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VideoGrabber
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Ralph commented:
> And the wife says no way in hell can I... <
Yeah, that's a difficult situation for sure, to maintain harmony. Typically, someone here will jump in and tell you to "grow a pair", but it's not always that simple.
However, on the flip side, I do have a question. How many here have ever told the wife "No way in hell can she..." and lived to tell the tale? 
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captainslug
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Well I'll keep an eye out for a good deal on a replacement HVPS. I'm just not interested in spending much money right now and I don't see many available at the moment.
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Curt Palme
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There simply aren't many out there. If you're lucky, you'll find one on eBay soon, maybe at $150ish, but people even grab them as spares, as it's hte one part in the Marquee that is usually a throwaway. If you want cheap, get the older 34Kv supply from an 8000 projector. I've seen those on eBay once in a blue moon for $100 with no bids.
I regularly get $350 for the 34.9Kv ones in the 8110/8500/9500. Can't seem to keep them in stock either.
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CRT_Ben
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</plug>I've got an 8500 34.9kV power supply up in Buy & Sell...care for it, Capt. or Curt?</plug>
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draganm
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| ralpharch wrote: | | She wants a small box and is willing to let me spend thousands to get that Marquee off the ceiling. In our case the theater room doubles as a guest bedroom so she has veto power. |
well yuor problem is obvious, your guetst are to tall. You need to tsart assocaiting with short people. 
BEn's HVPs for $275. seems pretty reasonable to me. Otherwise just get a 1080PO LCD, they seem to be around $2700. for an Epson ro something in that price range.
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Curt Palme
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LOWBALLERS!
Kidding, Ben, sell it to Captn if you can come to an agreement. I've got a couple in stock right now, with more coming in.
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ralpharch
Joined: 02 Nov 2007
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Location: Derwood
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| draganm wrote: | | ralpharch wrote: | | She wants a small box and is willing to let me spend thousands to get that Marquee off the ceiling. In our case the theater room doubles as a guest bedroom so she has veto power. |
well yuor problem is obvious, your guetst are to tall. You need to tsart assocaiting with short people.
BEn's HVPs for $275. seems pretty reasonable to me. Otherwise just get a 1080PO LCD, they seem to be around $2700. for an Epson ro something in that price range. |
Mine is working (having had a two month hiatus from CRT while Moome repaired my Ext-HD box); Cptn needs the HVPS. My point was that I am skating on thin ice - if anything breaks its not going to get fixed unless it is relatively inexpensive. I was looking though and the panasonic ae3000 1080P LCD looked pretty good
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draganm
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| ralpharch wrote: | | Mine is working (having had a two month hiatus from CRT while Moome repaired my Ext-HD box); Cptn needs the HVPS. My point was that I am skating on thin ice - if anything breaks its not going to get fixed unless it is relatively inexpensive. I was looking though and the panasonic ae3000 1080P LCD looked pretty good |
you lost me ralph, you couldn't afford to fix your marquee if it broke but yuor considering a $2500. digital?
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captainslug
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| draganm wrote: | | ralpharch wrote: | | Mine is working (having had a two month hiatus from CRT while Moome repaired my Ext-HD box); Cptn needs the HVPS. My point was that I am skating on thin ice - if anything breaks its not going to get fixed unless it is relatively inexpensive. I was looking though and the panasonic ae3000 1080P LCD looked pretty good |
you lost me ralph, you couldn't afford to fix your marquee if it broke but yuor considering a $2500. digital? |
When your wife is the one holding the purse strings, what is considered "affordable" becomes extremely variable.
