<div><br></div>you mean make our own projector? <div><br><div>I d be interested to see the documentation and maybe a how to video</div><div><br></div><div>and I would love to learn how to assemble my own computer or increase my ram, or change the fan</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have seen that done a but I am still not confident myself</div><div><br></div><div>but I can bake cakes :-)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:27 PM, ben dembroski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@dembroski.net">ben@dembroski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I was just thinking, maybe this would be a good reason to make a DIY<br>
unit... Certainly for the cost of replacement bulb, we could get most<br>
of the bits we would need (that we don't have already).<br>
<br>
Who's in?<br>
<br>
Now, I just need to find those plans I found a few years back. <starts looking><br>
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On 27 April 2010 21:58, Paola Di Maio <<a href="mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com">paola.dimaio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> yeah, well<br>
> I think modern ones may go on standby after a period of idleness<br>
> one way is to ask ppl who use the projector to spare a quid towards<br>
> amortization costs when they can<br>
> which would be a minimal effort to ensure at the end of its life theres a<br>
> sum for replacement<br>
> in which case we would make a proportional contribution since we have left<br>
> it open for longer than it should have<br>
> or let us know when the time comes<br>
> we may need some specs to find the bulb<br>
> its really handy to have the use of a projector<br>
><br>
> P<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Clive Mitchell <<a href="mailto:bigclive1@googlemail.com">bigclive1@googlemail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> More than you could possibly imagine given the nature of the projector<br>
>> industry.<br>
>><br>
>> The manufacturers could make the projector sense when the unit had not<br>
>> been receiving a signal for a given time then switch itself off, but<br>
>> that wouldn't be good for profits at all.<br>
>><br>
>> There are some rather neat projectors that use a fairly standard 150W<br>
>> metal halide lamp which not only lasts for about 5000 hours, but costs<br>
>> about 40 quid to replace.<br>
>><br>
>> On 27 April 2010 21:38, Paola Di Maio <<a href="mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com">paola.dimaio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > how much does a bulb cost? I am sure we can find a way to compensate for<br>
>> > our<br>
>> > carelessness<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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