Make your own home video projector.

[bbpt86447]

Thats friken awesome I looked up items to make that and it cost less than my 22" inch Tv

[lolman123852]

sure you can do that or stop being a cheapsass mother fucker and pay 100-500$

[TheChickenrun3]

@lolman123852 not everyone has that kind of money and a lot of people have access to these or better monitors stop being an asshole motherfucker and quit hating on videos

[azweebs]

how do u add the music and the display???

[venkbabu66]

wow cool

[Manstarr29]

how do we install the display onto the projector? can you show us how please...

[bananinhao]

@Manstarr29 You just have to put it there so the projector works as very strong backlight and the image can reflect to the wall. The display is just connected to a computer

[IWantToKnowChrist]

@Hobden2XD if you use a computer monitor to do this, it'll already have the hookups, basically dude, you just take a regualr old flat screen monitor and take all the plastic off so you can stick the screen on the projector. you just only want the little plastic like screen on the overhead table thingy. it's easy, all the plugins stay dude. hope that helps

[piper4seeformerly]

is it possible to do this with the LCD screen from a digital photo frame?

[thedarkone2134]

@piper4seeformerly Any LCD could be made to work however some will require more effort then others.

[sohail78a]

how we connect the rest of circuit...?

[Benedocta]

@sohail78a Just plug everything in again ;)

[matthewsmyth1001]

cool it is very cheap to make it 

[mrbenderson005]

very cool.

[delaneypratt]

at 2:05 how do you 'install' the display??????

[ggjoe723]

How do you connect things to it.

[delaneypratt]

how do you power the LCD when it is not plugged in to anything?

[sumit4373]

can we make the projecter from crt monitar

[thedarkone2134]

@sumit4373 Nope, not possible.

[shabzbad]

U dint tell us how u connect ps3 to it

[pman0215]

dude.. that was cool

[MrTpengineer]

You could use a high power led light or regular led house bulb, it's alot cooler and will give more light.

[MrAlexifrim]

works with a CRT monitor???

[MrTpengineer]

@MrAlexifrim No, Crt's have there own light, inside the tube, you would have to turn the brightness all the way up, but you shouldn't do it because it might overheat.

[coolboyhanseh]

lol i love random guy walks threw the midel =P

[sinnagiri]

Great idea. I built and enjoying the 12 feet screen theatre

[TheJackass3d]

uumm... heat ???

[Imacorama]

waist more power than normal projector

[09ECCM]

@Imacorama my waist is more powerful.

[toddshere]

Has anybody put like 6 lamps in one of these to make it insanely bright,or is this even possible ? let me know if you know.

[yafilmDOTcom]

@toddshere I think that a better idea would be to get an incandescent light bulb that is the brightest that you can find. Perhaps 150watts with more than 2,000 lumens. You can also see if a powerful fluorescent light bulb (you know? the energy saver ones), but the BIG ones, that are rated, I think 38 watts (but imitates 150w to 200w incandescent counterpart) could do the trick in getting a super bring picture.

[pastryhat]

ok, if you have a display that overlaps the projector, is there a way to Scale down the size of image so that the edges don't get cut off?

[yafilmDOTcom]

@pastryhat I think the key here is to pick an LCD display that is not bigger than the projector coverage area. If it overlaps, I guess you can scale down digitally through SOURCE. if that SOURCE is a computer, for some LCD screen, setting resolution to one step back from maximum resolution (if max res. is 1280x1020, then change to 1020x768 XVGA) would cause the LCD generate letterboxes on up/down and left/right about 1 inch margin that SHOULD be enough to mitigate overlaps issues.

[yafilmDOTcom]

@pastryhat part 2... also, if you notice that the LCD screen is stretching the lower resolution you picked, then you will need to disable any "screen stretching/up-scaling" features from your LCD's OSD, because if its up-scaling then lowering screen resolution would not help mitigate any overlapping you may be experiencing from using a bigger LCD screen than what the overhead projector can physically cover.

