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- From: dstamp@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Dave Stampe-Psy+Eng)
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- Subject: Re: TECH: Projecting LCD panels
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- Date: 19 Jul 92 13:55:15 GMT
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- vicorp!ron@uunet.UU.NET (Ron Peterson) writes:
-
- >>I have heard that it is possible to project the
- >>image from a LCD panel (such as that found in a pocket TV) by integrating
- >>it with a slide projector and adding a cooling fan. Has anyone tried this?
-
- > Heat is a problem because some lcds are sensitive to it. Mine tended
- > to fade to blank after about half an hour, after which I had to let
- > it cool for a few minutes to get the image to reappear.
-
- Commercial models usually have an infrared filter between the lamp and
- the panel, and a carefully designed airflow cooling system for the panel.
- Even with this, it's hard to keep the contrast high. LCDs have a VERY
- narrow operating temperature range.
-
- >You can buy B&W lcd panels made to sit on top of overhead projectors.
-
- Also color ones. The problem with the color panels is that they tend
- to be VERY dark: the TFT technology, while fast, block a lot of light.
- I've used TFT panels which need a 15 W flourescent backlight: enough
- to light a small room, but the image is only fairly well lit.
-
- >Also, some (all? the ones Radio Shack sells anyway) of the lcd tv's
- >today seem to use a different type of lcd and so are constructed
- >without a backlight. If they can be backlit it means cutting a hole
- >in the case of the tv (at the least) or rearranging its internal
- >components when removed from the case (at worst.)
-
- Non-backlit panels (with mirrors) CANNOT be made transmissive with
- good results. Problem is the way the optics (mirrors and polarizers)
- are set up. Of course, if you really want to wreck a couple experimenting
- and add your own polarizers...
-
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