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lc bg 808s?

 
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bbfarmht



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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:21 am    Post subject: lc bg 808s?

i was wondering if anybody could shed some light on doing a lc bg 808s conversion. I have the p16lnp tubes with the lc housings and i am thinking about trying to do this conversion. I have seen posts before about doing this but everybody gets sidetracked from the actual subject.
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Z-Photo



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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:40 am    Post subject:

Here is the link to the very first post on Curt's Forum

The BARKENSTEIN - (or how to convert a retro BG 808s to a FP BG808s with mec tubes)

https://www.curtpalme.com/forum_archived/viewtopic.php@t=6.html

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:11 am    Post subject:

Z was this a s model ? also what lenses did you use i was thinking of using hd 145 but Im not sure what would be compatible? how different is the ac mounting from the lc mounting?
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:42 am    Post subject:

bbfarmht,

You can't use the HD-145 lenses with an LC conversion as they are AC lenses, however if you do get the 145's you will get improved focus, better colors, and possibly reduction in halo's

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:09 am    Post subject:

Zebu,

thanx but that still leaves me wondering what lenses to use and the other thing that I am not sure about is the way its mounted to the projector I keep reading that the lc mounts are in halves! if they are i would like to know what they look like so i can go to the cnc and try to make mounts to work..



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joerg



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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:54 am    Post subject:

HI,
I have a retro BG808s and I use HD117-24 they work perfectly the throwing distance is ca. 60cm shorter then HD8s(Screen width 2m).
You can not use the hd215 of an Zenith1200 I tryed it and it is not working.
See here
https://www.curtpalme.com/forum_archived/viewtopic.php@t=4242.html

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