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Originally Posted by luke_t Well, due to a lack of impatience I decided to try and buy another monitor from that well known worldly pc retailer... 
I purchased their cheapest 14" tft, and i'm glad I did... it fits almost perfectly onto the projector giving 97% of the screen without cutting anything off the projector.
Its still not perfect as the light distribution around the projector seems to be stronger at one end than the other, but apart from that I am very happy with it.
incedently this non branded 14" tft had the same samsung inards as the Samsung 152V I originally purchased.
Here is a picture of the thing running, I'm still a little concerned about the max temperature that the screen should be running at... if anyone has any information on this I'd really appreciate it.
Also any suggestions on colour balance settings etc would be great.
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Superb, I'm glad you have the chance to use a 14" LCD. I really want to try one myself. Theoretically they will be slightly darker as they dont catch as much light, but that can be easily offset later with another bulb should you wish
Do you know if the LCD is good for gaming?
If you like the LCD and think it worthy, can you post its details in the "Good LCDs for the Home Made Projector project" thread please
http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29076
You aren't alone, the light distribution on my OHP is brighter from 1/2 way down to the bottom of the screen. Its not noticable in most situations though.
I had a quick look to see why and the bulb filament doesnt sit in the centre of the reflector behind it. Mine needs a mod to move it into place, you may be able to adjust yours without any trouble?
I'm not going to fix this problem though as I am about to fit a new bulb type and set that up instead.
The cooling you have seems fairly effective. For Summer use it may be wise to blow air on top of the LCD too. Your operating temps are considerably lower than mine, well done.
I played with the colours for a long time and have come the conclusion not to change the colours or contrast on the LCD. Leaving them alone makes for a more natural looking picture. I make any adjustments to colour in Windows with the NVidia drivers now.
The one thing that brought the most drastic change to the colours was to use a proper screen. Since using a good screen, I hardly have to make any adjustments. A little digital vibrance here, a wee tad of gamma there is all it needs. Your mileage may vary, but I found it really tough to find a good set of colour tweaks that worked for everything while using a bad projection screen
Colour tweaking is personal though and also likely to be a different experience on different hardware.
It would be nice to know what you settle on.