2.4 lb - 1024x768 Projector $20 CAD
Not 100% gaming related, but pretty sweet! My basement room now has Mario on a 9ft wide screen.
I was in Value Village (a Goodwill/Salvation Army/St Vincent De Paul
type store)looking through the electronics section when I grabbed a bag
which I thought was a camera case to see what was inside. It was heavy,
so I expected the usual 80's VHS Camcorder, but it turned out to be an
InFocus LP70+ projector! I figured either the bulb was dead or it had
been dropped and wasn't functioning. I took it out of the bag, and the
lens where the light would come out of wasn't there, just a empty
hole... boo. I looked in the bag and there it was without any
scratches... yay!
I inserted the lens into the projector and plugged it into the wall and
it turned on and displayed the Infocus logo, that meant the bulb was
good. By shifting the lens into the right position I could get a in
focus picture! I browsed through the menu system and found the bulb life
counter, it said 87 hours!!!
Price: $20!!!!
Not bad for a 1400 lumen, 1280 x 1024 projector with 3000 hours left on
the bulb, still pinching myself.
My best guess is that it belonged to a company or a small business who
used it occasionally. When the lens broke off they couldn't use it for
meetings/presentations as a broken projector is unprofessional, so they
donated it.
Full specs here.
http://www.amazon.co..._pr_product_top
JVM
I was in Value Village (a Goodwill/Salvation Army/St Vincent De Paul
type store)looking through the electronics section when I grabbed a bag
which I thought was a camera case to see what was inside. It was heavy,
so I expected the usual 80's VHS Camcorder, but it turned out to be an
InFocus LP70+ projector! I figured either the bulb was dead or it had
been dropped and wasn't functioning. I took it out of the bag, and the
lens where the light would come out of wasn't there, just a empty
hole... boo. I looked in the bag and there it was without any
scratches... yay!
I inserted the lens into the projector and plugged it into the wall and
it turned on and displayed the Infocus logo, that meant the bulb was
good. By shifting the lens into the right position I could get a in
focus picture! I browsed through the menu system and found the bulb life
counter, it said 87 hours!!!
Price: $20!!!!
Not bad for a 1400 lumen, 1280 x 1024 projector with 3000 hours left on
the bulb, still pinching myself.
My best guess is that it belonged to a company or a small business who
used it occasionally. When the lens broke off they couldn't use it for
meetings/presentations as a broken projector is unprofessional, so they
donated it.
Full specs here.
http://www.amazon.co..._pr_product_top
JVM
Comments
Originally posted by: JVM
...I browsed through the menu system and found the bulb life counter, it said 87 hours!!!
Price: $20!!!!
Not bad for a 1400 lumen, 1280 x 1024 projector with 3000 hours left on the bulb, still pinching myself.
Which one is it?
Amazing. That guy should do 720p too right?
Yes, and slightly better in the vertical resolution, it'll do SXGA, it has a DVI input, so you can hook up a computer and play emulated games as well.
HDTV 720
1280 x 720
1 Megapixel
922k
SXGA
1280
He means the bulb has 87 elapsed hours and 3000 remaining.
Thanks!!