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Sparky015
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Sparky015
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ah, ok, I'm answering my own questions! 
It is a 909 but with 8" tubes. Very cool. Didn't think they were doing 3D. Shows what I know!
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Nashou66
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Sparky015
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ahhh, yes, it's at $2500 now.
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Nashou66
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Sparky015
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If I were just getting into this hobby, it would be tempting to have what looks like a brand new 8"LC machine. It will probably need new lenses, and definitely needs case parts. I don't know. You can get a nice 9"LC Marquee from Curt for about the same price after you get done making that a front projection PJ. I think the guy is still a bit high.
Cool table though. I had no idea they made 3D tables like that in the early 2000s.
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ecrabb
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| Nashou66 wrote: | | WOW, price drop! its an LC machine. With long throw lenses it make a nice Front Projector. |
Yeah, but did you see the form factor? Big giant box... It would make a horrible front projector - it probably wouldn't even work as a "coffee table"... Unless you like 30"-high coffee tables. The form factor is even worse than a Marquee for home theater!  
The Baron was pretty neat, though... I saw one about 10 years ago at a university.
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Nashou66
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ecrabb
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My gawd, did they make the Barco logo big enough?
Barco Engineer 1 - Did we make the logo big enough?
Barco Engineer 2 - I don't know... What do you think?
Barco Engineer 1 - Well, we can't quite read it 250 meters... We should probably make it bigger.
Barco Engineer 2 - How big should we make it?
Barco Engineer 1 - Well, how big's the bezel? We can make it that big.
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AnalogRocks
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Can you say "PAC MAN MACHINE?!"
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Ile
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| Nashou66 wrote: | Some one here cut the unit into two halves and stretched it out, i cant find the thread. but it has been done. I think curt had some retro units that are basically the same guts.
Was it Ile who did the conversion?
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Not me, I cutted my 808s frame to get space for 1200 HD10 lens frame.
It was Robbo and r.bauer who converted 1209s to look like a Marquee.
https://www.curtpalme.com/forum_archived/viewtopic.php@t=4015.html
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Sparky015
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I like the pac man machine idea. You'd probably give new business to shrinks for the little kids that think that pacman is going to eat them though!
I would have thought the guts on top of the machine could go away and you'd be left with the PJ? I don't know anything about Barcos, so my assumptions are probably way wrong.
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| Sparky015 wrote: | I like the pac man machine idea. You'd probably give new business to shrinks for the little kids that think that pacman is going to eat them though!
I would have thought the guts on top of the machine could go away and you'd be left with the PJ? I don't know anything about Barcos, so my assumptions are probably way wrong. |
Yes but you are left with a retroblock as pictured above which have the electronics on top/bottom of the CRT cage rather than behind so rather tall or thick for a front projector. Also you would probably have a set of short throw lenses. Finally I am not sure the Barco retro blocks have the toe in adjustments for different screen sizes. I think they do but cannot recall.
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Sparky015
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| secstate wrote: | | Sparky015 wrote: | I like the pac man machine idea. You'd probably give new business to shrinks for the little kids that think that pacman is going to eat them though!
I would have thought the guts on top of the machine could go away and you'd be left with the PJ? I don't know anything about Barcos, so my assumptions are probably way wrong. |
Yes but you are left with a retroblock as pictured above which have the electronics on top/bottom of the CRT cage rather than behind so rather tall or thick for a front projector. Also you would probably have a set of short throw lenses. Finally I am not sure the Barco retro blocks have the toe in adjustments for different screen sizes. I think they do but cannot recall. |
Good point on the toe-in. I figured the lenses would be wrong for front projection. I didn't even think about toe-in. Lots of work to make that a viable pj I would think.
I would love to see one of those tables in action. The more I think about the table video game idea, the better it sounds! This is where I'm glad I'm not made of money. All of the crap that I would buy
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Curt Palme
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I'm not convinced that this is anything other than an 808. Why? Old style keypad. The 809/909 had the newer smaller keypads.
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mp20748
Joined: 12 Sep 2006
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Location: Maryland
TV/Projector: 9500LC Ultra / Super 02 and 03 VIM
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | I'm not convinced that this is anything other than an 808. Why? Old style keypad. The 809/909 had the newer smaller keypads. |
yeah, but it's really a Barco 909 with 8" tubes in a really weird configuration. So it's a botched up Barco Reality 908
I'm working on one and have only the tray here (below).
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perisoft
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Hey, it's still sleeker than a Marquee.
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dturco
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| perisoft wrote: | | Hey, it's still sleeker than a Marquee. |
Dude have you seen a Barco 909? It makes a Marquee look "petite".
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ecrabb
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| dturco wrote: | | perisoft wrote: | | Hey, it's still sleeker than a Marquee. |
Dude have you seen a Barco 909? It makes a Marquee look "petite". |
I agree with Perisoft. The 909 is certainly big - it's way long - but, it's narrower and shorter - more slender... The Marquee is a little smaller in total volume (only 10%!), but because of the form factor it's big and boxy... Visually, the 909 does look smaller (even though it's not).
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