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ecrabb · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

If the machine is in working condition and the tubes are usable then it should have ranged from $4K (average to some wear on tubes) to $6-7K for minty tubes.

C'mon, tell them. You're really going to piss off a lot of people. It'll be fun. Wink

Kal

Chuchuf · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 548

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

I've looked at the lenses sticky thread and they look like either hd-10's or hqf-900's. How do I tell them apart?

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

Due to the shape of my room I'm stuck with a small screen. The one I have is only 72" wide and I have room for 86" max width without moving some plumbing. If I move a vent pipe I can get up to 96" wide.

**kal** · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject:

Move the vent pipe. That thing will be plenty bright at 96" wide. I've got a similar projector but 8" and am getting almost 14 ft/L on a 96" wide screen of around 1.1 gain (measured bounced off the screen, 100IRE 10% windowed pattern).

Kal

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

Maybe I want to find a Moome box and get rid of the hdmi switcher and the fury. What are other people using with this PJ? My sources are all hdmi.

**kal** · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

HDfury and Moome's EXT-HD are pretty much the only two options for Barco's that are currently being sold. And the EXT-HD is currently sold out with no news of the next batch.

Kal

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

I think I need a new avatar to show how happy I am with this thing. Mr. Green

And I'm off the the Padre game tonite. Life is good. Wink

Bruce 09 · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject:

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

Wow... some of that stuff is too expensive for me. I'm on a low budget and only got this PJ because it was SO cheap. I'll be sticking with low dollar stuff, my ex and 3 kids get most of my money. My existing screen is pretty small, I think 1080i will be okay for a while.

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

How does that iris camera work and what exactly does it do? Does it do the convergence and keep it tuned up or?

Ile · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:

Those cameras wont do very good job with geometry and convergence. There was some Iris menu (in installation menu I think), then it flash few minutes some grids and outcome sucks. So I removed camera and Iris2 board from my 808s, unused decoder board had same destiny. Very Happy

1209s lenses are usually HD120, those should be rebadged HD10GT17.

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

Here's a picture of that $600.00 green tube.... Wink

Sorry about the flash, but it's still dark here. Darn thing came with a whole projector attached to it.... Laughing

**kal** · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

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jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

My screen is 72" wide and the seating is between 18 & 22 ft from the screen.

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

So... is that tube a 7 or 8?

**kal** · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:36 pm Post subject:

Wow, you're sitting x3 screen widths away? That's pretty far back. You may be able to get away with the scanlines then.
I'm twice as close: My first row is about 12-13 feet from an 8 foot wide screen.

Kal

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

I know it's a long way from the screen, but most of the harem prefers that distance.