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Tim in Phoenix
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: VDC projectors now shipping with Clinton tubes US-made |
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Guys!
VDC Florida has exhausted the supply of P19LCP09 Panasonic tubes, new tubes now from Clinton in Illinois.
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Nashou66
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Curt Palme
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Interesting that it's not worth it for them to fire up their one or two production lines of tubes that they have in house, but buy tubes elsewhere. Guess they are not selling too many CRTs at this point. I think Charlie told me it had been 2 years since they did a rebuild, and that was early last year sometime.
<edit> looks like VDC bought Clinton. Look at the top left corner of your link..
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AnalogRocks
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| Quote: | | VDC projectors now shipping with Clinton tubes US-made |
Glad to see the former president is finding work 
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dturco
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| AnalogRocks wrote: | | Quote: | | VDC projectors now shipping with Clinton tubes US-made |
Glad to see the former president is finding work
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Yes and in the present president's former "home" State
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WanMan
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If the tubes were $100-199 I bet you would see a big demand.
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Sparky015
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did you see some of the tubes they make? They are literally in that price range! Flight simulator grade doesn't give the price though. Seeing that those are for the goverment, I'm sure they are still thousands!
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Elaine Benes
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| WanMan wrote: | | If the tubes were $100-199 I bet you would see a big demand. |
Ditto that, or at least the $100. price point...
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dturco
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| Elaine Benes wrote: | | WanMan wrote: | | If the tubes were $100-199 I bet you would see a big demand. |
Ditto that, or at least the $100. price point... |
We just saw a huge demand @ $300 a tube. 
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ecrabb
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| dturco wrote: | | Is it wishful thinking or does that 9" simulator tube look like 16x9 configuration? |
It's wishful thinking. There's no reason for a 16:9 tube, especially not in most simulator environments.
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JustGreg
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$100 per tube price point aint gonna happen. I'd like to see it ~$250-$300. I'd buy one of a different color every other month or so until I had a completely new set running and 2 complete sets as spares. By the time I expend them all digital's 'might' have matured enough or OLED's will mature into flexible membrane displays with 30,000,000:1 CR and rule.
We all buy a handful of resistors here, a bucket load of capacitors there, the odd IC's and diodes; because we can control the quantity and outlay of cash....but when it comes to springing for a brandy new set of tubes (speaking for myself) I just can't justify the current $600 ea. I love my hobby....just not THAT much.
In reality, when I go through my 2 sets of mildly used tubes that will probably spell the divorce from CRT projection for me....unless someone like Clinton/VDC can open up a line in the range I mentioned.
Speaking of used tubes...anybody have a great condition 8" red for sale? My minty one in the set is dying on the cathode end (that way when I got it) and my spare looks like underdone toast. 
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secstate
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Speaking of used tubes...anybody have a great condition 8" red for sale? My minty one in the set is dying on the cathode end (that way when I got it) and my spare looks like underdone toast. |
Check out the buy/sell section there are some Barco 8" reds there including the higher res p16s. A minor mod to your neckboard and these would drop in. I have no association with either seller.
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secstate
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| dturco wrote: | | Elaine Benes wrote: | | WanMan wrote: | | If the tubes were $100-199 I bet you would see a big demand. |
Ditto that, or at least the $100. price point... |
We just saw a huge demand @ $300 a tube. |
If you are referring to Terry's deal I think that was $400/tube (1200/3) but the point is the same for sure.
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| JustGreg wrote: | $100 per tube price point aint gonna happen. I'd like to see it ~$250-$300. I'd buy one of a different color every other month or so until I had a completely new set running and 2 complete sets as spares. By the time I expend them all digital's 'might' have matured enough or OLED's will mature into flexible membrane displays with 30,000,000:1 CR and rule.
We all buy a handful of resistors here, a bucket load of capacitors there, the odd IC's and diodes; because we can control the quantity and outlay of cash....but when it comes to springing for a brandy new set of tubes (speaking for myself) I just can't justify the current $600 ea. I love my hobby....just not THAT much.
In reality, when I go through my 2 sets of mildly used tubes that will probably spell the divorce from CRT projection for me....unless someone like Clinton/VDC can open up a line in the range I mentioned.
Speaking of used tubes...anybody have a great condition 8" red for sale? My minty one in the set is dying on the cathode end (that way when I got it) and my spare looks like underdone toast. |
Greg,
I'm upgrading my 8500 to be a 9500LC, so with that I will be selling off my 8" tubes pretty soon. All three only have a few hours on them (no wear). PM me if your interested.
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dturco
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| secstate wrote: | | dturco wrote: | | Elaine Benes wrote: | | WanMan wrote: | | If the tubes were $100-199 I bet you would see a big demand. |
Ditto that, or at least the $100. price point... |
We just saw a huge demand @ $300 a tube. |
If you are referring to Terry's deal I think that was $400/tube (1200/3) but the point is the same for sure. |
I was. 
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CRT_Ben
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| JustGreg wrote: | $100 per tube price point aint gonna happen. I'd like to see it ~$250-$300. I'd buy one of a different color every other month or so until I had a completely new set running and 2 complete sets as spares. By the time I expend them all digital's 'might' have matured enough or OLED's will mature into flexible membrane displays with 30,000,000:1 CR and rule.
We all buy a handful of resistors here, a bucket load of capacitors there, the odd IC's and diodes; because we can control the quantity and outlay of cash....but when it comes to springing for a brandy new set of tubes (speaking for myself) I just can't justify the current $600 ea. I love my hobby....just not THAT much.
In reality, when I go through my 2 sets of mildly used tubes that will probably spell the divorce from CRT projection for me....unless someone like Clinton/VDC can open up a line in the range I mentioned.
Speaking of used tubes...anybody have a great condition 8" red for sale? My minty one in the set is dying on the cathode end (that way when I got it) and my spare looks like underdone toast. |
Hey Greg,
I have two brand new reds that I've been trying to sell - I just bumped my thread and lowered the price to $150 each. Let me know if you're interested - http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=242568
Ben
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the_maniac
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i'm selling one good condition red tube out of my barco 808s for 60USD.
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haha! Greg, pretty soon you may get paid to take an 8" red tube!
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AnalogRocks
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Does he get a free set of steak knives?
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