OK! Here it goes 1 triplet,1 m59 ballast,1 400 watt 4200 kelvin bt 37 halide,1 7" portable Byron and Davis portable dvd player,1 220mm fresnal 1 317mm fresnal switches fans x 4 1 sheet of tempered glass from a work spot light, 1 6" bowl for reflector, 1 digital meat thermometer .The projector has been built for a while now and i am reasonably happy with the results. The thing that i'm not happy with is the over all brightness of the projected image as i feel this should be much brighter.I'm not using a condenser because of the size of the bulb being so huge.Is there any way to install a condenser ?Pic's to follow very shortly!!

pics please it makes it hard to help you out without any pics but i think you would be pretty happy with all the stuff you have posted that you have used

hm, isn't the BT37 one of the bulbs with a large outer envelope?

If so, it would be very hard to get an appropriate condensor I think. Also I have heard that the condensor only increases the even-ness of the lighting, but does not really increase lumen output.

I could be wrong...it should probably say that in my sig-after every post

Yes the outer envelope is large.And i've test run with a small condenser that i have and yes it increases the brightness a lot but it just isn't big enough for that envelope .Sorry for the poor pic's they were taken with camera phone.

Here is a link to the bulb that i am using in my setup.http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=4539

Here are a couple of screen shots again sorry for the bad pic's taken with camera phone.The projected image is 80"s diagnol.

Somebody has a coolsat!! BEV OR DNET?

spankdamonkey we have both the bev and Dnet hooked up 1200 channels .What would watching tv be like with out it Don't no !

Can't get DNET at my place only BEV because of the lush Jamanji vegitation in my backyard I like DNET better but i guess BEV is better then nothing. How do you like the pj with the 7" screen? Hows the screen door effect on it?

I too have Bev and Charlie hooked up. Plus a few others.
The side of my house looks like a A dish minefield.

BTW I have a VS Plat and 2 Sonicview 1000's hooked up in my house.

The screen door effect is not to dad as i just took it out of focus a little!I will soon be adding the lilliput into it.

Quick update for about $200 or so more i am able to get an even better LCD the 7.2 so i think i will go that route.Also i just finished the outside of the box and will post pic's shortly i used what they call mac tak it's used to put on shelves,look's just like the real wood grain finish.Look's Awesome i like it!Have also bought a new bulb on ebay 400 watt the same one our lumenlab store sells,Can't wait to install it into the pj to see the difference between the bt37 and the new one.The new one has a 91 cri ,the old 1 is 65 the kelvin is also higher @6500 the old 1 is 4200 kelvin! I'm getting very ancious !!!

One quick note i forgot to mention was my Davis power beam triplet this thing works great,especially for the price $10.00 shipped to my front door!

Nice projector, Can we get more info on the davis triplet what is its dia., focal lenth and where did you get it

It's focal length is 290-350 mm i bought it from a member here a while back March or so it's diameter is about 2"s do a google for Davis power beam it was also manufactured in Germany .Here is the one!http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320148061182&ih=011&category=48654&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1

Here are a couple of shots of the finished outside of the box it is now totaly finished on the outside!I'm just waiting for the new bulb and in the middle of redoing my screen.Note the lense that i'm using the power beam lense!

Well to all i've just finished the pearl coat on the screen much success,and now on to update the LCD to the lilliput (Higher resolution) the image as of now is 2x brighter and more crisp,i just want to try to get less screen door.

Here is a shot of my new screen with my new computer Alienware $5000.00 machine this thing will do almost anything!Here is a screen shot hooked up to my DIY PJ!

Well here are my conclusions for three different types of bulbs the bt 37 400 watt 4200k m59 65cri the coralvue 400 watt e39 6500k 91 cri the powerlight 400 watt e40 6500k 91cri the results are this: the bt 37 is ok but to big for a small build,with ambient light in the room the image gets washed out easily,not a high enough cri,warm picture being projected.The coralvue is the best bulb to use the colors are perfect the image is really bright.

Hello Guy's here's a shot of my setup screen sorry for the bad picture as this was taken with my camera phone the image is allot nicer in person!!Brighter and hardly any screen door effect!