[pastryhat]

@yafilmDOTcom yeah, I've only seen that feature on some widescreen displays, but all the displays I have are standard 4:3. They have nothing of the sort. No matter what resolution you pick they fill the screen. The Smallest LCD i can find is 17 inches diagonal, and it over laps. I have found that if you change the settings in the graphics card so that the orientation of the screen is portrait then the height becomes the width. It might just fit that way.

[jeevanirajiv]

Can any fan be used? for example a portable fan? or does it HAVE to be a pc type fan.

[weirlygoodproductin]

@jeevanirajiv any fan as long as it cools the display in fact you don't really need one depending on your display

[devonatt]

cool you made a tv

[TheDarkDenis]

this can be also easy be bought from a store rather destroy 2 expensive machines and using 2 mirrors.

[spedmental]

Use a portable DVD player next time.much cheaper easy to find used and has RCA hookup for videogames.all you need is a old lens from a slide projector,a fresnel lens from staples,and a lightsource.once you build the box around it it's a much more portable and practical. Plus the disasembly is easy and has DVD player ready to go.the break down of the screen is simple and you don't have mess with DVD part.just remember to build it so the image isn't back wards.

[ThanatosWings]

@spedmental or put the lcd in the slide slot of the slide projector

[vuurwerkfreaker]

Is the metal edge of the LCD monitor power under

(Translated with google translate from Dutch into English)

[skoaldip11]

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[king8036]

hi it's very good... by neeraj001, neeru the grate..

[king8036]

hi it's very good... by neeraj001, neetu the grate..

[king8036]

i just didn't tried it....however, i think it should work....i appreciate your talent..

[justinwithajay]

What's the largest area that this can be projected onto? I live out of town and have a quancet that i'd like to utilize. If i put a screen up that is 17x15 feet will it focus properly? I only remember overhead projectors from high school and can't really recall how you focus them. Thanks for the video this is ingenious!

[homermike]

This is VERY VERY GREAT.... CONGRATULATIONS......

[Mamasota74]

You Rock!! Great!!

[dulsecielo]

what is a over head projector where do I buy it please show step by sted how to make it thanx

good job!

[andersonlavor]

that was freaking cool.....

[shyboy2cute]

wtf? ghetto..... fabulous!!!

[hotchx7]

I bought an overhead projector and old lcd screen from my school and made one of these.

[anatomykhan]

I love it. u r great man. i was searching this LCD panel, and i didnt know it is hidden in LCD panel.

[MrDexter9i3]

Will the lamp eventually burn the LCD or something???...how long can it last...

[ragingfred]

@MrDexter9i3

it likely wont burn, LCD panels are meant to withstand a lot of heat from the back lighting in a normal LCD panel and the part of the projector it rests on doesn't get particularly hot.

[Beatbyawhiteboy]

'Star Trek: The Next Generation', huh?

[Inciare]

hey dude/... how di u reconnect the LCD back to the system / DVD player??

[Cricket202]

this is not new.. sharp and many manufactures made LCD Panels to put on Over head projectors for Years... in fact they stopped making them 10 years ago when projectors were more efficent, brighter.... over head proejctor bulbs are cheap..sure but they burn out every 40 hours.. so you are looking at a new bulb every week or 2

[baktitamas]

lol...

it' s not too loud?

[maticoff]

nice one frank!

[MrForestGreen]

So you took out the back light and defuser screens right?

[GamingForLife96]

how to put the monitor back together :(

[patrixiomadrid]

cool

[bastec666]

the whole time I'm like, SHOW THE FING WALL, and then bam, the wall, epic stuff. i needs to do this haha lol.

[zvanigno]

the best!;)

[gamelao1]

This is great !!! Congratulations !!! Tk u very much for this !!!

[linglingjr]

I have to do this

[alienangel777]

I followed all of the directions and it did not work! Does anyone know the steps to take BEYOND what they show here?

[malcommerriweather]

Did you make sure to take the LCD completely apart? It should be transparent with no backing whatsoever so that the light can shine through it.

