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Re: Projectors


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  • Subject: Re: Projectors
  • From: "Dan James" <UKHA@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 11:05:14 -0000
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<Memories>

Reminds me of the days of Cine :-)

My Grandfather cut a hole in the wall so that he could put the
projector in another room, away from the audience :-) (When not in
use it was covered with a mirror - a bit like safes in movies!)

</Memories>

Dan

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@v...>
wrote:
> MessageThe words you're looking for are "Hush Box"...
>
> Phil
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx...]
>   Sent: 04 September 2001 10:09
>   To: 'ukha_d@y...'
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Projectors
>
>
>   The model I borrowed is the InFocus LP400 - the image size was
800x600
> resolution which displayed 8ft wide.
>
>   I can't believe most projectors make such a noise - how do you
cope with
> having it on to watch movies?  I ask because shortly after I joined
this
> list there was a seriously heated debate about the quality of audio
leads -
> if such a "minor" difference in audio cable quality is such
an
important
> aspect of AV then surely the noise a projector makes is just as
important if
> not more.
>
>
>   Pedro de Oliveira
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx...]
>     Sent: 04 September 2001 10:04
>     To: ukha_d@y...
>     Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Projectors
>
>
>     What was the projector you were disapointed with?  What size
image were
> you projecting?
>
>     Darren Henderson (on this list) recently bought an excellent
2nd hand
> LCD for 1200.  Fan is quite quiet on it too!
>     http://www.shmern.net/
>
>     M.
>
>
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Pedro de Oliveira
>       To: HA (ukha_d@y...)
>       Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 9:27 AM
>       Subject: [ukha_d] Projectors
>
>
>       Hi all
>
>       I am considering buying a projector and asked a colleague to
lend me
> his to try out.  As a replacement for a TV I would have expected
(wanted) a
> better quality image but I suppose that is the shortfall for having
suck a
> large display - this I may be able to live with.  What concerned me
was the
> amount of noise that came from the projectors fan when operating.
Surely
> this is a noisy one and there are projectors out there that are
much more
> silent - can anyone recommend a silent one (not silly money) .  In
other
> words - I can get this past SWMBO if it doesn't make a lot of noise
> otherwise "OUT".
>
>       The model I borrowed is the InFocus LP400
>
>       Cheers
>       Pedro de Oliveira
>
>
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