Hello,
after watching Brainchilds pictures i had to start emediatly .
Im from germany so my english is pretty bad.
I´ve started 2weeks ago and bought everything necessary after surfing 2days and nights. When my Lenses are here i can put everything together.
This is a modified Light from a Theatre. Got to get cleaned. It got a 400w Hqi (250w would be enough too) ,a spherical reflector and i could keep it very quiet. Ballast etc are already build in by me.

thats looks interesting!
Keep us posted on your progress!
also what lcd are you using?

thanks,
im waiting for my Benq 557v2 Tft. It should be here on Monday.
Got it from Ebay for 220€ and the whole Thing is 290€ maybe there ll be 20-30€ more for a safety glass between bulb and Tft to keep Ir-light away.

Not sure this will work, but I am interested to see how you make out.

Cheers,
Lee

Yea interesting indeed, large ring glass fresnels from the 60's??

Hey Joe, did you know they still make a fixture that uses that type of lens for theater use. We use them here in town at the theater I do the lighting for.

its even older than that.
Here are another pics with the light on at daylight.

Watch out your going to burn a hole in the wall

nice and bright.

thanks btw what happens if i should have too much light (557 Tft got 400:1 kontrast. Will that really be enough or will i get grey instead of black on screen) ?

The blacks on your projection would grey-out, and your white's would be tooo bright

Yea but from pictures hard to see how it would compare to the 400w we use, but might as well try it, its a start and you can alwayz improve on it.

hm it should be the same Bulb but the reflector is very strong. Ill see.
Could I change the Bulb without removing anything else?

I agree, try it. I don't think it will be too bright, but if it was, that's what you would see.

Probable not because the machine was made for a sertain bulb wattage, Like the Ballast I use is a M59 and only certain bulbs will work. but you can check to see, but I would just try it 1st, looks like it will work for ya from what i seen.

Oh, and also check the heat comming out, may need tempered glass infront of it, may not be bad idea to do it anyway, like the guide shows.

Actually i do like the guide shows.
But without tempered glas this little different one construction would really destroy the colours of my display during longer period. I ordered coated tempered glass to filter infraredlight.
Got to check if the bulbchange would work to my ballast.

Make sure the Coated tempered glass is clear sometimes it has a greenish tent, and could throw your colors off.

thanks didnt know. will do that

The monitor i bought with ebay was fraud and everthing will take few days more

Fraud? what was it

the seller didnt deliver and now i gotta get my money back. Ebay´s going to do that. Now im searching for a new Tft :angry: maybe a Cmv or another Benq but this time in store.

Btw does anyone know how long it takes to deliver the Lens Kit to germany (got shipping mail at 04/08/2004 )?

Xeo will probably know how long it takes.

I want to buy this Cmv Tft today but dont know if its compatible. Does anyone know?


Im still waiting for my Lens Kit to get ready....i got shipping mail on 04/08/04. :angry:
Xeo dindt answer. Brainchild doesnt answer...whats up?
Supply cant take that long! Is there another problem?!.......

check out the compatable monitor list....

You're in Germany, right? Shipping from the US to Europe can take quite a while thanks to customs, etc. Be patient...

Sry but the problem with ebay made me pretty impatiently your right.

I already checked the List and in Germany theyre called "Bestwin" . Seems to be a newer Version of the Cmv 518A/1515 or the CT-522.
I think im going to buy this one and check if it works.

Good luck!

What happened about the fraud on eBay?

Thanks
i have to wait 7days because i had to warn the seller. After that i can fill a form and ebay gives the money back if its fraud (and it was - not just for me)

Now i go to the store because i have to buy my first own Lcd . Cant wait

Great

What? I wrote you yesterday. Check your spam filter and remove Lumenlab from the list.

From: Brainchild <help@lumenlab.com>
Date: April 28, 2004 12:46:13 PM EDT
To: "Lumenlab" <takezo1@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Lens Kit ( From Lumenlab )

Hi Sebastian, USPS international doesn't have tracking but I can tell you that customs can delay the package for up to 3 weeks. My guess is that it will be there within the next few days. Let me know.

Grayson



On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Lumenlab wrote:


brainchild,

T@kezo has sent you this email from http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php.


hello Brainchild,
maybe you know me of the forum. I need to know when my Lens Kit should be here. Already asked Xeon but he didnt answer. It was shipped on 04/08/2004 and i live in germany.
greets Takezo/Sebastian Paulmann

now thats embarrassing to me. I checked the wrong Mails.
Really sorry for the trouble. You and Xeon did indeed write back imediately.
As i said im really impatiently. Cant wait to light my screen.

I bought the CT529A and it really looks like a newer Version of the 1515.
Im going to strip it when the Lenses are here and at the moment im just impressed by the picturequality. Its perfect. I hope it works without ffc problems but even the box looked almost like the 1515box in the guide so it should be fine.

how much was the lcd? US$

Well I hope it gets there soon. This has happened before, customs is a random beast. Some packages will get there in a few days, others get held up for weeks.

I bought it in store and it was 319.54Dollar (270€). I think its not too expensive for that quality.
Cant describe how brilliant the picture looks. HAve to get that on wall!!

Brainchild: its no problem i was just scared and i can start now because i have my monitor and the lenses should fit when theyre here. So on Saturday i can complete my Lcdbox.

That just reminded me, my girlfriend ordered me a replacement PJ lens, and it was just 6 days later I had it in my hands. And that's to the UK.

When I have a son, I will christen him brainchild. Or daughter.

Seriously though, thanks, amazing service

I bought the CMV 522A. but havent opened it up yet, waiting for some more parts. You are right about the picture quality its crystal clear.
I'll be keeping a close eye on T@kezo for compatibility problems

This Topic might be helpful too.

under construction

interesting design Takezo, what is that in this pic... Top or bottom?

This is going to be bottom. The whole box will be mounted on the lamp like a drawer. I want to make it disapear in a small cupboard and its going to be big but quiet.
Itll be ready tomorrow and on Wednesday i will build my screen (125"). On thursday my Lcd get stripped.
Hope my Lens kit is here soon.

Does anyone have the size of his Fresnels exactly?
I cant go on because i want it to fit in.

Depends, if they are cut apart and cut down to fit a 15" monitor then the Lumenlab store page says:



If they are still heat welded together then the same page says:



Hope that helps.

I checked it two times HAvent seen yet.

Thanks Rorshach will go on tomorrow. I even wont have to change my construction.

Acording to this page, it has no FFC issues:

http://www.diybuildergroup.com/showthread.php?t=16

I have got that monitor too.
I am still at the box building stage.

ahhhrrrggg. The link requires a member login/password. Could you copy/paste the info here please? Would really like to buy a CMV 529A, but want to be certain that it is strip friendly first naturally.

"Model: CMV CT529A / Replacement Model For 1515
Size: 15" | Color: 16.7 Million | Contrast: 450:1 | Response: 16ms | DVI: NO
FFC Issues: NO / 1 FFC Cable doesnt need extending"

Photos of my project (not yet ready) will come in a few days.

A W E S O M E - O

today i had to download some hd example clips and couldnt believe my eyes the picture is really indescribably perfect. Cant wait.

Has anyone created any WMV files? curious how it worked and how it was done.

i got them from microsoft and theire just samples. You got a pm