[codman6594]

but then in this video, it just shows the person setting the lcd on top of it and taping it down??!! how do you connect it to make it work???? i cant find a video of that anywhere!

[hughtub]

@codman6594 You just keep the input connections and power cord attached. He should have shown it though. It had to be disconnected to detach some of the mounting, but then it's just a matter of connecting the few cables again.

[venuecam]

@malcommerriweather what does 2:30 look like to you?

[malcommerriweather]

@venuecam And your point? I wasn't talking about the video. I was replying to someone else.

[locutorfefe]

ola sou do brasil. adorei seu telão cara vou tentar fazer um, vc manda o progeto. aguardo seu alo okkk. good

[scottwful]

OMG...That is awesome, freakin' brilliant!

[gokalpkadri]

man brilliant

[jserodiox]

Does it heat to much, to the lcd ?

[oddha]

yes much heat, thats why the fan is there

[bananaboy357]

very nice, but common sence moment BUY A PROJECTOR CONNECT TO TV OR COMPUTOR USING SCART LEAD....

[GarrettBMXes]

what a clever idea!

i would do something about the corners though, somehow make it a perfect square

awesome!

[shanavansmall]

that was bloody amazing

[HOJNIA88]

Genial !! :)

[OahuLargeScaleTrains]

Genius . . . !!!

[camokid41]

now how do you connect it to tv or a computer?

[madbab00n]

@camokid41 with the VGA

[WetpantsLOL]

WAIT...slow down, show me how to unscrew the screws in more detail....

[uhhsuperduper]

haha good one... its like the unscrewing gets so much time and attention but they leave out more important stuff

[phacommovie]

hey guy why do u put a cooler in the lcd ???

do u have "step by step" in text or site ??

sorry mi bad inglish, i'm just a poor guy fron brazil

thats why i want to bild it ^^

thanks

[vinczeee]

to cool the lcd screen bacuse the lamp produce a lot of heat

[vinczeee]

@HolyGuyz the average lcd computer screen get a lot hoter than 15 degrees celsius 30-40 is fine

[HolyGuyz]

@vinczeee, thanks for your gentle explanation... really appreciate.

///

who is this "malcommerriweather" impolite basket moronnn... is a shame to suite himself with all the foul language that he said... malcommerriweather=dumbershitb­itches

[vinczeee]

@HolyGuyz no problem

[malcommerriweather]

You're about dumber than shit. LCD screens get a lot hotter than 15 degrees celsius. You must not have an LCD TV. You can barely touch the bitches. They can take well over 40 degrees and survive.

[vinczeee]

@HolyGuyz when i touch my monitor right now its a lot hotter than my room and thats about 30 degrees celsius so i cant see where you get those 15 degrees from, and i find it hard to believe that a monitor will keep cooler than the surrounding termperature with no fan at all, i stand by with having a fan will cool the lcd sufficiently

[HolyGuyz]

@vinczeee, Great experimental! I found the info from the LCD manufacturer. It could be a typo mistake... thanks again!

[vinczeee]

@HolyGuyz Thanks man, glad i could help

[kgpsai]

What if you dont have projecter? Do u know how to make it?

[ndyt]

kgpsai, you cant make the optics without lens grinding equipment.

[xDeViLsPrOdIgYx]

haha, 3:05-3:10

wtf?

[ChiefAtlas]

Star Trek yeah :D

[azraaell]

what a briliant idea, where si the projector from how mutch are they? i have a lcd with a cracked screen but it still shows a picture would it work for this with out the glass?

[thislifeisamazing]

what watts does the projector have to be ?

[bijikenyot]

so where is the second circuit? are they not used? good idea that i 've always knows it can work . .... but until this time i dont have lcd monitor...so i dont know it works..thx for videos

[alienangel777]

It's too bad that this "How To" video stopped half way through. A good How To video shows the steps from beginning to end, yet this video stops after placing the unconnected LCD screen on top of the overhead projector, and the next thing you know, Star Trek is playing. Where are the missing steps? You have to actually plug the LCD screen somehow into something, but that somehow and something are completely missing. Someone whose field is not electronics would not know how to finish the project.

