Ace_3000....pictures of Projector?

[ace3000_1]

Heya guy's, yep thats the bulb, the ballast can be either magnetic or electronic, magnetic is fine, atleast the one i have anyway, the ballast must also have thermal protection for it to work on a cdm-t bulb.

Trev

[ace3000_1]

Guy's guy's, let me know who else wants parts that hasnt orderd, ill be placing another order tomorrow and it would be nice to have some numbers so im not stuck with 50 condensers and reflectors lol.

Trev

[Squeeky]

I gotta read through the post, but I'm looking at starting fresh, and your projector seems to be one of the best, so I'm interested.
Let me know the prices

[Lori]

Ace -

I have one question. There have been so many threads that center around your use of the 7" panel that I can't recall if you ever gave details, but I recall you said that you're design WOULD take care of the throw distance/screen size issue - a solution that still seems quite elusive.

Am I recalling correctly and do you have any specs to post or details on that subject, such as "You will be able to have your projector "x" inches away from the screen and be able to keep your image size at "xyz" size?

Thanks

[ace3000_1]

Am I recalling correctly and do you have any specs to post or details on that subject, such as "You will be able to have your projector "x" inches away from the screen and be able to keep your image size at "xyz" size?

Heya lori, the throw distance on my projector is longer then a ohp, just that, to get a precise screen size from various throw distances we would need a zoom lens. My design doesnt incorporate a zoom lens, but it does have a small lcd that acheives a longer throw, that and the use of a medium focal projection lens. With a throw of about 3m 9ft? we can obtain an image that is 80-90" in size diagonal, this is also wide screen diagonal, its not as high as a 4:3 ratio so the image also apears smaller but wider. If this was a 4:3 format, the screen would be about 100" in size and apear bigger as we have a higher projected image. I hope it helped clear things up abit, i see there is abit of confusion with so much talk around in the forum.

Trev

[ace3000_1]

I gotta read through the post, but I'm looking at starting fresh, and your projector seems to be one of the best, so I'm interested.

Heya squeeky, ill hit you with and email. Condenssers are $15 ea we only need one of these, the reflectors are also $15 ea, we will only need one of these too, the frensels will be about $30 a set, we will only need 1 of these and the mirror about $15 ea, and we only need one of these lol ill post up a price list soon.

Trev

[Squeeky]

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for helping me out. I'm a poor college student, in a small apartment. Figure since I need a new TV, I could spend about the same as a nice 27" flat on a projector and get a nice 80". If you could give me that info and the detailed parts it would be great. I do have a question though if I want a screen between 65"-85" can that be done with projector only 132" away. I'm in the mp3car thing, so I'm fimiliar with the Lilliput screen, I did want to let you know that have a new 8.4" XGA screen too.

[Lori]

Thank you for your response. I'm still looking for the solution to 90" max screen width from about 16 feet, else It's going to have to be small enough to be unobtrusive as a ceiling mount at a closer distance because I still refuse to have cabling and cords strewn about the floor or run along walls/across ceilings or to have a torpedo attached to the ceiling. I still haven't solved that issue while being able to maintain good resolution, prevent screen-door, and all the other associated evils.

Thanks for the information.

Looking forward to pics of your completed project. You and Cruser are quite the innovators.

Lori

[I_eat_flowers]

Originally posted by Lori
Thank you for your response. I'm still looking for the solution to 90" max screen width from about 16 feet, else It's going to have to be small enough to be unobtrusive as a ceiling mount at a closer distance because I still refuse to have cabling and cords strewn about the floor or run along walls/across ceilings or to have a torpedo attached to the ceiling. I still haven't solved that issue while being able to maintain good resolution, prevent screen-door, and all the other associated evils.

Thanks for the information.

Looking forward to pics of your completed project. You and Cruser are quite the innovators.

Lori

heya lori,

i am not ace lol but saw your problem. a good tool for calculating distances referring lcd-size, fl and pj-distance can be found here.
well, it's in german. however it's easy to use. hope have helped w that.

http://www.mdcc-fun.de/lkm/hamster/B...hnungstool.exe

best.
i_eat_flowers

[ace3000_1]

Heya Lori, i beleive a diylabs triplet may solve your problem on that throw, i maybe designing another model with that incorporated so this projector can sit at the back of a large room on a hifi cabnet/shelf ect and yet not have an image the size of the whole wall lol.

Trev