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Fooling LCD Projector, install any lightbulb

video Fooling LCD Projector, install any lightbulb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0O13IOBXX0

here is short video... you have LCD projector, and he have bad original lamp inside, when you tried to put another lightbulb that is not for projector, your projector shuts down after 10 sec because the damn thing knows that there is no original lamp inside, they did that system to make you buy original lamp that could cost 200$ or more, here si simple hack how to put any lamp and save monney, my new lightbulb cost me about 1.20$ and Im watching movies on big screen last year and half!

NOTE: IT WORKS FOR ALL PROJECTORS NO MATTER MODEL OR BRAND!!!

7 comments

Mar 11, 2012. 7:29 PMrapidkhan says:

it dosen't work for my toshiba :(

Mar 17, 2012. 1:25 PMmrworf (author) says:

sorry to hear that.. :(

Nov 27, 2011. 1:30 PMMr_Anderson says:

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGH

what was wrong with the word

"UNPLUG"

????

As soon as i deplane i'll try this for myself.
i think using any old bulb is a great idea! my work has over 50 projectors. this might come in handy!

Jul 27, 2011. 6:02 AMBlackice504 says:

Hi all i do not have a projector but found the subject matter interesting as i have often thought about the bubls in these things and how dare companies charge so much for a light so in the interest of sticking it to the man here is a solution i come up with and it cost like 20 or less if you just get the LED it self

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10W-DC-12V-880LM-White-Waterproof-LED-Flood-Light-Lamp-/250848654752?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a67beb5a0

the link is to a 10 Watt led what so special about it?

its FLAT it would fit nice in a projector with some modding, and projectors already have a cooling system, the led can be 100% white light and that is the real goal with the projector globes to get them white the other fact is its only 10watts, plus been Flat it can fit in a small spot as long as there is some metal or heatsink behind it, the Xenon Star leds or Xenon globes well there not flat they also need lenses and special mounting ect. the mount on this led is very simple. Anyway thanks for this instructable i will look at it in future when i get a projector.

Jun 11, 2011. 1:25 AM

claudiopolis says:

Good info on some projectors but while this method applies to most of them there are different ones. For instance, some DLP projectors have a photodiode inside the light tunnel. Fooling the projector to work without an original lamp isn't hard. What's hard is to replace that with a proper light source that's both cheap, powerful and lasting. THAT's the real challenge. I still struggle with LED lights with little success so far.

For other users interested in this, this is my reference site when it comes to modding projectors: http://www.allinbox.com/modding.htm

These guys use XENON bulbs (the ones used in car headlights) successfully. I might give that a try someday.

Jun 9, 2011. 6:26 AMSoksume says:

. . . . Except for the fact your normal light bulb puts out less than half the lumens resulting in a very dim image at any distance.

Jun 9, 2011. 9:29 AMmrworf (author) says:

yeah.. you are right, but i watched movies on 2 x 1.4 meter screen but it was still good enogh to watch, you can also put 200W lightbulb, but i found here only 24V 200W lightbulb and i dont have power suply for it.. Im making now power suply for that voltage to have enough power, and im sure it will be bright enough! But the point of this video is how to make projector running without original lamp.. That was main problem about whole thing.. thnx for comment!