[drboose]

you plug the LCD into a computer, it is a computer monitor!

[alienangel777]

Thanks, I thought that you could hook it up to your DVD player and such. :(

[Fallentine]

It's a PC LCD screen, you plug it into a PC.

Common sense my friend.

Projects like this aren't intended for those that can't fill in the blanks.

[alienangel777]

I must respectfully disagree my friend! It is fun to learn how to do new projects.

To me, the specific steps in cloning DNA are quite simple and seem to be commons sense because I do it every day, but I would not assume that you knew how, because common sense isn't specific to a field. Common sense is more like "Don't sit on a board of nails", not things like, "I can't believe you don't know how to lyse DNA from it's cell without breaking the strands, dude!" :)

[bruno94silva]

I think is easyer to buy a projector

[bebelmoraes]

hahaha!You just broked you compuuter!!And it was cuute!

[weirdcast2]

broked isn't a word

[TheTarrMan]

cool

[CameronMagee]

That looks pretty DANG good. Love the soundtrack too, who did the music? :D

[blacksmith1914]

is it possible to do this with a laptop screen?

[dorplein62]

any lcd will do

[UltimateHackr]

no shit sherlock! what do you think is the difference?

[dubiousfella]

One very vital note: I tried this with an overhead projector, 3M 2770, which has the lamp light OVER the stage, not from under it as your projector. So, it did not project any image, the LCD just was was lit from above, and kinda blacked-out. Nothing was projected on the wall/screen.

Now if anyone has succeeded in using that kind of a projector where the lamp is ABOVE the stage and throws the light ON it, then please let me know how you did it. Thanks.

[ducktape00721]

By LCD screen thing, do you mean Monitor Screen From a computer, or a Small TV

[cupnoodles2]

omg seriously? wait a sec why dont u just place the screen without dissassembling it?

[EphemeralLight]

Because it needs to be transparent if you want to project the image..

[bboymanuel]

Hey Whatsup.. I had been saving up and I came up with 800 dollars to buy a big screen TV to put in the garage to play all my Video Games..I think i like this Idea Better..Where can I buy a projector like that? I have a Flat Screen Monitor that I was about to throw away and I can use that for this.

[9095]

they practically give overhead projectors away find a cheap second hand one online or w/e

[tomhsharky]

been looking for a while, and I haven't found one. You're lucky

[bretdunn69]

ok thank you do you know how much they are

[IRUNTHISdotNET]

nope

[punkonjunk]

Also, try looking on craigslist in your area, or asking schools if you can purchase or "donate" to obtain an old, unused one.

[bretdunn69]

where can i purchase this converter

[IRUNTHISdotNET]

Try radioshack or bestbuy.

[bretdunn69]

is there any way that you can make that simpler?

[IRUNTHISdotNET]

buy a converter to change your output to the monitor's VGA input.

[bretdunn69]

what do you plug the lcd monitor into?

[IRUNTHISdotNET]

A video source. In this case, a VGA cable attached to a PC

[bretdunn69]

where do you plug in that ribbon thing please please reply help!!

[IRUNTHISdotNET]

what ribbon?

[adreu1]

monitors are expensive haha, thats all im gonna say :)

[fufuzed]

good work..now you giving an idea of what to steal from my college .....just kidding

[Jusjuh123]

But how do you connect this thing to your laptop, or dvd player?

[naebklang]

lol X-men

[karvakferenc]

Excellleeent!!!! THX :)

[donniedarko88888]

fucking stupi noob

[fabrosin]

haha..This guy is damn rich..!!He can buy a new one even if this fails..!!Feels like a homemade `construction for destruction'..!!

[mykarissa]

who in there right mind would try this stupid ass shit an by the way it is not a bvery good tutoral ,,,

[tardisomga]

Dude, i'm 12 and it's simple..

[geeksonlyfriend]

i tak it this would work if you just had the flatscreen on the ohp normally or do u have to acctually have to dismantle it to get it to work?

