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A Practical Guide to DIY LCD Projectors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

Compu486 writes "Inventgeek.com has a new article entitled "A practical guide to DIY Home Projection". The guide covers the basic theory behind projection and provides a step by step guide for a "Practical" DIY LCD Projector. Although this topic has been covered before, the perspective they offer is refreshing."

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  1. Thats nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my day, we made our own movies using a light bulb and creative hand poses casting animal shaped shadows...

  2. DIY Digital Projection by LegendOfLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah, my idea is better. Re-wire a retina scanner to output a DVD stream, and then you've got the BIGGEST picture of them all.

    Although I did see Matrix 3 in the IMAX, and it was a little scary to see Morpheus's face. I mean, the dude had like 2-foot pores!

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  3. Hmm? by Sweetdelight · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041113/index.h tml + Video

  4. Re:Perfect timing! by Living+WTF · · Score: 5, Funny

    > that'll cut our costs by at least 400%

    Your calculator was a DIY project too, wasn't it?

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  5. Paint your own screen by Drog · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I've been reading up on this recently as I'm planning to build myself a home theatre in my basement this summer. Rather than buying or building a screen, I'm simply going to paint it onto my wall using a new type of paint called "Screen Goo" (I read a review of it here). Supposedly, it gives excellent results.

    As for the projector, I don't want to build this thing myself, I'm willing to spend the bucks. So I'll likely go for the Panasonic PT-AE700U, which I've seen reviewed here.

    So that leaves me wondering what sort of PC or hi-def receiver to buy to power this thing, so that I can use cable, satellite, game console, DVD, PVR and the PC.

    Any advice would be most appreciated.

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  6. Call me when by amcdiarmid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My wife will accept one in the living room.

    Otherwise this is just another "Overhead projectors with LCD panels make big ugly projectors that you cannot use anywhere but a darkened room" story.

  7. Hmmmm by Phurd+Phlegm · · Score: 5, Funny
    I read one page--the one on "Theroy." I find it distracting when someone doesn't bother with even elementary proofreading. If the content is interesting enough, I can overlook it, but this didn't seem all that novel. Just so there'd be some discussion, I made a quick list of the first errors that sprang out at me in the "Theroy" page. Doesn't everyone know some pedantic jerk that will edit their stuff for them?

    1. principals : principles
    2. cheep : cheap
    3. cellulous : celluloid?
    4. threw : through
    5. LCD's : LCDs
    6. Simi-gloss : semi-gloss
    7. portal : portable
    8. Walmount : wall-mount
    9. theroy : theory
    10. togeather : together
    11. its : it's
    12. . : ?

      I anxiously await the first person to point out a spelling or usage error in my post--it's traditional.