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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Big Screen Projector from tiny LCD TV ?
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Date: 20 Aug 90 05:06:44 GMT
Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
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<>	   The filter looks like ordinary thick, bluish-tint glass that
<>	   just _loves_ to shatter :-( 
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<>	   Heat should not be the problem. (I can get a 200Watt 12V lamp)
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<Heating the glass isn't the problem.  The problem is the liquid crystal
<BETWEEN the two layers of glass.  They generally don't work well at
<high (or low) temperatures.
<--
<Eric L. Smith      Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those
<esmith@apple.com   of my employer, friends, family, computer, or even me!  :-)
<

	Greetings. That's the point! The IR filter removes almost
	all of the heat, so all that gets to the LCD layer is pure
	white light - the best kind :-)

	(I have feeling I am going to _have_ to try this....;-)
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