Welcome to the group!

I don't have your answers, however I do have a solution to your
problem with not being able to read DOC files. You should try
OpenOffice, it is "open source" software and its free!
http://www.openoffice.org/

it will open most MS Office files...

Good luck and have fun!

--- In DIYProjectionTV@yahoogroups.com, "Joyce" <grynmoors@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> New member here just wanting to pop on and say HI and TY for this
> wealth of information!!!
>
> I've been playing around with the fresnel tv projector thing recently
> experimenting with all kinds of stuff on my own but nothing is working
> to my satisfaction. I figured there's probably a way to get this to
> focus better so did a bit of Googling and found this egroup. TY for
> being here.
>
> Some of the designs and ideas are just wonderful! Can't wait to try
> them out.
>
> I don't have MS Word on my computer so I'm not able to read some of
> the ".doc" files in the files sections. If someone can make those to
> .pdf, that would be freaking awesome.
>
> My main problem is focus and "glare". The light is like spilling over,
> washing everything out, making it all fuzzy. I tried different things
> to correct this. One of them being making a panel and putting it in
> front of the lens with a smaller hole. This helped by giving me a much
> more focused image, but the image was too dark to make it fun to watch.
>
> I was contemplating getting a polarizing filter to see if that would
help.
>
> Part of my problem is using a cheap 330mm lens. I know I have to get
> a better one.
>
> I didn't know about the baffle, I'll give that a try.
>
> Question 1) My research tells me that "the shorter the focal length,
> the stronger the lens" is. Would a 200mm lens not be better than the
> 300-500mm lens that's been talked about here?
>
> Question 2) Flipping the vertical/horizontal connections on the TV:
> Will I be able to read words displayed on the screen after projection
> (do words appear correctly on the screen)?
>
> Thank you so much. I hope I have not asked questions that have already
> been asked...I tried searching, but nothing came up.
>
> Joyce
>