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70x70 radiant tripod screen FRE{-
Apollo AI-1000 OHP 70$ ( i had mine b4 VM 😛)
Sharp Qa-1200 150$ ( any one wanna buy thins from me??)
HQI-TS 250W 14$(including shipping)
Vinyl screen which i scrapped....30$
DIY experience...PRICELE......umm.....good! 😉 lol
oh yeah 4.1 benwin speakers 55$ !! great sound!
70x70 radiant tripod screen FRE{-
Apollo AI-1000 OHP 70$ ( i had mine b4 VM 😛)
Sharp Qa-1200 150$ ( any one wanna buy thins from me??)
HQI-TS 250W 14$(including shipping)
Vinyl screen which i scrapped....30$
DIY experience...PRICELE......umm.....good! 😉 lol
oh yeah 4.1 benwin speakers 55$ !! great sound!
ASk400 panel £100
Projector + MH mods £70
Screen wood frame + blackout cloth £15
VGA box £16 (traded in some old games for it as well)
Existing Kit
DVD player
75watt per channel 5.1 surround sound, Awia dts reciever, eltax surrounds, centre and sub.
or I could have a 28" tv for about £250.
I'm sticking with DIY at the moment because its fun, frustrating but fun.
Projector + MH mods £70
Screen wood frame + blackout cloth £15
VGA box £16 (traded in some old games for it as well)
Existing Kit
DVD player
75watt per channel 5.1 surround sound, Awia dts reciever, eltax surrounds, centre and sub.
or I could have a 28" tv for about £250.
I'm sticking with DIY at the moment because its fun, frustrating but fun.
Telex M2x-$140 ebay with shipping
Vga cable $7
Bell& Howell OHP 600w halogen model 301a- Dumpster dive $00
EIKE OHP model 9860c school surplus-$00
apollo 70x70 screen- borrowed from work until they need it.only used for small screen viewing and testing.
8' x 10' dacron screen liberated from Zardoz- $99US($135CAN and lots of free advice from him)
LG GDR 8161b DVD 16x player for computer-$45
computer specs, P41.7 Ghz ,512mb ddr@266mhz,40GB HD,
ATI 7000 64mb VGA, 17" ast monitor,approx $350.
Total $645 if you count the computer.
All prices are US$ as the Canadian numbers would scare y'all.
I tell my wife, "its only a hobby dear, you want me to have a hobby, don't you?"
Vga cable $7
Bell& Howell OHP 600w halogen model 301a- Dumpster dive $00
EIKE OHP model 9860c school surplus-$00
apollo 70x70 screen- borrowed from work until they need it.only used for small screen viewing and testing.
8' x 10' dacron screen liberated from Zardoz- $99US($135CAN and lots of free advice from him)
LG GDR 8161b DVD 16x player for computer-$45
computer specs, P41.7 Ghz ,512mb ddr@266mhz,40GB HD,
ATI 7000 64mb VGA, 17" ast monitor,approx $350.
Total $645 if you count the computer.
All prices are US$ as the Canadian numbers would scare y'all.
I tell my wife, "its only a hobby dear, you want me to have a hobby, don't you?"
$60 total
I was lucky LOL🙂
I got a Apollo Horizon 2 for $19.50 shipped.
Nview Spectra for 40 shipped.
Not bad for My first project due to reading many hours here and getting lucky on ebay.
I was lucky LOL🙂
I got a Apollo Horizon 2 for $19.50 shipped.
Nview Spectra for 40 shipped.
Not bad for My first project due to reading many hours here and getting lucky on ebay.
I spent more money then most of you on my LCD panel alone!
My new design should come to about the cost of a 35" TV (around $650.-750.)
Why? Because I'll never be happy with a 300 setup and would end up spending twice as much when I decided to upgrade!
-John
My new design should come to about the cost of a 35" TV (around $650.-750.)
Why? Because I'll never be happy with a 300 setup and would end up spending twice as much when I decided to upgrade!
-John
Here is my setup
Samsung Dynaflat 20" TV $300
JVC HTIB (openbox on ebay) $350
JBL N26s (2) Garage sale $60
AR PSC 25 Center Garage sale $30
Davis DL-450 projector (used from AVS member) $600
Sound card w/ Spdif for my HTPC at BB $30
Parkland Plastic for screen: $11
Wood for speaker stands/projector mount/screen frame: $150
MyHD HDTV Pci Tuner: $210
Sharp VCR: $100
Echostar Dishplayer $100.
Avia: $40
Total: $1981
The reaction when I go back to college in the fall: Priceless.
Samsung Dynaflat 20" TV $300
JVC HTIB (openbox on ebay) $350
JBL N26s (2) Garage sale $60
AR PSC 25 Center Garage sale $30
Davis DL-450 projector (used from AVS member) $600
Sound card w/ Spdif for my HTPC at BB $30
Parkland Plastic for screen: $11
Wood for speaker stands/projector mount/screen frame: $150
MyHD HDTV Pci Tuner: $210
Sharp VCR: $100
Echostar Dishplayer $100.
