DLP/LCD Projector or DIY Projector....

[poohbear]

HAHAHA rub that salt right in the wound!! send me some soup damnit. But yeah i guess i will go take some pics. Those result pics were horrible but the lamp also needs to be replaced and like I said i dont plan on buying one for 600$ im gonna retrofit.

[bitbyter]

I think the only main benifits left to commercial projectors are size, and the fact that you don't have to build them yourself. However, even if you use the smallest XGA LCD available at about $1000 us, you are still coming out on top of the commercial projectors price wise for one reason.....replacement bulb price (averaging about $600 us).

If you are only planing on using your projector for movies, I would suggest saving up your cash and purchasing one of the cheaper DLP projectors or trying to get lucky on E-Bay as you won't be leaving the unit on for long periods of time.

Unfortunately I am not in the category. I want to hook up my home PC and it's hardly ever off. In a case like this I believe that DIY is still the cheaper way to go (even if you want to shell out the bucks for a small size & high resolution LCD).

However, once someone has successfully retrofited a longer lasting bulb to a commercial projector, the equation will be very different. The only advantage left to building your own projector will be the satisfaction of DIY (not a bad reason in it'self).

[poohbear]

someone already has, http://www.tweaknmod-av.tk/ Although the results arent quite as good as i hope to make mine... its a great start.

[ace3000_1]

yeah man thats a job a would have done when i was twelve lol bloody rough job lol

Trev

[poohbear]

Haha, its about time someone said it. And since when did people from spain say bloody? I thought that was an english thing... But then again i say it too and i say aboot and im not from canada... kinda close though.. but yeah. back on topic. I think im gonna find some hqi from germany because its cheap and prevelent there, its just hard as a batch to search pages you cant read.

[ace3000_1]

yeah man germany has some great bulbs and france too ill try to find u a site i was looking at from germany duno the prices but some of the gear is impresive, also im an australian in spain lol i hope to go back to aust soon to keep using my bloody and amungst other words that i cant say on here lol

Trev

[poohbear]

Haha, thats great your all culture filled, i totally forgot bloody is highly used in australia. But yeah erm i emailed some german person from ebay but they havent emailed back.. they suck.. i also emailed that tweaknmod.com guy and he hasnt emailed me back... he sucks also.

[ace3000_1]

maybe he is in intensive care after the great shock lol

[poohbear]

We can only hope... jk im a horrible person.. Do you know what household current is used in germany? Would i have to rewire a ballast to our current if its aleady wired for someone in germany?

[ace3000_1]

na i think its 230v but u dont need to rewire crap lol just buy a ballast in the usa that will take your bulb, most of this stuff is unbelievably campatible like u wouldnt believe it, its just the arcing strike voltage that makes the diff in the ballast to light the bulb not so much the current to be honest most hps ballasts and hpm ballasts rum hm bulbs and im talking the new hqi