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  <title>Make a Hundred Inch Screen for Under a Hundred Bucks</title>

  <description><![CDATA[ Although the title sounds like an Ebay auction that offers you 10 foot TVs for $2.99, this howto from Projector Central really does deliver a thorough walk through on constructing a projector screen yourself.  The article details, in 7 steps, how you can create a 100 inch, 16:9 screen for $98.50. <br><br>

Here's the criteria they were after, from the article:<br><br><em>
    It must be cheap. Total budget for all materials to make a 100" diagonal 16:9 screen, including frame, must be less than $100.<br><br>

    It must be simple and quick to assemble. We did not want to make a lifetime hobby out of making a screen. We wanted the materials to be easy to find, and we wanted to put it together in less than two hours of invested labor.
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    It must be easy to install. We wanted a no muss, no fuss solution with a fixed frame that we could hang on a wall in a matter of minutes.
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    It must perform!!! We had no delusions that we could invest a hundred bucks and a couple hours labor and come up with a screen that would match the quality of the Stewart screens we use in the projection labs. But how close could we come? That was the challenge. And as you will see below, the results were surprisingly good. 
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If the cost of the screen is what's been holding you back from buying a <a href="http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Find-a-Home-Theatre-Projector-with-this-Exhaustive-Database">projector</a>, perhaps a frugal DIY solution such as this one will be your tipping point.

<br><br>Article: <a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com/diy_screen.htm">Make a 100" Screen for under $100</a>]]></description>

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  <title>Find a Home Theatre Projector with this Exhaustive Database</title>

  <description><![CDATA[ ProjectorCentral has a large projector database with an extensive criteria filter that enables you to find the projector that works best in your space.  If you're planning a home theatre setup, you'll want to know which projectors will work with your available real estate.  Feed the site the distance the projector will be from the wall as well as the desired image size and you'll receive a list of suitable units.  There is a plethora of other filtering options available too; price,  brightness, HDTV compatibility, PC card reader and so forth.    
Also worth checking out is the site's <a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com/home-theater-multimedia-projectors.htm">top 20</a> overall projectors.]]></description>

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  <title>Beautiful Oil Lamp Shadow Projector</title>

  <description><![CDATA[ There's just something appealing in the warmth of a <a href="http://www.househacker.com/permanent/Rechargeable-Flickering-Votive-Candles">candle's</a>  flicker, perhaps more so for those of us unfortunate enough to be experiencing the first hit of old man winter.  People of all climates, however, can appreciate the beauty of these stainless steel oil lamp shadow projectors, by Adam Frank.  The projected shadow size is "adjustable", obviously dependent on the base's distance from the wall.  The site claims this to be the first in a series.  The fuel cells lasts 17 hours.]]></description>

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  <title>DIY LCD Projector</title>

  <description><![CDATA[ So this guy combines an overhead projector and LCD projector panel, throws in a screen and for under $175, he's watching sweet, sweet big screen projected video.  See also: Tom's Hardware <a href="http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20041113/">version</a>.]]></description>

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