Avia: $40
Total: $1981
The reaction when I go back to college in the fall: Priceless.
Since this is my first project and I have a limited budget, I'm going for as simple of a setup as possible. Due to the space constraints of my dorm room, the Overhead Projector/panel setup is out of the question. Here's what I've picked up so far:
Toshiba 4" tft monitor: $72 including shipping
Fresnel Lens: $5 (yep, bought it for the 100" tv project....didn't put it together once I got it and figured out the idea was crap, but I'm holding onto it to disperse light to my lcd.)
Fujinon 4.5" big screen projection lens: $20
Plywood & Screws for the cabinet: $15
Once I can afford to put some more cash into this, I'll be looking into lighting and ventilation. For the screen, I'm looking into getting some canvas drop-cloths that one of my friends may be getting rid of. We've used them as rear projection screens for AV affects at a few raves we have put on, and they worked very well, but if I get the material I will probably go over it with some silver paint.
Toshiba 4" tft monitor: $72 including shipping
Fresnel Lens: $5 (yep, bought it for the 100" tv project....didn't put it together once I got it and figured out the idea was crap, but I'm holding onto it to disperse light to my lcd.)
Fujinon 4.5" big screen projection lens: $20
Plywood & Screws for the cabinet: $15
Once I can afford to put some more cash into this, I'll be looking into lighting and ventilation. For the screen, I'm looking into getting some canvas drop-cloths that one of my friends may be getting rid of. We've used them as rear projection screens for AV affects at a few raves we have put on, and they worked very well, but if I get the material I will probably go over it with some silver paint.
Projector
CMV 1512 LCD - $230
DIYLABS Triplet - $33 + $5 shipping
DIYLABS Fresnel - $30 + $5 shipping
DIYLABS MKII Enclosure - $40 + $10 shipping
Used 400 Watt MH bulb and Ballast - $50 + $15 shipping
Scraped old bulb and bought a Iwasaki 6500K bulb – $60
Fans - $10
Misc – Around $12 screws hinges other little things
Home Theater components
Screen – Free came with the house 4 of them to be exact. 😉 – white wall
I will be upgrading my screen. I will probably paint a ddog screen. No cost yet
Input – Kind of Free - Moved my computer to the living room and already owned and made vga adaptor for my xbox.
NEW PC sound card with spdif out - $35
Craptastic Sony 575 watt Dolby digital sound system - $300
Wire and connectors - $15
New curtains – No cost yet but will be buying some black out cloth for them soon.
Projector Total - $500
HT Components - $350
$850 for a complete Home Theater with a 132” (11 feet seriously) tv and Dolby surround sound simply amazing! 😀
CMV 1512 LCD - $230
DIYLABS Triplet - $33 + $5 shipping
DIYLABS Fresnel - $30 + $5 shipping
DIYLABS MKII Enclosure - $40 + $10 shipping
Used 400 Watt MH bulb and Ballast - $50 + $15 shipping
Scraped old bulb and bought a Iwasaki 6500K bulb – $60
Fans - $10
Misc – Around $12 screws hinges other little things
Home Theater components
Screen – Free came with the house 4 of them to be exact. 😉 – white wall
I will be upgrading my screen. I will probably paint a ddog screen. No cost yet
Input – Kind of Free - Moved my computer to the living room and already owned and made vga adaptor for my xbox.
NEW PC sound card with spdif out - $35
Craptastic Sony 575 watt Dolby digital sound system - $300
Wire and connectors - $15
New curtains – No cost yet but will be buying some black out cloth for them soon.
Projector Total - $500
HT Components - $350
$850 for a complete Home Theater with a 132” (11 feet seriously) tv and Dolby surround sound simply amazing! 😀
I dont even wanna add up my projector project to date. I've upgraded all my optics to high quality edmund and melles optics along with custom fresnels. You dont even wanna know how much this thing costs. And it's currently only XGA resolution.
But it looks great 🙂
So all is well.
But it looks great 🙂
So all is well.
hey space dude, what new soundcard did you get? im thinking of getting a new one too, im leaning towards the "Santa Crus" it ranked above the SB live series and cheaper.
Distance from screen
Space Ninja,
How far is your projector from the screen(wall)? I will be building my projector shortly and I am trying to figure out how far from the screen my projector needs to be in order to achieve 132". The monitor I will be using is a CMV1515, so it is similar to yours. How does the picture quality look at 132"? Also, does anyone have any links to suppliers for blackout cloth sold big enough for 132" diagonal ("7' x 9")?
