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Homemade DIY LCD Projector


A High definition projector made from a TFT monitor and an overhead projector built for under £60.

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25 Responses to “Homemade DIY LCD Projector”

  1. Dexpend says:

    I’m gonna build one once I can find an overhead projector

  2. teamwindsor says:

    @tebanano part of it is the camera, but for £60 what do you expect?

  3. tebanano says:

    the vignette is horrible

  4. willdude21 says:

    That is a whole lotta fans! You could have avoided that by using a portable ohp, the lamp goes in the top and reflects off the bottom via a mirror, this way the fresnel end stays nice and cool, no fans required!

  5. Tommyavi says:

    @teamwindsor ah ok. . . I thought that were meant to do less hours, so it’s good 2000. . .

  6. teamwindsor says:

    @MrBn4u the screen is lifted a few milimeters from the actual ohp stage so the fans are blowing over both front and back of the screen which seems to keep it pretty cool.

  7. teamwindsor says:

    @porche3r as described previously the screen is 1280×720. It is capable of doing 720p so it is technically HD.  If you are talking about true HD (1080i/p) then it is not. But when buying a tv, projector etc. anything from 720p up is classed as HD.

  8. teamwindsor says:

    @Tommyavi the lamps are £1. 75 each, I bought about 5 initially and am still on my first one. They are meant to do about 2,000 hours. 

  9. teamwindsor says:

    @chrisbadenhorst11 Thanks! it has VGA and component.

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  11. porche3r says:

    @teamwindsor is the tft HD no so the projector isnt HD

  12. chrisbadenhorst11 says:

    I Love your design! What inputs do you have for this device?

  13. bluemango2001 says:

    @asddsaaassddd by him HD means “Hot Dick”

  14. Tommyavi says:

    well done!! what’s the cost of a overhead projector’s lamp?

  15. MrBn4u says:

    @teamwindsor sorry for that comment. it was out of the line,just thinkin isn´t it better to cool downside of the screen? have been thinking to build my own project.

  16. andrewbsheets2 says:

    i have 100 videos of diferent diy projectors

  17. teamwindsor says:

    bulbs and ohp from ebay. New OHP for as little as £60. Bulbs were from some guys ebay shop.

  18. teamwindsor says:

    anything with a resolution of over 1280×720 is technically HD so yeah.

  19. teamwindsor says:

    @MrBn4u The fans are to keep the screen cool. The screen is on the top you baw bag!

  20. MrBn4u says:

    you stupid fuck! why your fans are on top?

  21. asddsaaassddd says:

    this is what u call HD?

  22. Philipppc8000 says:

    nice

  23. xBlindDudex says:

    @xBlindDudex
    Corrections:
    Bulb NOT bulbs
    I can watch it. . . . NOT cant watch it.

  24. xBlindDudex says:

    I have a homemade projector and used it for years, 1000watt high pressure sodium bulbs and a 15″ display inside. . But you know what I bought a Infocus LP650 and it BLOWS these homemade jobbies away!
    Its 2500 lumens and I cant watch it in broad daylight. (not outside during the day but inside with the shades open still)

  25. yuppybarf says:

    just make sure the only light comming out of the projector itself or in the room is the projector lense area front (covering the top with cardboard and eleminting light sources bleeding into the room from the machine and elsewhere). a light tight room should help vastly with the image. just a thought.

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