Home-made LCD Projector 8' HD TV / Computer Monitor

I never said this was a how-to video. It would be duplicated effort. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7lWqKHpGuc&NR=1 if you want to learn how to build one yourself. Their project looks to be very similar to what I did.

Cost: under $200. Make an 8 foot screen TV / computer monitor from old computer parts and an overhead projector. The projector is higher wattage (brighter) and the screen has more pixels (sharper) than a standard computer projector so overall I'm quite satisfied with the way this project turned out. The higher wattage bulb is bright enough for a clear daytime picture but it also raises your electric bill and puts out a lot of heat. I taped a quiet CPU fan on top to keep the screen cool. It just blows across the top surface of the screen, nothing fancy.

Operating system: Fedora Linux $Free
Computer: Junk AMD 1GHz O/C to 1.4 GHz (upgraded to 2200+) $40. (It came conveniently with a vintage ATI All-In-Wonder R200 TV/video card)
Monitor: Generic LCD (WXGA?) 14" $20
Projector: Used OHP re-wired $50
Screen: Letter-size paper sheets and lots of scotch tape.

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[themanyone]

You won't see the fine detail of this screen because the resolution of youtube video is only 320x280. Most computer monitors and projectors have better resolution than a TV, unless you've got one of those high-end 1080p units for which broadcasts don't seem to exist.

[farinheit2celsius]

your third account!??!?!

wtf you do? you got the other ones banned for crap comments like this

[uAiNtMeSOuh8me]

wow 3 accounts. you probably dont know how to posy a video, so you go and be a fag on everyone elses videos then tell me i look like a 12 yr old. good one. you pwned urself, im 15=D

also, "shut up" is entry level to me. nowhere near an insult. infact, that humored me=D

[pureawesomeness2012]

@uAiNtMeSOuh8me yeah PWNAGE!!

[zachattack19942]

Can you read all of the text on like a youtube page? Just wondering.

[SuperPivottv]

i click there...

[matburit]

fucking retarded cheapskate bastard

[langevin07]

Nice dancing skill dude.

[michael92957]

@MrBlue609 he's the star of white and nerdy.

[MrBlue609]

next time dont let the dweeb do any dancing

[InfiniteStaircase]

Nice Dance Moves Dude. Lol

[boosh222]

"Start gettin' down" hahaha

[tdotmostwanted]

lol i guess it's ok.now am working on a more compacted model.i bought an 8" protable lcd tv from a pawn shop for about 30$.am using a small pic projector box,laptop external kooling fan.now i just gotta find a lamp powerfull enought but not so hot.once am done am hoping to show it on a video.