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I'm willing to bet that's a CRT front projector. Those things have 3 CRTs (one per primary color), typically with individual lens systems. You adjust convergence to make the images overlap to get a full color picture. :)

 

No HDMI support, correct?  :P  :D

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No HDMI support, correct? :P:D

It's unlikely to have any digital input. :) It may not even have analogue Y/Pb/Pr inputs (It probably has Y/C and Y+C).

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I'm willing to bet that's a CRT front projector. Those things have 3 CRTs (one per primary color), typically with individual lens systems. You adjust convergence to make the images overlap to get a full color picture. :)

Oh.

I think I'll let them keep it :)

I don't feel any need to have a coffee table sized CRT projector.

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Oh.

I think I'll let them keep it :)

I don't feel any need to have a coffee table sized CRT projector.

I do feel that need though.

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I do feel that need though.

OK, I'll ship it it you if you are willing to pay the 700$ shipping cost.

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OK, I'll ship it it you if you are willing to pay the 700$ shipping cost.

Where's it located? I might as well just take a road trip and pick it up! Lol

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Where's it located? I might as well just take a road trip and pick it up! Lol

Near the home of frozencpu

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Near the home of frozencpu

Hmmm, cross country road trip does sound fun [emoji14]

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Hmmm, cross country road trip does sound fun [emoji14]

I checked, one day shipping with ups to California-

1200$

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I checked, one day shipping with ups to California-

1200$

That's more than it costs to send a car across the country.

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That's more than it costs to send a car across the country.

But that's 1 day shipping.

5 day is only 180$

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Okay I did it.

 

I ordered an MTM-210c center and two MT-110sr surrounds.

 

The PSA and Klipsch are not mixing well together.

 

It's going to be pandemonium.

 

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Party time!

 

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Okay I did it.

 

I ordered an MTM-210c center and two MT-110sr surrounds.

 

The PSA and Klipsch are not mixing well together.

 

It's going to be pandemonium.

 

attachicon.gifPSA_5_1_Surround.png

 

Party time!

I feel sorry for your neighbors.

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I feel sorry for your neighbors.

 
:lol: me too
 
Though I have to say the PSA speakers are so crisp and detailed that I have to crank up the volume just so my Klipsch center can keep up. The center is very muffled by comparison. I can understand the lyrics in the background music coming from the mains during dialog scenes (very distracting), and my center is adjusted 5 dB higher than my fronts. It shouldn't be this way!
 
While the Klipsch don't necessarily distort with higher volumes, the PSAs are in a different realm.
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Okay I did it.

I ordered an MTM-210c center and two MT-110sr surrounds.

The PSA and Klipsch are not mixing well together.

It's going to be pandemonium.

PSA_5_1_Surround.png

Party time!

Nice.

Now you will have a matching system

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Okay I did it.

 

I ordered an MTM-210c center and two MT-110sr surrounds.

 

The PSA and Klipsch are not mixing well together.

 

It's going to be pandemonium.

 

 

Congrats John! This is turning to be a full system rebuild. :)

 

Better consider your screen carefully then, the backscatter from light walls will kill your contrast ratio.

I agree. The best compromise would likely be a good high gain screen to reduce light reflection from nearby walls and to offer a lot of intensity (to give the resulting image some punch). The narrower sweet spot from such a screen would somewhat coincide with the narrow sweet spot for his choice of speakers.

 

Ambient light rejecting screens can also work, especially if the back wall is far (or can be covered with drapes or darkened).

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I agree. The best compromise would likely be a good high gain screen to reduce light reflection from nearby walls and to offer a lot of intensity (to give the resulting image some punch). The narrower sweet spot from such a screen would somewhat coincide with the narrow sweet spot for his choice of speakers.

 

Ambient light rejecting screens can also work, especially if the back wall is far (or can be covered with drapes or darkened).

Couldn't you just back the screen with a black cloth to block any reflections? 

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Couldn't you just back the screen with a black cloth to block any reflections? 

 

From the side walls and ceiling are the problem.

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From the side walls and ceiling are the problem.

ah. Well then, theater curtains it is!!!!!!!

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ah. Well then, theater curtains it is!!!!!!!

Or one of those 20,000$ 100+ inch tvs

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ah. Well then, theater curtains it is!!!!!!!

 

Or a screen like the Black Diamond 1.4. They're very good. :)

 

If he will watch with the lights on (and viewing angle isn't a big factor), the Black Diamond 2.7 may even be better.

 

Regular Screen vs. Black Diamond

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High Gain Screen vs. Medium Gain Screen

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Or a screen like the Black Diamond 1.4. They're very good. :)

If he will watch with the lights on (and viewing angle isn't a big factor), the Black Diamond 2.7 may even be better.

Regular Screen vs. Black Diamond

Black-Diamond-Difference.jpg

High Gain Screen vs. Medium Gain Screen

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What....

How does it get that black???

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Get some good quality studio monitors, something like KRK RP10's or KRK VXT 8's;

 

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WHAT KEYBOARD IS THAT, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND ONE LIKE THAT FOR EVER

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WHAT KEYBOARD IS THAT, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND ONE LIKE THAT FOR EVER

It looks like a korean custom (I forget which one specifically) anyway, good luck, you have to get into one of the group buys for them, which are generally run on Korean forums, so you either need a really good translator, or you need to learn Korean. Often, they will only sell to people that are actually in Korea. 

 

Also, you can buy one after the group buys, but you will generally end up paying over $1,000 for them... Sometimes even over $3,000, depending on the board.

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What....

How does it get that black???

 

I believe the surface absorbs incident light while reflecting light that arrives perpendicular to the surface.

 

As to HOW that is achieved, I dunno, something about moth-eyes, retroreflectivity, etc. Whatever.

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