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Projection TV for <$20

679 Views 14 Replies 12 Participants Last post by ianken, Oct 28, 2004

JPinTO

Discussion Starter · Oct 27, 2004

No idea what this is, but it looks pretty funny.

http://www.lifesizetv.com/index.php

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Marissadad

· #2 · Oct 27, 2004

It's just a fresnel lens that you place inside a box and attach to a display device. Just for kicks, I bought one of these off Ebay a couple of years ago for about $8 and it was worthless.

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JPinTO

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 27, 2004

So you are saying that this image really isn't plausible with their "secret box"?

http://www.lifesizetv.com/images/ani.gif

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Mattammo

· #4 · Oct 27, 2004

Maybe AVS needs to add a "sub $50.00" category to the forum.

I would post, and then make sure my wife noticed it.

She might buy it for a while! LOL

Mattammo

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There's been some discussion before on this setup. It apparently works to some extent (not anything like those pics though). You end up with a device about as big and attractive as a washing machine to stuff between your home theater seating. WAF of about -10.

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amrod

· #6 · Oct 27, 2004

my friend bought one and we tried to build it (from ebay) and the TV had to be like 1' away from the wall in a dark room and it was super fuzzy, it was a good waste of a afternoon. The TV also has to be upside down and brightness turned up to the max

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Ericbres

· #7 · Oct 27, 2004

Sounds like they have the perfect return policy though ...

They quote 60 days AND 30 days within 8 lines of each other on the FAQ page. Nice work ...

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Marissadad

· #8 · Oct 27, 2004

The focus is next to impossible as well. I tried sandwiching it between 2 sheets of glass from picture frames and still couldn't get it to work.

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Insider

· #9 · Oct 27, 2004

Save the money on the plans. I fooled around with this when I was 11 or 12: if only the internet was around then, I'd be getting rich off it. Any how, the results were less than stellar and I was projecting onto a glass bead screen.

If you want to go the DIY route, visit diyaudio.com. Their video forum has a section on building DIY LCD projectors--those have a good shot at working if you are willing to invest the time into it.

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jeffleonard

· #10 · Oct 27, 2004

You will have more fun with the fresnel lens if you went around burning everything in sight. Giant magnifying glass fun! I suppose you could make a Death Star with a big enough fresnel lens.

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JPinTO

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 27, 2004

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Originally posted by amrod
my friend bought one and we tried to build it (from ebay) and the TV had to be like 1' away from the wall in a dark room and it was super fuzzy, it was a good waste of a afternoon. The TV also has to be upside down and brightness turned up to the max

LMAO! Sounds like a great product.

These guys are a riot putting up a really legit looking website to con people.

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edwardr132

· #12 · Oct 28, 2004

I have to admit I tried it too when thinking about buying a projector. For kicks, I bought a $5 freznel lens from Office Depot; Then turned my 27" huge TV upside down and tried all sorts of ways to watch it. I figured out that while it sort of works in a out on a stretch beyond all imagination kind of way; the picture is too fuzy and the TV needs to be a completely flat Tube to enhance the focusing. You would also need to purchase a high-power screen so that you can actually even see the picture. No matter how much money you spend on it, the picture will be crap though. I even bought a large 25" freznel lens to test that to see if that would enhance the quality. It did absolutely no good at all. I am even embarrassed writing this post. Thank goodness the Infocus X1 came around and at a decent price. Made it much easier for my wife to swallow when she knew I absolutely wouldn't back down and had to get a projector for our own. I did try the 25" freznel lens on my computer monitor and it really did turn the 20" viewable computer monitor into a 22-23 inch bigger monitor. What is really neat about the large freznel lens though is that it "enhances" the 3D effect in computer games. I don't use it on a regular basis, but it really is a neat effect. I bought the 25" freznel lens at a equipment for the blind website at a really cheap price; under $50.

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Sonikku

· #13 · Oct 28, 2004

I always sort of knew these lens were crap. But even in the best case scenario that you get all of this working: You'll still be blowing up 480i material to a huge size. Yuck.

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dty

· #14 · Oct 28, 2004

I'm buying one, hooking it up to my X1, selecting presentation mode (of course).

And trying to burn a hole through my wall

YEA BABY!!!

we got the kids a insect trap thing from discovery and it has a very thick magnifying glass, burns your hand in seconds.

Tried to find it online and couldnt, but I did find this

Hmmm, lemme see if daddy is really my dad?
http://shopping.discovery.com/stores...tnumber=698795

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