furthermore, the Apple Church is now allowing Windowsians to practice their cult on its hardware. Is that not a great example of tolerance? Let us learn from it and remember: "Thou shalt respect thy peers on the network" Ethernet 3:14
"Love thy peers as thou shalt love thyself" Dalaļ Java]]>Oct 31st 2006 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/I've always built every windows/lunix rig I've owned, and yet I still use my iBook these days for most things. Just because someone uses an Apple machine doesn't mean they aren't handy with a soldering iron.]]>Oct 31st 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Not all Mac users are lazy, and not all PC users are do-it-yourselfers either.]]>Oct 30th 2006 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 31st 2006 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Not bad for a 15 year old...:-p]]>Oct 30th 2006 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 30th 2006 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Tinkering is best when you're solving novel problems not reinventing already heavily engineered products. Just my opinion of course.]]>Oct 31st 2006 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Working on electronics is fun. Building things is fun. Having them do something is really fun. Why does this have to be about what's cheaper, apple vs MS, or what's been done or is novel. This is cool. The only reason to talk sh!t about this is because you're too uncreative to see the fun in it, or you're too much of a status-crazed brand whore to take pride in doing something yourself.]]>Oct 31st 2006 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
http://picasaweb.google.com/lorne.hammond/projectorcreation/
]]>Oct 31st 2006 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
What are you using for a light source in FrankenJector? Looks like a
Scanner...

Great Project guys. Keep up the good wrok.

Bugger. My spellcheck is broken again...]]>Oct 31st 2006 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
The overhead has a triplet lens, 4300 lumens and the bulb is only 14 dollars at staples :O)


]]>Oct 31st 2006 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
I built mine for around $550 and I get image quality that beats projectors costing four times as much. True, I put in a lot of time and effort on the thing (about two and a half months of weekends) but in the end its mine.

Its not something that someone else designed and put together, it is from its light box to its optics to its ceiling mount entirely mine and I know every little thing about it. I learned a lot putting it together and had a lot of fun at it, too. If you've got the time and the desire I'd definately reccomend going the DIY route, it makes for quite a conversation piece too, my case is a modified tool cabinet and everyone always asks why I have a metal filing cabinet hanging from my ceiling.

I love it.]]>Oct 31st 2006 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 31st 2006 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/(For some folks it's as much for the journey as it is for the destination. Remember that.)

And yes, I'm also running Firefox 2 and it's made an incredible improvement in my spelling.

Firefox 2 is a web browser with built-in spell check. Check it out when you can, it's really cool.]]>Oct 31st 2006 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/"Find me a browser that does :P"

...actually, the new firefox 2.o has built in spell check for forms. It's really sweet.

]]>Oct 31st 2006 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
while i have to agree with a few posters that have made comments earlier(PJ and nic pottier) that a home built projector will not look as elegant as a commercially manufactured unit, i don't believe that's the point of the lumenlabs based projectors, from what i've been researching.

aside from the pride of building and using your own creation, and the knowledge gained from this type of DIY project, there are two big economic reasons to go this route:

1) total cost of ownership(TCO) will be much lower. commercial projector bulbs have a REAL short life, some ranging from 50 to a few hundred(~300-3000) hours of ESTIMATED life which . using the type of bulbs recommended in the lumemlabs project will cost ~$50 each, and have an estimated life of several thousands of hours(i saw an estimate of 15k hours!). if a bulb last 15000 hours, that's almost 2 years of life at ~$50, or $25/year. the manufactured projector(using nic pottier's example, the Optoma HD70) would use a bulb that costs ~$300, and lasts 2000-3000 hours, or 2-4 bulbs a year or ~$600-1200/year!

2) to get your foot in the door for a xga(or greater resoution) quality projector that has decent contrast and brightness, your talking several thousands of dollars. the lumenlabs DIY units allows you to get there for a fraction of the price.

what are the trade offs? size of the unit and the exterior aesthetics of the unit. and your time to build the projector. and if you're not exceptionally handy, then you might have a dumpy looking projector.

like i said before, it's kinda like watching a train wreak, you know the results won't be good, but you hope for the best. i expect the functionality of the project will be fine, it's the treatment of the housing that i'm interested in. i hope the engadget PJ is more than just a plywood box painted black inside...]]>Oct 31st 2006 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/11/13/supersize_your_tv_for_/]]>Nov 2nd 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 31st 2006 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Oct 31st 2006 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Nov 1st 2006 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/Nov 4th 2006 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
Lowes sells a $20-25 mercury vapor security lamp. Which includes the ignition system, mogul base, light sensor (for another project?), and a 4000k 175w bulb. the bulb may not be wanted but the rest seems like its worth the price comared to $100+ ignition system.]]>Nov 11th 2006 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/30/how-to-build-your-own-hd-projector-part-2/
I am a person that likes to do all sorts of creative projects.
So I want to thank you for your trouble, time and effort.

I am going to be asking a lot of dumb questions. What I am trying to do right now is light up a model of a steel mill blast furnace cast house floor. with lights, sounds and then a quasi holographic display all syncronized with the sound.

As for the individual that had the rotten comments earlier. There are so many insignificant people on the face of this earth. I live in Texas and we are trying to get a law past to allow for justifiable homicide. Then we are going to thin out the heard.

Thank you
S. Corbin]]>Nov 17th 2007 3:41PM