On 5/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nathan C. Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>I don't remember who but somebody was building a home theater "maker style".<br>I was wondering how that project turned out or if it got sidelined?</blockquote><div><br></div></div>The LCD was ruined. While soldering onto the LCD circuit board I
<br>accidentally lifted 12 pads. In the process of trying to repair them I<br>accidentally severed them, completely ruining the circuit board for<br>the LCD.<br><br>You see, there's a database that gives a list of LCDs that don't need to be
<br>soldered and that don't need extension cables. However, I didn't know<br>about this database when I picked up the LCD.<br><br>:-(<br><br>Projectors are cheap now. The guys who sell the parts to make your own<br>
projector now also sell a projector that's got a long-life bulb and<br>all the right connections. <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.lumenlab.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lumenlab.com/
</a><br><br>Of course, my project uses a standard over head projector, so in<br>theory could be done for about $150 if I hadn't ruined the LCD.<br><br>In hindsight, a 15" lcd is too big. Ideally a 10 - 13" LCD would work
<br>better, since overhead projectors have 8-9" of width.<br><br>I'm keeping my eyes open on e-bay for another LCD, but this project is<br>shelved (literally) for the foreseeable future.<br><br>If you do want to make one, I found that you can, on any given day,
<br>get an excellent projector screen at goodwill for $10.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode