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Home Theater sales, calibration, & service!

We sell and service CRT projectors and other home theater products & accessories, including calibration tools for all display types. We also offer hundreds of free home theater tips, as well as a discussion forum! Why CRT? With true blacks, real contrast ratios beyond 40,000:1, and colours that do not drift, people still choose CRT projectors for home theaters and movie mixing studios where HDTV and Blu-ray playback quality is paramount. Carefully refurbished and tested, our projectors will provide you with thousands of problem free hours of service. Since 1985 we have worked on over 5000 projectors and stock lots of spare parts. We offer trade-ins and can advise on what's best for you!

Radiance: Top of the line video processing
The EyeOne Pro 3 with ChromaPure: High performance calibration has never been so affordable!
Darbee: Image enhancement done right Add an HDMI 1.3 input card to your CRT projector to watch Blu-Ray and HD at up to 1080p FULLHD!

Latest News

Add 3D to your TV/projector - NEW LOWER PRICE
May 9, 2013

No 3D? No problem! Don't replace your perfectly good HDTV. Simply add a 3D-Theatre and glasses!

We've substantially dropped the price on the 3D-Theater and RF glasses to make adding 3D more affordable than ever before.

Included in our bundles are newly redesigned, high end, completely adjustable RF glasses with emitter. RF means they are completely immune to interference and do not require line of sight.

The 3D-Theatre supports the most common 3D signal types including frame-packing, side-by-side, top-bottom. It is firmware updatable so that new features can be added in the future as needed.

Completely plug & play. Simply add the 3D-Theatre between your source and the display. Works on all 720p (or better) HD displays. Upgrade to 3D at a fraction of the cost of buying a new display.

Enjoy the latest 3D movies such as The Hobbit, Wizard of Oz, Avatar, Titanic, Life of Pi, and more! Also available are 3D sports and shows on ESPN 3D and SKY 3D.

Reviews/Testimonials

"No ghosting on the image and the 3D effect on my 120" screen is out of this world... This blows the Movie Cinema's away, when you can set this up on a big screen. And I love the added bonus of taking the 3D-Theatre to anyone's house to enjoy 3D since it works on any display. What more can I say except I am glad Optoma delayed their product since the 3D-Theatre is 110 times better and supports ALL formats (unlike the 3D-XL) So if your thinking of making the move to 3D but can't afford a 3DTV, or heck, why even bother buying a 3DTV when you can use the 3D-Theatre with your existing TV and/or projector ... PRICELESS" - Ian

"ONE WORD! AWESOME!!! Don't let the small size or the very basic appearance of the 3D-Theater sway you in any way! It's the performance of this little box that really impressed me. After waiting quite some time for the 3D-XL to come out which still hasn't shipped in any volume I decided to get this instead, and sure glad I did. It is super simple to setup and works perfect with the PS3 and also with my WD TV Live media player for playing SBS 3D files. I have it hooked up to my Optoma GT720 120hz 3D Ready short throw and watching 3D Blu-Ray on a 135" screen is simply breathtaking! Get one you won't be disappointed!" - John

Questions? Email us at 3Dexperts@curtpalme.com

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Radiance Mini Spring Sale
May 8, 2013

Our last Radiance Mini sale so successful, we've decided to have another!

For a limited time the Radiance Mini video processor has been reduced in price. Bundle with a DarbeeVision Darblet Image Enhancer for even greater savings.

Prices are in effect until end of June. Supplies are limited. We ship worldwide.

See the absolute best Radiance video processing coupled with the newest DarbeeVision imagine enhancement technology that has videophiles and critics raving.

Lumagen has told us they will not be integrating DarbeeVision technology into the RadianceMini-3D. We are offering this sale so our customers can take advantage of Lumagen and Darbee technology at a special low cost.

For complete details or to order, see our Radiance order page.

Questions? Email us at: lumagen@curtpalme.com

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CRT Projectors & Parts for sale
May 5, 2013

See our CRT Primer to read why CRT projectors are still used where reliability and picture quality is paramount. Our Projector Rankings page will show you how they stack up. Not sure what projector is right for you? Email Curt for help!

I've spent the better parts of April out of town in Northern BC and on a road trip to San Diego, Scottsdale and back, buying many new projectors that will be listed on the website within a month. I've decided that it's time to liquidate a bunch more of the older projector stock, parts, and tubes thereof, as there's been very little call for these types of sets in recent years. I have bought a huge stock of new in the box 9" tubes that I will be listing soon, so now is the time to make room in the shop for their arrival.