Thanks for the anwers,
Spinnaker
Space Ninja,
How far is your projector from the screen(wall)? I will be building my projector shortly and I am trying to figure out how far from the screen my projector needs to be in order to achieve 132". The monitor I will be using is a CMV1515, so it is similar to yours. How does the picture quality look at 132"? Also, does anyone have any links to suppliers for blackout cloth sold big enough for 132" diagonal ("7' x 9")?
Thanks for the anwers,
Spinnaker
Pyle 5" LCD -- $55
Various hardware (bulb sockets, wire, etc..) -- $20
Total -- $75
I still need a better light though, I'm thinking about going with a 250watt MH
Various hardware (bulb sockets, wire, etc..) -- $20
Total -- $75
I still need a better light though, I'm thinking about going with a 250watt MH
ND I bought the sound blaster live! 5.1 here is the link to new egg where I bought it from http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=0&submit=Go&description=SB0226
I did not think it was a bad price I don’t think it is the best one out there but it sounds pretty good. I don’t really have anything else to compare it to except for the Dolby digital from my Xbox and I think they sound the same. I would be interested in a link for the comparison of the sblive and Santa Cruz if you have one. I did not do much research before I bought it.
Spinnaker the triplet lens on my projector is almost exactly 10 feet away from my wall. I used to have it about 8 feet away and was getting a little bigger than a 7 foot image. I have to say the picture quality is excellent at 132". I do see slight screen door but none of my friends or family notice even after I try to point it out to them. It does not bother me though it still looks awesome. The picture looks just as good as when I had it 8 feet away. Here is a link to black out cloth bigger than 54" tall it will almost fit the 132" image perfect. The only problem is that it is actually two pieces of blackout cloth pre sewn.http://www.wdrake.com/shop/product.cfm?icat_item_num=12720
I did not think it was a bad price I don’t think it is the best one out there but it sounds pretty good. I don’t really have anything else to compare it to except for the Dolby digital from my Xbox and I think they sound the same. I would be interested in a link for the comparison of the sblive and Santa Cruz if you have one. I did not do much research before I bought it.
Spinnaker the triplet lens on my projector is almost exactly 10 feet away from my wall. I used to have it about 8 feet away and was getting a little bigger than a 7 foot image. I have to say the picture quality is excellent at 132". I do see slight screen door but none of my friends or family notice even after I try to point it out to them. It does not bother me though it still looks awesome. The picture looks just as good as when I had it 8 feet away. Here is a link to black out cloth bigger than 54" tall it will almost fit the 132" image perfect. The only problem is that it is actually two pieces of blackout cloth pre sewn.http://www.wdrake.com/shop/product.cfm?icat_item_num=12720
o0o kool, I had a SB live but it wont work with my logitech Z speakers so im now using my onboard ac97 6 channel sound.I had a site which compareda LOT of card(mostly all of em) and Sb live was ranked "ok" among the best was the M audio Revelution and near perfect was the Santa cruz, so that why im gettin a S cruz their liek 20$ on ebay 🙂
since you already have an SB card try this (if you havent already)
http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum...275807&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=1
you can get hacked drivers here that make you 5.1 an Audigy card ,Audigy and Audigy2 and so on...I used it on m Sb live card and its great!
ND 🙂
since you already have an SB card try this (if you havent already)
http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum...275807&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=1
you can get hacked drivers here that make you 5.1 an Audigy card ,Audigy and Audigy2 and so on...I used it on m Sb live card and its great!
ND 🙂
nd
nd what a crock of crap, the audigy card drivers work with only some live cards and only some things work, its a diferent chip for starters and no way will the audigy 2 card drivers work with a live, its totally not compatible not to mention the sound on a live is nothing compared to an audigy 2 so u cant possibly make a sblive 5.1 into a audigy 2 card, its got a different processor and 8x cleaner dac's for starters, u can run audigy software on a audigy2 card but then that dont make it sound any better nor u fully operational.
Trev
nd what a crock of crap, the audigy card drivers work with only some live cards and only some things work, its a diferent chip for starters and no way will the audigy 2 card drivers work with a live, its totally not compatible not to mention the sound on a live is nothing compared to an audigy 2 so u cant possibly make a sblive 5.1 into a audigy 2 card, its got a different processor and 8x cleaner dac's for starters, u can run audigy software on a audigy2 card but then that dont make it sound any better nor u fully operational.
Trev
jeez ur such a noobZ ace...lol
Well im not gonna go into the details but i tried it 1st hand and it works!
the drivers dont turn it into an ACTUAL audigy it unlocks many capabilities that are in the audigy series 😛
Well im not gonna go into the details but i tried it 1st hand and it works!
the drivers dont turn it into an ACTUAL audigy it unlocks many capabilities that are in the audigy series 😛
Dont buy blackout cloth from that link. It's not a whole piece. It's 2 small pieces stitched together. I have yet to see any blackout cloth sold anywhere in one piece larger then 54".
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