is this a worthwhile venture ?

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while dropping-off a 13"tv at the dump i managed to bring home the lower half of a sony kp-46v15 rear projection tv.
there is nothing of the mirror or upper part of the cabinet nor screen.
all the functions work and i have the lenses focused at max length and the whole thing tipped to project on the ceiling of the garage.
i already angled the outside guns to a point that i could use the convergence feature.
looks kinda funky projected onto stucco and even if i get the convergence good in the settings when i go to source the rgb are still quite separated.
hmmmm......does this mean that the focal length is somewhere inbetween the lens and ceiling and the separation of rgb i see at the ceiling would be greater even farther out ?
seeing as i have nothing into it wrt $$........... would it be worth the time and effort --for a hardcore tweaker :)-- to make a real projector from it ?
no component video but does have s-video.
i have a friend who is a hardcore astronomer that could help with the optics issues.
could i boost the lumens with superbright leds ?
thanks for any help.

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Topic - is this a worthwhile venture ? - snkby 22:02:59 08/06/02 (8)

Get your astro buddy to grind 6 20 deg prisms. - lwang 21:20:14 08/07/02 (3)

i thought there might be off-shelf replacement - snkby 21:31:12 08/07/02 (2)

I thought you were removing the whole assembly to use as FPTV - lwang 21:34:30 08/07/02 (1)

lololol ! he saw some 15"pvc in my garage and he couldnt - snkby 21:39:44 08/07/02 (0)

No - Lasermeister 12:02:18 08/07/02 (1)

could you please describe what measures would need - snkby 18:53:01 08/07/02 (0)

Re: is this a worthwhile venture ? - mikebake 07:39:21 08/07/02 (1)

lololololol ! just a bad case of tweakitis. :) nt - snkby 09:05:17 08/07/02 (0)

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