I know there are still a bunch of you that are running older 7" ES focusing sets like the Sony 12XX series, Barco 800, 801, Ampros, Electrohome ECP and also the NEC PG and PG+ sets (yes, the NECs are EM focusing!). At this time, I am going to reduce my parts stock by about 75%, and am also going to be selling a lot of tubes on eBay for very low pricing. If you're still running one or more of these older sets, and want a stock of backup parts for them, email me to let me know what you want.  I can either sell boards as-is, right off my parts shelf for almost nothing, or I can test the parts before I sell them in a working set here for a bit more, to cover my time spent testing them. Almost all boards in my stock were good when I put them on the shelf, but some have been sitting there for 8+ years. I do have some boards such as Sony 127X series deflection boards with cracks in them, which I'll give away for parts use only, for the cost of shipping. That's what I was saving them for, and I did indeed strip a couple of boards over the years for the hard to find transistors, and coils, etc. I will be keeping a very small selection of ES focusing parts in stock to keep my customers going, but since most CRT users have upgraded to 8 and 9" sets, it's time to dump most of my stock of the lower end sets.

As for tubes, I have dozens of red (mostly) and green SD-130 and SD187 tubes, with a small selection of 07MS tubes as well. Sadly, no good blue tubes at this point, they're long gone. Some have fungus, all have good phosphor, and defungusing a tube is an easy process, although it takes about an hour to do. I don't want to spend the time to bring them up to full operating condition, so a tube with fungus in it will be literally no charge, just cover packing and shipping charges. Buy multiples if you want, these Sony tubes ship well.

I'll be listing  full sets of NEC PG and PG+ tubes on eBay. I have some that are new in the box, and I will be listing some reds and blues individually, as I have more of those than I have green tubes. Again, very cheap pricing.

I have some lightly worn 9" tubes in Barco and Marquee housings that I will be listing on eBay as well. Some have 4:3 wear, some have 16:9 wear. All are usable, and may be in better shape than what you currently have, so again, it's a good way to get some backup tubes, or to upgrade your current tubes without spending $1200+ on a brand new one. My eBay listings will be as accurate as possible, but they are used tubes. I will guarantee no DOA, and that they are in the condition that I state they are in. Pictures on eBay will be with and without camera flash, so you can determine whether my tubes are better than yours. Pricing will start very low save for 9" green Marquee tubes, as the dark green C elements are worth more than the tubes themselves.

Lastly, I was fortunate enough to run across a small cache of new in the box 9" Marquee tubes! For a very short time until these 5 tubes are gone, I will be selling brand new (old stock) VDC green tubes by themselves for $650 each. These come with factory yokes and astig magnets, already aligned and set by VDC. They are new in the box, with the plastic cover still intact over the C lens! Each tube comes complete with the plastic shroud assembly, so replacing a tube in a Marquee is as easy as it gets, the whole assembly drops right in. They come in original VDC boxes, and I will double box with more bubble wrap so the tube arrives intact. These tubes are $2200 each from VDC currently, so at $650, they are a great bargain! Planetariums and flight simulators using Marquee projectors, take note! I am selling green tubes for $650 each, and blue and red tubes for $550 each.  If you buy a set of RGB, I'll  bring the price of the green down to $550 per tube. Got a worn tube in your set? Got low emission on 1 tube only? Here's your chance to bring the brightness and punch back to your Electrohome chassis at a fraction of the price from VDC. I double box the tubes and insure them, so you're guaranteed to get an intact tube. Limited supply, these won't last, as I have a slew of new Marquee projectors that came in that I'll be using a bunch of these in as well.

I have gone on a buying spree of more CRT projectors. These include Barco 909, Sony G90, Marquee 9500 and 9500 Ultras, as well as a couple of Runco 1100/Barco 1209s. I've got a couple of Vision 1 and Vision 2s as well.  I did receive a couple of BG808s and Marquee 8500s, and I'll put some new or good used tubes in those before I list them on the website. Feel free to email me if you have any specific requests, but the best thing Is to check eBay regularly, as I'll list a lot of items over the next few weeks.

My eBay ID is ‘audiovideotechnician', and I am trying to list more items daily, as I have the time. As a small aside, I'm also blowing out some later model laptops for cheap. See my eBay summary.

Happy CRTing!

Interested or have questions? Email Curt!

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Blu-ray disc release list and must-have titles. Buy the latest and best Blu-ray titles to show off in your home theater!
Django Unchained 
Jack Reacher 
The Impossible 
Cloud Atlas 
Lincoln 
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 
Rise of the Guardians 
Life of Pi 3D 
Les Misérables 
Zero Dark Thirty 
On the Waterfront 
Wreck-It Ralph 
Argo 
Skyfall 
Frankenweenie 3D 
Total Recall (2012) 
Die Nibelungen (1924) 
Dredd 3D 
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Up - 3D 
Wu Dang 
ParaNorman 
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Men in Black 3 - 3D 
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