Up until recently LED’s were rejected by both professional and DIY Projector Builders. But recent advancements in LED technology and pricing means that it is now possible to create ultra-bright natural looking images from LED’s
They have the advantage over traditional HQI or MH bulbs in that the heat they produce is dissipated from the rear. This means a simple heatsink and a low-power low-noise fan can be used the disperse the excess heat This leads to a cooler and quieter projector
Check out Tian’s post over at the Lumenlab forums for details of his 896 LED Array which is powering his projector He was selling these arrays on ebay for just over $100 but he has stopped now, shouldn’t be too hard to build one yourself, all the diagrams and parts are listed on the forum thread along with a huge reading list of reference material
In the meantime here are some more LED Projector links for you to check out….
DIYPC Forum Thread - Great thread with a very similar setup, lots of pictures
Mitsubishi Pocket Projector - Commercial LED DLP Projector
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