[rhyanyeah123]

maybe im wrong but I think OHP will overheat if used for long hours,

[banditandrudy]

thats what the fan is for artard

[procyborn2]

this man is ahhhhhh !!

[crazy805er]

wut if u use an hd tv will it work??and come out in hd???

[tannanirav]

wowo man it was wonderful stuff hats of to u ND WERE DID U GOT IDEA FROM

[tdotmostwanted]

i used a portable dvd player insted of lcd screen.i just took the back of the screen caseing off so everthing still togther.the i taped it to my overhead projector fit's nice.now am playing 360 on it.exept power supply for the fan had to be seperate.quallity is awsome i still get to controll pic quality i love it.

[miirkat]

um....does it matter whether its a passive or active matrix lcd?

[lwebb39]

you ar a  bech

[SpeedMetal4635]

good for a home cinema

[ScottBrown88]

haha, get a beamer guys!!!!!

[Xbox360Freakout]

can you just get the screen and lay it on the ohp?

[irocksyoursocks]

No. the heat the OHP produces is dangerous to the lcd screen, which is why you have to separate them and have the cooling fan pulling the hot air.

[Xbox360Freakout]

i mean do you have to gut the monitor from the casing

[irocksyoursocks]

Ya. the lighting from the lcd isn't sufficient enough to project onto the wall, so you have to take it apart enough so the light from the OHP can shine straight through.

[Xbox360Freakout]

oh ok mate thats for the help

[omardude39]

great tutorial, very well shown and looks like a brill result. slight concern over cooling for the screen, but i guess the fan takes care of that.

Thanks!

[fabrosin]

hahaha..!!I was wondering why not keep your LAPTOP stretched out on the OVERHEAD PROJECTOR and project the same..!!Ofcourse you need a plane mirror to mirror the image on screen which you can figure it out easily..!!Nothing is distroyed and no hightech knowledge needed..! Anytime you can take your Laptop and walk off...!!

[jensalik]

dude - the light of the overhead projector has to go THROUGH the projected image - don't know if your laptop is see-through...

[gtryyyy]

why dont u just buy an lcd proj.with tv tuner cost less .than u have to buy an lcd monitor and ovrhead proj. to make that stuff lol.

[junior2387777]

what did you connect the LCD screen to? iam using the screen from an old laptop.. and when i stripped it, it looks identical to yours, but the thing is that the mother boeard is broken... so what did u connect the screen to and how so you were able to get image and sound ? please let me know.

[Fernoe]

sound doesn't come out of the screen it comes out of speakers

[tardisomga]

Aw man, you made me laugh! god how can somebody make this mistake, well i suppose we all make mistakes.

[poeticpisces2007]

I'm using a no name brand, 15" TFT monitor, i wish i hadn't taken it apart now, after seeing the circuit lay out, it dosn't just open up like a book, since the horizontal board ribbon's have to stay intact and attached to the left side's vertical circuit board for the image to transmit through the screen. I'm not going to quit though, i'm sure there's a way, i'll figure it out. ....thinkin' of going to the local gas station or grocery store to jack a few of thier monitors from the registers.

[Migavi29]

Hahaha, build your own projector instructions.

1) Destroy your 1200$ laptop and take LCD display out.

2) Buy a 500$ slide projector.

3) Figure out a way to get the sound from your now destroyed computer.

4) turn on and trow out your couch cuz you need the xtra space.

There you go a homemade projector for only 1700$ dollars!!

[knossos00]

1) Buy an used tf/lcd monitor from ebay for 30/50 bucks.

2) buy an over head projector from ebay for 30/50 bucks.

3) Have some patience and install the things.

4) Saved over at least 300 bucks buying a new beamer.

[charli3711]

or you can buy an lcd projector from ebay for 200 bucks... and its guaranteed to work..

[omardude39]

and what about this video does not guarentee that said idea will work? you just saw it does!

[gtryyyy]

lol thats funny man hahahaaa

Your sarcastic over-exadduration needs a little revision:

1) take apart an old LCD screen which the backlight doesn't work on the