Ok Lets start off by listing the parts that I have purchased.

#15.4" WUXGA from ManhattanLCD (Samsung)
# Pro Reflector
# 220mm Fresnel Lens (3dlens.com)
# 330mm Fresnel Lens (3dlens.com)
# S15 Projection Lens Triplet
# LLVue 400w eBallast
# 65K T15 Lamp
# Mogul Base HID Socket
# 120V AC Adaptor
# 120mm Ball Bearing Fan
# 120mm Fan Guard
# 120mm Vibration Dampener
# Power Entry Module
# 5 amp Circuit Breaker

I'm sure there is more but we'll just assume those are the main parts.

So I have stripped down my Samsung was relatively easy. I have step by step pics if anyone is interested. The were too big to attach and looked bad when resized and the attachment editor seems to not be working for me for some reason. I'll use photobucket for now.

Here is the stripped LCD


I started buring in my bulb also. I'm giving it about 6 hours to burn in. This thing is bright.
Here are the pics of the set up.

When it first lit

about 2 hours later


Well I'll keep this updated any comment or helpful info is appreciated

Well didn't get too much done today.

However I did take the backlight frame and dremmel it out. Then i placed the LCD back in the metal frame with the plastic backlight holding it in.




Hopefully tomorrow I can build the frames for the Fresnel and a wood frame for the LCD.

I purchased the same screen except, mine ended with a broken screen. Would you mind saying telling how you took the screen apart? I mean which layers did you leave inside the screen frame?

Thanks,
Rob K.

Well actually I have some pictures let me see if i can dig them up.

Just becareful about removing that sticker not to rip the FFCs and those screws are really hard to get out sometimes. Take your time with it also use a grounding wrist strap. I made out of out wire and grounded it to the case of my pc with a screw or if you have the money buy one. I also dremmeled out the plastic frame and the edge of the metal frame where the ffcs are so they can lie parallel to the frame. the whole lcd will lift out with the ffc's attached. Remeber there are FFCs on the side as well as the top of the screen.

Should look like this.

Well I just collected some pictures of the projector with the LCD off and the light on.

sorry for the blury images.

Well got the LCD hooked up today and projected an image but its very blury.




Im not sure if its due to the image being too close or one of my lenses so we'll find out if some1 answers my other post.

As mentioned in the other thread you created, you can try adjusting the triplet forwards and back.
It would also better help us to help you if you included measurements (lamp to rear fresnel, fresnels to LCD, LCD to triplet and front fresnel to triplet).
Could you also provide some pictures of the complete enclosure with the lamp turned off?

Ok here are the pictures of the inside of the box








The measurements are:

Center of lamp to field fresnel: 200mm
Field to LCD: 20mm
LCD to Collector Fresnel: 32mm
LCD to Triplet: 362mm(from Focal Calc)

Im gonna try projecting again from a bigger distance and see what I come up with. If you notice any of these measurements are wrong then let me know.

You're not taking any chances! It looks like everything in that box is adjustable. Good job!
It looks like your measurements are correct. It's just a matter of adjusting the lamp/front fresnel/triplet to bring everything into focus.
You might want to move your lamp back, though. Adding your reflector will double your brightness, as well.
Try projecting again about 8' - 8.5' away from your "screen".

that has got to be one big box. From the picture, it looks like the fresnels are much bigger than the panel and light leaks "around" the lenses. The triplet should receive light emanating only from the LCD.

yes they are larger however the surround on the lcd frame blocks all light that does not pass through the LCD. Unless there is some other way that light will get there as is my understanding?

I did not want to cut them because I wasn't confident they would be even or might crack.

Is this wrong?

Well here is a picture of the fresnel frames.
as you can see they are larger than the LCD behind however that should not matter as other light cannot pass through the wood behind it. Please correct me if I am wrong as I want the best picture possible.



When I first projected an image at about 5ft from the wall it was very blury as you can see.




After messing with the front fresnel by moving it forward quite a lot i managed to get a decent picture out of it.


I still think it needs a lot more tweaking but at least i got a watchable/playable picture out of it on my XBOX 360.

Your fresnels frames are fine!
You can see from the FocalCalc examples below, how the throw distance effects the distance the LCD is from the triplet.