I'm thinking of making my own video projector using a flat LCD laptop
screen. It would be built using the same sort of technology which is in a
overhead projector. Would it be possible to use an old laptop screen and
shine a bright light through the back of it?

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:13:06 +0000, Bruce Lee wrote:

you are joking right?

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
newsan.2005.12.09.14.26.50.897494@privacy.net...
nope

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:29:31 +0000, Bruce Lee wrote:


well i can't possibly imagine how it can work

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/forum...546518c20b33bf
3eb1e7&forumid=64

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:33:05 -0600, philo wrote:

well then you sir, have a very limited imagination:
google: "DIY projector overhead laptop LCD"

A Practical Guide to DIY LCD Projectors
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...13232&from=rss

do it yourself lcd projector
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000167030541/

etc...

<snip>

yes
that method work work fine

but the OP mentioned shining the light *through* the lcd screen...
that's why i said i cannot imagine how it could work

Bruce Lee wrote:
Tom's hardware or anandtech.com had a tutorial on how to make an
projector from an old lcd + overhead projector.