Geezers like Jon and I got our first CRT based FPTV HT systems in the late 1980's.
In those days you paid $1500, bought a HeathKit/Zenith CRT projector (5" guns), and went blind soldering the 10,000 PCB parts in their respective holes. Then you spent the rest of your time risking life and limb, putting your hands on the powered up yokes to converge the guns. So when my old Heath/Zenith finally died I swore off CRT projectors, but sure missed the great colors.
Then............
A couple of years back via the 'net' I met a guy (Kevin). In a former life he used to be a pro installer of CRT FPTV projection systems. I helped him design and build a custom center channel speaker. He brought me up to date on the evolution of CRT projectors
One of Kevin's friends got into a little monetary shortage and offered to sell his complete system for less than the cost of a low buck LCD unit. So I pulled the trigger......
To be delivered the end of this month will be a used NEC XG85 (8" guns), 3000 total hrs, (for those that don't know, that's low miles for a CRT projector ), an electric, tab tension Stewart LX100T, a DVDO, and a ceiling mount. When new these items totaled some $25K. 8O
Kevin now lives in one of the suburbs of Denver, and has offered assist me with the install, setup, and calibration.
It's been a long time since I had a CRT based projection sytem. So to say the least I'm pumped ...... arty:
In those days you paid $1500, bought a HeathKit/Zenith CRT projector (5" guns), and went blind soldering the 10,000 PCB parts in their respective holes. Then you spent the rest of your time risking life and limb, putting your hands on the powered up yokes to converge the guns. So when my old Heath/Zenith finally died I swore off CRT projectors, but sure missed the great colors.
Then............
A couple of years back via the 'net' I met a guy (Kevin). In a former life he used to be a pro installer of CRT FPTV projection systems. I helped him design and build a custom center channel speaker. He brought me up to date on the evolution of CRT projectors
One of Kevin's friends got into a little monetary shortage and offered to sell his complete system for less than the cost of a low buck LCD unit. So I pulled the trigger......
To be delivered the end of this month will be a used NEC XG85 (8" guns), 3000 total hrs, (for those that don't know, that's low miles for a CRT projector ), an electric, tab tension Stewart LX100T, a DVDO, and a ceiling mount. When new these items totaled some $25K. 8O
Kevin now lives in one of the suburbs of Denver, and has offered assist me with the install, setup, and calibration.
It's been a long time since I had a CRT based projection sytem. So to say the least I'm pumped ...... arty:
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