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HowTo: Convert Your Old Laptop into a Projector

Mar 4, 2010 11:45 PM

Wish you had $1000 to throw down for a projector? Well, if you have an old laptop lying around instead, here is a simple way to cheaply build your own digital projector. Lifehacker posts a HowTo excerpted from DIYer Randy Sarafan's 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer: (And Other Discarded Electronics). Materials and equipment for a projector setup, including a light source, cardboard box, and a list of instructions.

You Will Need:

LCD monitor or laptop with a broken backlight
Mini screwdriver set
Cardboard box, the same height as the projector bed
Overhead projector (available on eBay or Craigslist, or at Office Max)
Small fan
four 1/2" spacers
DVDs!

Click through to Lifehacker for the full HowTo.

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