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EQUALLY guilty as charged, yer honor... Been Nutzo over this stuff since I were a Tadpole, & got my 1st Sony 5-303W,Xmas '62, I believe... Been straight downhill ever since..
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I'm sending flagrant waves of envy in your general direction !
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Wow. I am also trying to get my hands on a Predicta 21" CRT. Happy to send a list when you have the time.
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Dunno about youse byrds, but when I see a nitwit Millennial "Repurposed" TV or old stereo cabinet, somesuch as that, I see Red....About all you can really do is say quietly, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they Do...", but planting a size 13 triple wide steel toed Redwing where de Sun don't shine sure would feel better....
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Very patient & understanding wife! Well, mine has put up with more than I expected, a few times in the past. Never quite like that, though
 For those pesky paper labels, WD-40 works well for me. Gentle & safe compared to some concoctions.
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Hehehehehehehe..When mine moved down here to Greater Bugtussle, she told me, "Look. I've been an RN for nearly 40 years now. I can KILLL you a good 40 different ways that they'd never figure out. Don't Mess w/ME, Buster.... I had a nervous grin, but SHE sure as hell wasn't grinning, never figgered out if she was pullin' my leg or not, So I've tried to be pretty much a Dood Widdle Boychik ever since.. I THINK she was kidding, but I also never have been one to take a Tobacco Stick to a large Hornet's Nest, either...
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Wow! You must not be married. Or if you ARE married, she must be one incredibly rare woman!
I once brought home a Simplex 35mm projector with a massive Perless-Magnarc lamphouse and cast iron pedestal; it took up the entire hall entrance of our apartment. It dripped oil. It was a beautiful beast to behold, but my fiance hated it...couldn't understand why we had to live with it. She would complain for half an hour after every time she had to come or leave the apartment as one had to squeeze past it to get in or out the door. Once when we were going to a party, as we left, both us in our party best, sliding past the Simplex XL, the fiance's dress got smeared with grease and oil. Then and there, I was roundly chastised and given an ultimatum: "Either that thing leaves or I do." I didn't miss her as much as I thought I would.
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When it comes to hobbies it never about the thing you choose, it's about how it takes you away from life's issues for a while and makes you feel content. When you look at any pastime, they all can be nitpicked so as to seem a ridiculous waste of time.
I look at radios from the '30's and TV's from the '40's as works of art and, as an art teacher in school once said, the definition of art is finding beauty in ordinary, everyday items.
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Hi De Lorean00 -- I have been trying to give away an Advent VideoBeam 1000A CRT projector for years. Maybe you are the fellow who would want to give it a good home. The original post is here: http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=271393. It's not quite as "vintage" as your great find, but it is half century old circa early 1970s, which is pretty vintage in my book (as am I!). If you have any interest in it, let me know and we can work something out in terms of getting it to you. Anyone else want this very impressive working beauty, it sits here waiting for you...longingly like a pup at the pound. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/images/smilies/yes.gif
Here is a youtube demo (not mine) which does give you a very good indication as to unit and he does have it in operation in a lit room. The image is quite bright, but in a darkened room, the picture is really spectacular giving the technology at the time. The narrator implies that there were very few of these units; actually they found a niche in the bar industry. Many sports bars installed these units. The circuitry is modular and as a service tech once explained to me, every circuit can be replaced on site. He said, short of a bomb exploding under it, it could be repaired without taking in to a shop. And like the model in this demo, mine is still operating flawlessly with a picture that belies its standard TV technology. Hook it up to a DVD player and it gives a very impressive 7ft diagonal image, albeit it letterbox bars for today's 16:9 authored content. It could be yours! Contact me here: CinemaDude PS -- my unit is in better condition that this one -- no missing knobs and no chipped cabinet. I'm just sayin... My screen has legs so it doesn't need to be mounted on a wall, it can be free standing. That screen, BTW is a concave silver surface, the curve is matched to the image convergence so while the screen is curved to get all the light back to the seating area, the geometry of the image is not distorted...all lines on the curve remain straight. The curve, however almosts fully eliminates off axis hot spots. Last edited by CinemaDude; 12-26-2019 at 08:49 AM. Reason: Adding more info
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