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Homebrewed LCD Projectors

Posted by timothy on from the depends-what-you-call-simple dept.

pseudofrog writes: "Seems the new thing to do may be to build your own LCD projector. For a couple hundred bucks, some guys are making projectors similar to the professional ones that cost thousands. And it looks pretty simple, too."

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  1. Already slashdotted. by Quixote · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess they should also build a server to go with that LCD projector, just for such an occasion.

  2. Could this have helped save some dotcoms? by bc90021 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A lot of dotcoms did digital projections for their clients... and if we use my company as a comparison, they could have saved $12,700 if they could have had two projectors for $300.

    Now, they only had two projectors... imagine how many some of the bigger dotcoms must have had, and how much money could have been saved had this been out earlier! ;)

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  3. How Dissapointing... by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here I thought the headline was "Homebrewed LSD Projections"... having to do with homemade LSD visions.

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  4. Re:LCD/oLEDs by wirelessbuzzers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think, you could have the Windows "Clouds" wallpaper all over your room! Imagine that! Gee, if that were my wallpaper, I know I'd feel like I was actually in the clouds.

    Really? If I had the Windows "Clouds" wallpaper all over my room, I'd feel like I was in Hell!

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  5. Re:LCD/oLEDs by ilyag · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I had the Windows "Clouds" wallpaper all over my room, I'd feel like ...

    You wouldn't be able to make out what that is. The wallpaper is 640*480, 16 colors. Imagine this scaled to the size of your room, if it starts looking bad on a big monitor already...

    ;)

  6. Re:LCD/oLEDs by dootbran · · Score: 2, Funny
    The wallpaper is 640*480, 16 colors.

    Now this is actually benefitial to me, since my walls are the same ones that came with the appartment and the can't support anything higher than that... something about the reflectivity or texture not too sure I kinda zoned out when the tech guy started using those "big words". I'll probably upgrade one of these days.
  7. Encounter w/ Law Enforcement by coolgeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    COP: Tell me son, why exactly were you purchasing a metal halide lamp?
    GEEK: Well sir, I am a hobbyist, see
    COP: interrupts A hobbyist, huh?
    GEEK: yes, I am making a homegrown
    COP: interrupts homegrown, huh? Son, you have the right to remain silent...
    GEEK: LCD PROJECTOR! SIR!!! A HOMEGROWN LCD PROJECTOR!!! YOU KNOW, one of those things that projects computer images on the wall.
    COP: Images on the walls. Hmmm...you must be pretty good at your "hobby"

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