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Diy projector forums
this is not the only projector forum. They are all over the world. Not all are listed here
---Lumenlab..we all know this one... **********
---http://www.lumenlab.com/
---yet another forum ***
---http://www.homecinema-fr.com/
---...simular but alot less. *
---http://www.hommie.net/index.htm
---All in a box is a french forum, like lumen lab, and has some of the same members ...its better than hommies ******
---http://www.allinbox.com/
---Diy projector company is the old lumen lab, it is not around any more but here was there store front
---http://www.diyprojectorcompany.com/ *
---Diy Audio is a forum for car audio or home audio but they frequint lumenlab constantly. ********
---http://www.diyaudio.com/
---Proyector Barato is a spanish diy projector site *****
---www.proyectorbarato.com. They have some nice DIY kits and a very interesting prebuilt PJ similar to LL for about $600:
--- http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools
---avs forum
---www.avsforum.com
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The BULB is very important and some would like to have options so here are some. Keep in mind your bulb must have a high cri with temp between 4000k and 7000k.
---Bulbs has a tutor on there site which can help you pick your mogul, ballast, mh or other bulb related products
---http://www.bulbs.com/
*******---http://www.hidirect.com/
---http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc
---http://www.hellolights.com/
---Ballast Wise is one of the few stores with electronic ballast like the one at the LL store
---http://www.ballastwise.com/item.asp?PID=12...D=1&level=0 ******
---Coral Vue is one of the dealers for lumenlab and has a wide array of ballast and bulbs. Most of the items at lumen lab are custom made by coral vue
---coralvue.com
---Hid Hut
---this site has eballast and bulbs. looks interesting, check it out.
---http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/
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Precondensers
precondensers are an experimental projector component that can increase brightness and lower vignetting (the dimming of corners). these are the stores for precondensers.
---Surplus Shed is an excellent site for experamental lenses and other equipment. *********
---http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/l3539.html
---Pnta
---http://www.pnta.com/
---http://www.productionadvantageonline.com/instparts.htm#L
---Anchor Optics has a large selection of very defferent lens from negative miniscuss to prisms.
---http://www.anchoroptics.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=34
---Rolyn Optics
---http://rolynoptics.thomasnet.com/viewitems...?&forward=1
---Altman has low cost pyrex condensers you have to call them to place a order. This is the best precondenser site. *******
---http://www.altmanltg.com/
---3dlens has a great deal of projector components. You must check them out and see what they got.
---http://www.3dlens.com/
---more frezes....
---http://www.fresnel-optics.com/
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LIGHT GATE
some people are useing tempered glass to protect the insides of there projector but a hot mirror can give better results.
---B&H has hot mirrors the one you need is called rossco
---http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
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Diy has been around sence the dawn of time and there are plety of sites and forums to ad you in completing your project or discoverying a new one.
---Inventgeek has tons of diy stuff heres a link to there diy projector
---http://inventgeek.com/Projects/HomeTheater/Overview.aspx
---Digg is a forum for every thing, it is mostly publicly maintained.
---http://digg.com/
---make.... all diy site
---http://makezine.com/
---Hack A Day is a diy+hacker site
---http://hackaday.com/
--- /. is a forum that is publicly maintained ********
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Stores
You can't get every thing you need at lumen lab so heres some other places that can help.
---Tigerdirect and Newegg are great places to get pc parts including lcds. There prices are good.
----http://www.tigerdirect.com/
----http://www.newegg.com/ **********
---Alibaba is a site kind of like ebay but is more for whole sale. Maybe it's where brain gets his stuff from.
---http://www.alibaba.com/
---Performance Pcs is a nice place to get high performance pc fans. really detailed site
---http://www.performance-pcs.com/cat...main_page=index
---and the twin baby
---http:www.performancepcs.com/catalog/ind...main_page=index
---Mono Price you can get very inexpensive cables from here ie. dvi, vga, hdmi.
---monoprice.com
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Diy Screens
You can buy black out cloth from LL and paint it with special paint to increase the gain (brightness). Or you can buy other matereals like drywall and paint that as well.
---Goo Systems has the paint with lots of q and a on it.
---goosystems.com
---Xtreme-Fusion Screens is a Lumen lab member (pb maxxx) that makes the paint. Excellent quality. He also has a forum just like LL only about XFS.
---xtreme-fusion-screens.com
---Diytheatre
---diytheatre
---Dazian
---heres there link to there black out cloth.
---dazian
---Alusuisse they have a product called gator foam which can be used as a surface to paint on.
---gator foam
---and here is their sintra which can also be used. sintra
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And the rest. Some of these are helpfull and some arent check them out
---diyscreen
--- http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/29/how-to-...ojector-screen/
--- your guess would be better??
---http://www.avascreen.com/index.php?id=57
---home made slide pj...meh.
---http://www.flickr.com/photos/blomstereng/s...57594084196682/
-***---Babel Fish is a translator (Changes the language of a web page)
---http://babelfish.altavista.com/
---diy vga to componet
---http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/vgacable.html
