I just ordered a 15" TFT monitor and an overhead projector... can you guess what Im gonna do? thats right, Im going to build a projector. It may be to soon to start telling you guys this as I probably wont have the stuff until next week, but Im too excited. Ill keep you posted, and Ill take some pictures.

putting that tax refund to work already. 

I dont know if anyone is paying attention to this thread or not, but heres my update: Today I officially said "screw it". The LCD screen arrived today, and upon taking it apart, I discovered that the circuit boards covered part of the screen, thus making it impossible to project through. So, naturally I decided to put it back together thinking "well, at least I have a nice LCD monitor now", But NO!!!! one of the flat ribbon cables that connect the board to the the LCD panel became unatached. so now, I have a broken LCD monitor, and an ancient overhead projector for wich I have no use and Im out over $200! this has been a horrible experience and one I wish never to repeat. There is no curse word in the english language that adaquately describes my feeling tward the whole notion of building this projector. However, I still believe it is possible, but I do not intent to try again as I am thouroughly disgusted. It was my fault, and my idea to try, and it was my money, I have noone to blame but myself. sorry for the long winded post, but I had to let my frustration out somwhere.

P.S. I also got a nasty shock when I was fiddling around with the thing while it was turned on. Thing is, I didnt notice that I was being shocked untill I smelled the burning flesh on my thumb. must have deadned the nerve endings or something. I'm okay though, only a very small area was affected.

I guess I dont have as much electronics experience as some people. I didnt really have a problem assembling the projector, the only reason it didnt work was because of the circuit board placement. the big problem occured when I was trying to put the monitor back together, and accidentily broke one of the connections from the board to the LCD panel. my last post was made right after I discovered that it was broken, so I was a tad angery. I may try it again, but probably not anytime soon. I would like to use one of the monitors that are recomended on tomshardware.com wich is where this idea came from, then I know it would work. As for the shock, it still dosnt hurt, it must be completely cooked.