I would leave my geek badge at the door, but unfortunately I put my DEC Multia there so it could heat the room. And no, I'm not new here... just new to posting here.
To be honest, from what I have seen, many geeks could care less about building something like this because they are too busy doing cool projects like building visualization arrays, distributed weather monitoring systems, passive gigabit ethernet taps, writing OSS... stuff like that. Of course, that may just be limited to the lab I work at.
Thats assuming everything during construction goes well or you are able to tweak the setup. The quality of the output is directly proportional to the skills and abilities (skabilities as some of my friends call them) putting together the projector.
I totally understand the concept hobbies... I do chainmaille (the metal stuff, not junk mail) for fun.
Ok... this is one of those DIY projects that can be cool to do, but overall its not worth the effort unless you need a very custom looking projector.
Quick cost breakdown:
You have to buy all the parts - that can easily run over $300. Add $N if you need tools. We are already sitting at $300+N, not counting labor. This project does not appear to be something you can do in 30 minutes or less. And when you are done, you are without any kind of warrenty.
Total price so far (best case) = $300 + N + (Hours * Hourly wage) - warrenty
Total price so far (worst case) = $300 + N + (Hours * Hourly wage) + Hospital trip - warrenty
Or you can go and buy a new cheapie projector for under $600. It is also safe to assume that an occasional projector will turn up at a computer scavenger or pawn shop.
Of course, I'm waiting for the SCO corporate liquidation auction to pick up my projector...
I'd rather drive a farting microbe car than a pollution belching car any day.
Although, does this mean that the jokers of the future would use Beano instead of sugar to kill an engine?
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Whoa... wait a minute... I thought it was a lack of a good email client that was holding Linux back.
I would leave my geek badge at the door, but unfortunately I put my DEC Multia there so it could heat the room. And no, I'm not new here... just new to posting here.
To be honest, from what I have seen, many geeks could care less about building something like this because they are too busy doing cool projects like building visualization arrays, distributed weather monitoring systems, passive gigabit ethernet taps, writing OSS... stuff like that. Of course, that may just be limited to the lab I work at.
I think the one advantage that has been mostly missed is that it can be 100% customizable.
Imagine, a projector with most structual parts made of duct tape.
Thats assuming everything during construction goes well or you are able to tweak the setup. The quality of the output is directly proportional to the skills and abilities (skabilities as some of my friends call them) putting together the projector.
I totally understand the concept hobbies... I do chainmaille (the metal stuff, not junk mail) for fun.
Ok... this is one of those DIY projects that can be cool to do, but overall its not worth the effort unless you need a very custom looking projector. Quick cost breakdown: You have to buy all the parts - that can easily run over $300. Add $N if you need tools. We are already sitting at $300+N, not counting labor. This project does not appear to be something you can do in 30 minutes or less. And when you are done, you are without any kind of warrenty. Total price so far (best case) = $300 + N + (Hours * Hourly wage) - warrenty Total price so far (worst case) = $300 + N + (Hours * Hourly wage) + Hospital trip - warrenty Or you can go and buy a new cheapie projector for under $600. It is also safe to assume that an occasional projector will turn up at a computer scavenger or pawn shop. Of course, I'm waiting for the SCO corporate liquidation auction to pick up my projector...
I'd rather drive a farting microbe car than a pollution belching car any day. Although, does this mean that the jokers of the future would use Beano instead of sugar to kill an engine?