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Author Topic: Potts Enterprises to close Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 11-07-2011 08:09 PM                        Just received an e-mail from Susie Bright. Potts will close by Nov. 30, 2011. Another one bites the dust! No one better than Susie! Louis  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 11-07-2011 10:07 PM                     Sadly, with the demise of film projection, I am sure we will hear of more film-based companies going under or closing. Change is not always good.....  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-08-2011 08:47 AM                     And I had heard that Bob WAS working on a digital platter...  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 11-08-2011 10:11 AM                        I kid you not; I had one prototyped for Christie about 7 years ago. (Self aligning and cannot wrap!) Louis  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-08-2011 10:32 AM                       quote: Potts will close by Nov. 30, 2011. Another one bites the dust! Poetic justice.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 11-08-2011 01:33 PM                     Tim, that was pretty damn rude and uncalled for. Even though Potts was not my favorite platter for all the well-known reasons, my dealings with them were nothing but efficient and courteous. More than I can say for another company that shall remain nameless. One also has to keep in mind that the Potts platter was actually very good for what it was intended to be, an economical competition to Christie and Kinoton/Norelco.  |  IP: Logged Peter Howard Film Handler Posts: 44 From: Forster, NSW, Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 11-21-2011 02:44 AM                        Very sad to read this. We have 5 Potts Alphas in service and have had very few issues with them in the last 15 or so years. Quality gear at a great price.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 11-21-2011 09:07 AM                     Tim, Care to elaborate? I always stopped by and said hi to Susie whenever I was driving past Rantoul on I-57. Unless I missed something, I thought they were some of the "good guys" Rick  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-21-2011 10:14 AM                     Tim is always rude and uncalled for, would you expect any less! quote: (Self aligning and cannot wrap!) Yea, Big Sky claimed that for theors too. The only one I've seen that can really claim that is Kinoton.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-23-2011 11:15 AM                       Hey, Richard! Sorry, I wasn't implying that - I had good dealings with them, too. Only that Potts popularized the platter in this country and put tens of thousands of projectionists out of work. The irony just struck me as the tables were turned. If Bob Potts hadn't made the platter affordable, it might have been just another kooky idea that didn't take off here.  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 11-23-2011 01:05 PM                       It was not the platter that did it, it was the xenon bulb. I took Tim's comment to mean good bye to a truly Rube Goldberg implementation. I too had good dealings with Potts, but vacuum cleaner motors, jeez! At least the Christie and Kinoton had some elegance to the design.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-23-2011 02:43 PM                     The xenon bulb was also the death of the full service dealership since one didnt have contact with a theatre every week for there next carbon order that sometimes required bills to get paid  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-23-2011 03:07 PM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Tim is always rude and uncalled for, would you expect any less! Wow! If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-23-2011 04:57 PM                     Nah, a Kinoton could wrap too, but I will admit it would be the most difficult for it to happen on. That being said the late model Christie AW3R platter was THE platter design that was never beat in my opinion. The problem is few people understood how to calibrate them, and as such many people hated them. If the platter is calibrated properly, it was magnificent and more gentle on film than any other platter. And yes Steve, the Kinoton platter was also very gentle, but it has RETARDED setup requirements due to its design. I never liked the Strong/Potts, but everyone knows that. Their flimsy center rings cinch scratched prints as they were moved, but many people were blind to it because their prints were dirty and it just looked like more dirt and/or they had lower light levels and couldn't see it. Their MUTs were like some of medieval torture device for film. I could start on a huge long rant, but at this point it really does not matter. Film is dead folks. That being said I did deal with Potts a little bit and I will say those were some fantastic people to do business with. Absolutely great. Even if I didn't like their platters, it is sad to see "good people" shut down.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-23-2011 06:24 PM                        quote: Brad Miller The problem is few people understood how to calibrate [AW3s] ^ This right here. ^ That's not to say the AW3 was perfect. It wasn't. But it was the best of what did exist.  |  IP: Logged

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