Make an iPod Video Projector

Step 3 Lights down

In order to see anything it must be dark in the room.

Comments

[sinrockets]

Maybe ill make one and add a bunch of like 5 or 6 leds and maybe get a better projection?

[im3733]

That would just wash out your image. because the color comes from the lcd, and adding leds outside the lcd would be no different than trying to watch it in a brightly lit room.

[beehard44]

he light source must come from the screen or else you'll just end up with a bad image. The light passes through the LCD to get filtered out to it's individual colors.

[vincent7520]

Love this QAD (quick and dirty) instructables !!!…
No fuss, no perfection … just an excellent idea put into use as soon as it comes with whatever is in the attic or at the rear of the garage …

Moreover it revives those old movies parties we had when I was a kid. All curtains had to be drawn and it felt like "cinema at home" … was much better than TV or so we thought for a brief moment of our childhood !…

Excellent !…

[tanntraad]

Thanks!
I agree on that "cinema at home" feeling. At only half your age, I still have some of my childhood on slides. No amount of mega pixels can beat that.

[thebeltshelf]

how big is the projection?

[vincent7520]

this you should ask the author : I only posted a comment on his / her project … 

[vincent7520]

How nice is your answer …
The only true life in this world in when we are kids !!!!…

Lately I found slides that my father took of my sister and I back in 1961 in Macedonia, Kosovo, and Montenegro with al those monuments intact (who could guess a war would rage 30 years later ?). These pics are the best memories in my life … although I did a lot of traveling, lived in the US, sailed on various part on the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic …
Butt the "naive" touch is still remembered best.

generations after generations life / emotions are still the same…

[Paintballer98]

dude what is up with that picture for step 3

[junits15]

Its a hot girl with stickers on her body...why in the world are you questioning it?!

[Jimmy Proton]

I immediatly wet to step 3 when I saw that comment. lol

[Paintballer98]

because people tend to avoid this stuff

[mg0930mg]

Only 12 year olds.

[junits15]

that came out mean....it wasn't supposed to be :|

[junits15]

who...who avoids 1/2 naked girls?

[Jimmy Proton]

I DONT!!!!

[crimson shadow]

how big is the projection?

[Nimer11]

The new Ipod touch has a very high pixel density, the "Retina Display"
It also has a very bright backlight, as compared to other devices/previous Ipod touches. Since the screen size is larger,has a nice resolution and is quite bright, won't this work better with the 4th gen Ipod touch ?

Assuming I use lenses from good magnifying glasses, a a method to make the distance between the mirror and the lenses adjustable,and an Ipod 4th gen realistically how many inches can this thing output for things to be watchable in pitch dark room.

[Basement_Modder]

Meh, I'd rather sacrifice an ipod and pull off the reflective layer on the back of the LCD glass/ backlight assembly, mount the LCD, and use an LED with high lumens (The giant ones) for light, then make an adjustable lens tube so that you can use it like a real projector.

Then again, better to use a screen that accepts other inputs, just to make it worthwhile.

[daniel.b]

if you move it back wont the vid out put be bigger

[TommyJ221994]

yer but it will loose quality

[emihackr97]

and loose brightness. You don't want that

[daiatlus79]

thats why u make the lens in the tube adjustable... as in being able to focus..

[cody777]

true but if you go to far even with a focus lens it will get blury and dim

[tanntraad]

Well, not blurry unless you go so far that you exceed the focus range. By then your image is maybe 200" or more and would appear very dim.

[daiatlus79]

yeah i guess.  mine is somewhat adjustable so its not too bad... i use it with my zvue 260, as my ipod nano 3rd gen has a rather small screen

[cody777]

 mine is limited to about 3 or 4 feet across but its probably the lenses i used
they from a magnifying glass

[Switz]

This is great and I have seen it before. While I have never done this, I know a lot about DIY-Projectors. The reason it can't be too big is because of the backlight. If you try to make it too big, it will be very dim. I am surprised about how much this is lit up. The mirror helps, but to some extent.

[iguanadeath]

A front faced mirror should improve the quality and lighting issue some

[pyromanizak]

do you think the lens of a video camera would work

[mae-kitty]

 I used a 300mm lens from an old SLR camera laying around, it worked fine, i got up to 40 inches without loosing quality

[fergal]

this is well cool. now all i need is to get some supplies to make it. thanks so much man.

[gizmo_ult]

great thing to do for the ipod now all i have to do is buy some supplies to make it xD

[Reeper]

What better use for this project then to watch realistic porn, heh nice

[Tomcat94]

Hahahaha! That just made my day. LOL!

[boomystuffisfun]

Get a girlfriend man.

[Turnip123]

Get a sex drive, every guy watches porn, girlfriend or not.

[jan007magic]

i think it would be better if the output vid is bigger... "SUPERSIZE IT" ......