Just a quick tip,
In case you hadn't seen this... I've found an off-the-shelf part which makes it very easy to mount a DLP pico kit to a tripod.
For $8 each on Amazon, I got a couple of these:
It's meant to hold an iPhone, but it holds the pico perfectly, without blocking the image at all. Take a look at the attached pics. :]



BTW, here's some fun video of my recent DLP shenanigans:
http://machine-level.com/ej_to_nickpo/ej_siggraph_submission.mov
Cheers, and thanks for a great device,
- ej