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stefuel
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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[quote="VideoGrabber"]Gary opined:
> dealt with Greg and speaking with him he is certainly on his game and knows the Barco like the back of his hand <
IMO, Greg is a bigger BS'er than any other engineer I've ever known, and incoherent in his written communications 50% of the time (another strange trait for an engineer). But certainly a nice enough fellow, with some good enhancements to offer. He's also really short on followthrough, having promised to share information many times, then failed to do so.
Gary, I'd agree with Walter that doing it yourself would afford you an opportunity to learn a lot, vs. just sending your boards off to be modded, waiting, then dropping them back in. You seem to have time available, though it would be a hit to the immediate gratification aspect. 
Also, I'm a bit concerned that if you don't take the time to get your PJ running first and evaluate it, you won't be in any position to say what kind of gains you see from getting the Eisemann mods. So you really wouldn't know how "worthwhile" they were to you. If you do go that route, set up the PJ first, take some time to get to know its strengths and weaknesses (watch a few films!), THEN get the mods. At that point, I'd be interested in hearing your comments.
"I'm a bit concerned that if you don't take the time to get your PJ running first and evaluate it, you won't be in any position to say what kind of gains you see from getting the Eisemann mods"
This drives me friggin mental. No one should attempt to mod a broken projector. It should be up and running with no obvious flaws. Mods should be done one at a time and tested prior to moving on to the next mod. If you do a whole bunch of mods without testing any of them first could leave you in a very bad situation. If the projector doesn't light off when the parts arrive, you won't know if it's the mods or the projector. Best of luck
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Nashou66
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| Chip wrote: | | This drives me friggin mental. No one should attempt to mod a broken projector. It should be up and running with no obvious flaws. Mods should be done one at a time and tested prior to moving on to the next mod. If you do a whole bunch of mods without testing any of them first could leave you in a very bad situation. If the projector doesn't light off when the parts arrive, you won't know if it's the mods or the projector. Best of luck |
I totally agree and tell anyone who follows my Marquee thread the same. Only make changes on a working PJ and then test after a few part changes!!!! If you messed something up then you won't have to go through 50 pieces to find out what you did wrong. The big think is just to go slow and learn your PJ first. Two years ago i didn't know what LVPS was let alone
an OP Amp. Start slow, Most of the stuff i do can be applied to any piece of electronic equipment, they call it P.O.O.G.E'ing
Progressive Optimization of Generic Electronics. Interesting stuff from Audioexpress, you can order a binded copy of some articles of old equipment they POOGE'd but the ideas can be applied to lots of stuff.
As for Greg and his % increase thing, I actually told him to try to use another term or way to describe it, its just the way he talks I think like "that movie was 200% better than the first one" etc.
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benareeno
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You mean Gary and Greg aren't brothers?? Gary's relentless pursuit of perfection is what makes him have to get Greg's mods...I'm pretty confident that when it's all said and done...on movie viewing (not test patterns), the Barco will be a minor upgrade from an XGLC. But, I can't argue with someone who has as much passion as Gary...it's great!
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jkruger
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Did Gary ever get this thing running again?
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Nashou66
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stefuel
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I was just looking at this thread and wondering how come Gary's name is in black? Does that mean he has the honor of being the only person in the history of this forum to get the boot?.............twice?
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km987654
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| stefuel wrote: | | I was just looking at this thread and wondering how come Gary's name is in black? Does that mean he has the honor of being the only person in the history of this forum to get the boot?.............twice? |
Did Gary get the boot from this Forum??
No wonder he never got back to me on the board I was trying to buy. What the hell happend??
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jkruger
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| jkruger wrote: | How many other vultures are out there waiting for a chance at this pile of parts?  |
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Zebu Fellenz
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| km987654 wrote: | | stefuel wrote: | | I was just looking at this thread and wondering how come Gary's name is in black? Does that mean he has the honor of being the only person in the history of this forum to get the boot?.............twice? |
Did Gary get the boot from this Forum??
No wonder he never got back to me on the board I was trying to buy. What the hell happend?? |
He got booted (twice). I think both times it was because of some business with Curt?
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