Hello. I am new to these forums and also new to the idea of building a projector. For days I've been searching a way to cut costs and have stumbled upon this Osram led. On Digikey the price is currently $43. But if I purchase this I will not have to spend money on a ballast which costs more. Here is the link to the projection led.

http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogue/cata...ct=showBookmark
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/dksearch...D;enterprise=36

I want to know if it is possible to use this led to project through a 10.9" panel. My build consists of two 300mm Fresnel lenses. This led has a wide angle distribution so maybe I won't need to use the collimater fresnel if I could just mount this close to the lcd. Heat shouldn't be an issue mounting so close when I will have two 120mm fans blowing over the lcd and led. Also how much lumens should I expect out of this? and will it provide a bright enough picture in a usually dark room?

I looked at digikey and used the candela to lumens calculator and this it what it said.

180000 millicandelas at a 130 degree viewing angle is equivalent to 653.03 lumens

Is this possible?

Projector using an OSTAR LED, 1120 lumen

Still, no pictures, no results, not much...

Hasn't been updated since april too. I'm wondering how it went!

here's a led rig :

http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24619