Thread: BYO LCD Projector

Originally Posted by will1384

You may want to upgrade to a HQI setup its about $100 but even with a 250w setup you can watch TV with the lights on and the $30 lamps last 20,000 hours -

Well that be around $200 then for me as im in australia

Originally Posted by will1384

I used one of them OHP LCD pannels - I am lazy - got it for $50 on ebay
just before the Toms Hardware craze drove prices up

They arn't available down here well not on ebay its very rare and they fetch like $200

Originally Posted by will1384

I felt the same way, I was the happiest man on earth - like I just got married
to a super model - A big TV does that to a man

Good luck, and keep us posted. and put up some pics -

Sorry i took so long was waiting till good friday to spend some time on it

I got it hooked up in the lounge room and the quality is ok but in my room it's fantastic and i noticed why

I've got digital tv in my room and it's crystal clear but on normal cable tv it just looks a tab blury compared to the digital tv.

I attached a few photo's i took some from a cartoon and some from a real tv show.

Now in the cartoon you see some lines etc on the picture that is cause the glass top broke when the unit arrived

So i used the glass top off my old table which is very dirty and thats why u got the lines

I also put my hand over the flash a bit so you can see the actual screen and some of the image projected.

It really is great but i reccomend you use something like digital tv or get a xga monitor/use a old laptop with a video in card etc.

Enjoy the pics

Ive looked into this for a long time, after I get a Xenarc, Ill put my 5" psone lcd into one of these.

Lumenlab is the ****, no doubt.

Originally Posted by CavityCr33p

Ive looked into this for a long time, after I get a Xenarc, Ill put my 5" psone lcd into one of these.

Lumenlab is the ****, no doubt.

If your gonna use a 5" PS1 screen i reccomend you use a digital tv or digital cable if it's available normal cable quality just isn't good enough

what about these cheap screens? think they will work? I emailed a few that had bought them, asking about the quality. Im sure they would. Anyone else know of another cheap solution?

Originally Posted by xdjxklusivex

http://www.audiovisualizers.com/madlab/lcd_proj.htm this mite help

It's a nice page i went there along time ago

Now is seems less than 10% of the links on the page work

Still has some good info for the other guys here thanks

Originally Posted by jjh221

what about these cheap screens? think they will work? I emailed a few that had bought them, asking about the quality. Im sure they would. Anyone else know of another cheap solution?

Looks like it would be easy to pop the backlighting off that unit altho im worried it's a STN LCD which sucks ***

He doesn't mention if it's active or passive or even STN type LCD

You want an Active as passive blurs with fast motion and STN is real cheap lcd's but there really only good for things that dont move alot on screen not even that.

I wouldnt ask the seller as he would probably lie out of his *** or wont even know what type it is.

I guess check what the other people with the lcd have to say a good judgement is playing a fast fight scene from the matrix on it the screen will be so blurred if it's passive or stn

Originally Posted by NiN^_^NiN

I wouldnt ask the seller as he would probably lie out of his *** or wont even know what type it is.

Yeah i asked the buyers. Ill ask him tomorrow what type of screen it is. I dont know these things. Thanks