Review of Sources Part II : The Rest

This part should be significantly shorter than the last one.  In this, I will review my sources for materials.  The reviews will be pretty short, as purchasing items are typically pretty straightforward...even in cases of small amounts of uranium...*cough*Amazon*cough*. Possible plots of world domination aside, here are the reviews:

Playstation 3 Eye

Yes, the source is Wikipedia.  But the Sony website does not provide very much information on the unit, comparatively.  The NUI group (mentioned in the last post) strongly recommends this camera for infrared detection, housing many threads full of tutorials on making it work to that purpose. While it is not the best camera for the task, it is more than adequate, and is the most cost-effective (retailing at $40 USD).  I plan on utilizing at least two for my project (if I ever actually build the thing).

Sony Bravia 52-inch LCD

This is by no means a final decision on the TV I will use, nor is it some crazy attempt for me to rake in advertising money (though I have looked at Google Adsense on one occasion...).  I simply had to make a decision on the TV, and I typed in 52-inch LCD, and picked the cheapest.  Thus, the TV.  For the TV, I will have to remove any IR blocking filter, which, if I recall, would only be the white opaque filter.  A filter that is not always placed in an LCD anyway.  I wouldn't know until I opened up the thing.

DigiKey

Again, not an endorsement, but if MaximumPC felt they were good enough for their LEDs, so do I.  According to the NUI group, the LEDs required should be between 40° and 60°, so as to allow the infrared waves to bounce around, but not leak out.  An LED that meets the required specifications(of which there are more), is the Osrams SFH-4350, which DigiKey sells.