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Old 10-02-2012, 10:59 PM
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Anyone who does this would really have to love torture or just have alot of time/money on their hands
Time yes! Money not so much! Torture on occasion!

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I think you would have an impossible task to find a Color CRT of any vintage that would fit in the shell of a Predicta.
I thought so, just needed to see it confirmed!

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A pico projector mounted in the neck area of the shell could possibly be used to rear-project a decent image, if the screen area could be made opaque. I just tried an experiment with my pico pocket projector (PK101) and it will focus close enough, but the image at that distance is only about 5 x 7 inches. An additional lens structure could perhaps be employed to provide an image large enough to cover the screen.
Now THAT is something to definitely play around with!

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If you were able to design and build a head from scratch, that might be the easiest thing to base it on.

I thought of doing that too. Building a predicta inspired set from scratch! I can build a cabinet from scratch from either wood or metal! Building the tube housing would be slightly more challenging. I've made knobs and covers using molds and resins but never anything as a big as a tube casing!
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