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Projectors, Speeders, Fan-art liability, and other issues
drventure:
Ah didn't see the "for mame, for a build" part.
Nah, don't think I'd bother with one there.
Le Chuck:
Hrmm... disappointing to say the least. What about wireless VGA, anybody messed with that? I have an idea but it is 90% less cool with a monitor attached to the build and 100% less cool with cables.
wanimal:
If you planned on putting one in a cabinet that would be a no go. They get way too hot to be in enclosed areas for any sort of extended period.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: wanimal on April 28, 2012, 11:45:28 pm ---If you planned on putting one in a cabinet that would be a no go. They get way too hot to be in enclosed areas for any sort of extended period.
--- End quote ---
Seems like "they" oughta come up with some sort of small mechanical solution to help channel heat away from sensitive components in enclosed spaces...
drventure:
A pedestal build with a projector built in could be kind of cool, assuming you could get the keystoning correct for the projection angle (and I'm betting that wouldn't be a problem).
But wanimal is right, they get frickin' hot!
I bought (and returned) one of these at one point.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=683807&Q=&is=REG&A=details
Pros
- they're SUPER small (intended for portable use with laptops)
- super bright image (I had no problems seeing the screen with full sun and lights on in the room).
- Seems to do a fine job with computer displays
- LED and lasers means there's no halogen bulb to burn out. Supposedly a very long life for the things and more robust to boot.
Cons
- The picture doesn't do movies justice AT ALL. Not sure how emulated 8bit arcade games would look on
- there's no lens adjustment at all, you have to mount the thing perfectly straight.
- The lens is pretty minimal, so you don't have near the number of options of screensize/throw length, etc that you do with the bigger projectors.
Short version, I didn't like the picture quality for movies, so I returned it, but just about everything else was passable or better.
Might be an option.