Is this possible?

[Madz]

I have a DLP projector that i have not used in a while because the bulb has burned out and I have moved a few times and just never got around to messing with it. It has a 2000 lumen bulb and I was wondering if it is possible to use a LED solution instead? (DIY)

 

[SemiMan]

I have a DLP projector that i have not used in a while because the bulb has burned out and I have moved a few times and just never got around to messing with it. It has a 2000 lumen bulb and I was wondering if it is possible to use a LED solution instead? (DIY)

In a word, No. It is not a 2000 lumen bulb, it is a 2000 lumen projector..... likely about a 15,000 lumen - point source - bulb.


Semiman

 

[lctorana]

15,000 lumen LED?

Easy! You just need one of those new 750-die LED chips. And a 2000 watt heatsink.

 

[LukeA]

15,000 lumen LED?

Easy! You just need one of those new 750-die LED chips. And a 2000 watt heatsink.

And to somehow focus them so all the light passes through an area roughly the size of a pinhead!

 

[Madz]

unfortunately i kinda didnt think it was possible. Im disappointed that there isnt a better/cheaper alternative to that bulb.

 

[lctorana]

Im disappointed that there isnt a better/cheaper alternative to that bulb.

Oh yes indeed.

As far back as overhead projectors and slide projectors, the joke has always been that a $500 machine has a $450 bulb in it.

Which is only a slight exaggeration...