[ELECTRON] projector

[ben dembroski]

I was just thinking, maybe this would be a good reason to make a DIY
unit...  Certainly for the cost of replacement bulb, we could get most
of the bits we would need (that we don't have already).

Who's in?

Now, I just need to find those plans I found a few years back.  <starts looking>

On 27 April 2010 21:58, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
> yeah, well
> I think modern ones may go on standby after a period of idleness
> one way is to ask ppl who use the projector to spare a quid  towards
> amortization costs when they can
> which would be a minimal effort to ensure at the end of its life theres a
> sum for replacement
> in which case we would make a proportional contribution since we have left
> it open for longer than it should have
> or let us know when the time comes
> we may need some specs to find the bulb
> its really handy to have the use of a projector
>
> P
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Clive Mitchell <bigclive1 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> More than you could possibly imagine given the nature of the projector
>> industry.
>>
>> The manufacturers could make the projector sense when the unit had not
>> been receiving a signal for a given time then switch itself off, but
>> that wouldn't be good for profits at all.
>>
>> There are some rather neat projectors that use a fairly standard 150W
>> metal halide lamp which not only lasts for about 5000 hours, but costs
>> about 40 quid to replace.
>>
>> On 27 April 2010 21:38, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > how much does a bulb cost? I am sure we can find a way to compensate for
>> > our
>> > carelessness
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Clive Mitchell.
>>
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