Thread: DIY widescreen projectors

Here, a beautiful home DIY project, a large projector for the ultimate home theater system - on the budget.

The project is expected to get free in Lumenlab.com that sell all the components needed to build a system, or they can even supply complete systems for $ 499 for those of you who are a bit nervous about the creation of a projector.

The most expensive component of the DIY XGA projector on the LCD panel that can be scavenged from 15 "LCD screen. Metal halide lamp is used, costing about $ 50, which is a fifth of what you have to pay for the projector business, but probably , uses more energy, too.

In Fresnel lenses supplied Lumenlab.

The site has an active forum in which members of an exhibition of photos of their proud home projectors (two examples are given here) and show videos of favorite movies, as shown in the 110-inch screens.

The most difficult part of the project is stripping with a 15 "LCD display, which is not simply due to the unstable edge connectors and flat cables. Modular design of the projector is that you could start with the second part SVGA LCD display, albeit updated to 1024 x 768 (XGA) later, after you had a practice run.