DIY HD projector hits the right note, sub-€500 price range

by Ross Miller Jul 2nd 2009 @ 12:39AM

It's really hard to say how much of a value this DIY HD projector is, given we're missing some crucial specs like resolution (gotta be at least 720p, right?), contrast ratio, and luminosity. Still, at €500 (about $708 US) for the whole kit, it's not a bad deal if you planned on spending your weekend doing projects anyway. All the pieces come in four separate bundles -- HD optic, light, housing, and electronics -- and if you need some handholding (it's okay, so do we), there's a German-language instruction manual that's thankfully full of pictures and diagrams, and even more entertaining, we've got a video / picture slideshow of the process done to a playful techno ditty. Check it out after the break.

Read - DIY HD projector kit
Read - Instruction manual

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Tags: diy, diy hd projector, diy projector, DiyHdProjector, DiyProjector, do it yourself, DoItYourself, hd, hd projector, HdProjector, projector

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CA @ Jul 2nd 2009 3:05PM

Cool project. Looking at the electronics bundle, resolution is 1280x768 for the LCD used. I imagine brightness and contrast are limited, and there might be a hot-spot issue, but probably good enough for those looking to do something on the cheap.

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james @ Jul 8th 2009 9:10PM

On the cheap? It's nearly $700! I'm all for building my own gadgets, but projectors have come down in price a lot in the past several years. For less than $700 you can get something likely to surpass this in every way, not to mention it will be far more compact.

The only way it would make sense to build something like this is if you already had an extra LCD monitor gathering dust.

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