ushio and cheap hps ballast

[v1d9uy]

building the enclosure wont be all that hard ... i am just trying to use the fresnels and lenses out of my 3 parts OHP instead of buying new even tho im sure i will get much better results with new i just cant bring my self yo shell out $69 for allans fresnel and 80mm lens kit ... yet. also im not sure if i want to use my sharp 1800 or if i want to find another lcd monitor. if i go and make abox i think ima try and find a lcd monitor. i may ebay the sharp 1800 and buy a monitor but the info on monitors varies and i am only completelly sure the nec 1550v will strip and not need extenstion and i have striped a vg150 and its controler board connection has a wierd angel for the connector so mounting it will be hard. but i dont know it is easy to strip and has decent specs and is perty cheap on ebay so decisions dicisions.....

[Guy Grotke]

The only reason for you to buy new fresnels and projection lens, is if you wanted to move to a 15" monitor LCD. You could then get more resolution and higher contrast ratio, but those may not be needed for your application.

If you want to use your projector as a computer monitor, then the 15" monitor LCD would look better. If you want to watch standard DVDs and satellite or cable digital video, then your Sharp OHP panel is probably adequate to the task. If you will be watching analog video (RF, NTSC, or S-Video), then your panel is fine.

There is no need to pay a lot of extra money to make a higher performance projector than any of your video sources!