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Heywood Jablome
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When your wife is the one holding the purse strings, what is considered "affordable" becomes extremely variable. |
[conspirancy]Get a 1-chip business grade DLP: When the washed out colors, rainbows, and SDE give her a headache THEN hand the 'quee back up! (Or, wait for the first $500 bulb to burn out.)[/conspiracy]
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Nashou66
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Curt Palme
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| Heywood Jablome wrote: | | captainslug wrote: |
When your wife is the one holding the purse strings, what is considered "affordable" becomes extremely variable. |
[conspirancy]Get a 1-chip business grade DLP: When the washed out colors, rainbows, and SDE give her a headache THEN hand the 'quee back up! (Or, wait for the first $500 bulb to burn out.)[/conspiracy] |
No conspiracy here, that's just plain fact..
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captainslug
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Sent Ben a PM about the HVPS. Maybe he can help me with convergence and color calibration if he has time.
I never did post a picture of how the rooms turned out. I made a table to go over the projector and hide it when not in use.
Seen here moved so that I could pull apart the projector.
The left entertainment unit holds a computer (we mostly play video over the home network), tuner box, and DVD player. This room gets used pretty frequently for Rifftrax.
Thankfully nobody in the house is an audiophile so we didn't have to spend much on sound.
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ralpharch
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| captainslug wrote: | | draganm wrote: | | ralpharch wrote: | | Mine is working (having had a two month hiatus from CRT while Moome repaired my Ext-HD box); Cptn needs the HVPS. My point was that I am skating on thin ice - if anything breaks its not going to get fixed unless it is relatively inexpensive. I was looking though and the panasonic ae3000 1080P LCD looked pretty good |
you lost me ralph, you couldn't afford to fix your marquee if it broke but yuor considering a $2500. digital? |
When your wife is the one holding the purse strings, what is considered "affordable" becomes extremely variable. |
Sort of like Captan says. I would probably get it fixed for a small amout, maybe several hundred. But she ruled out having a big parts machine sitting around - she considers I'm a pack rat and doesn't want me having a spare projector hanging around. Given that, and the halos, if something goes that's not easy to fix I'm springing for a medium quality digital and she would prefer that anyway. Its not really a money thing. See the room - she doesn't like the projector in the middle of the "guest bedroom/theater room." In the meantime my Marquee is fulfilling the role I envisioned when I got it to replace my XGA LCD projector; biding time with a great picture while the prices come down on the higher quality digitals.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ralpharchi/Homehteater#5263408868207511618
[img=http://picasaweb.google.com/Ralpharchi/Homehteater#5263408868207511618[/img]
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JustGreg
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No need for a big parts machine to even make it into the house. Tear the sucker down in the garage and box the parts. Then toss/recycle the metal chassis and such. Then you're left with a box O' stuff about 2'x2'x3'. Maybe a little bigger if you do as you should and wrap the tubes in bubble wrap. <shrug>
I invited my wife to stay the hell out of my sh*t years ago and she was kind enough to take me up on the offer. 
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Curt Palme
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| JustGreg wrote: |
I invited my wife to stay the hell out of my sh*t years ago and she was kind enough to take me up on the offer. |
That is CLASSIC! Gawd knows I will probably throw that line around when I get married...  
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draganm
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| captainslug wrote: | | Thankfully nobody in the house is an audiophile so we didn't have to spend much on sound. |
I can see that, I usually spend more than that on Dinner.
| captainslug wrote: | | Sent Ben a PM about the HVPS. Maybe he can help me with convergence and color calibration if he has time.I never did post a picture of how the rooms turned out. I made a table to go over the projector and hide it when not in use.Seen here moved so that I could pull apart the projector.The left entertainment unit holds a computer (we mostly play video over the home network), tuner box, and DVD player.. |
Wow that sucks, your poor wife.No wonder she hates the CRT. To be honest, If I had mine on the floor I would hate it too . Why don't you ceiling mount that sucker and make everybody's life easier .It only takes a few hours and factory celing mounting brackets have been cheap and plentiful lately. Your room could look liek this and be this functional too.
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captainslug
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Back up and running. Thanks Ben.
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CRT_Ben
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| captainslug wrote: | | Back up and running. Thanks Ben. |
Awesome! Always good to save a CRT from the wife-axe! 
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Curt Palme
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So was it the HVPS?
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