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Justin Bacon
Film Handler

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From: Orlando FL USA
Registered: Oct 2018


 - posted 01-27-2019 10:49 AM      Profile for Justin Bacon   Email Justin Bacon   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
eBay has a Christie ska3d for sale and a usl jsd 60 I'm looking to upgrade my current processor which is a cp650 I was wondering what the better choice is I was thinking the Christie because of HDMI and I use this equipment at home.

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Tony Bandiera Jr
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 - posted 01-27-2019 10:56 AM      Profile for Tony Bandiera Jr   Email Tony Bandiera Jr   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Depends on the prices and the condition of the ska3d, and if the seller will accept returns.

Some of the early ska3d's had issues, ranging from not booting up to overheating to failing inputs.

It is a great concept, and I understand that they sorted out the issues, but just be aware there is some risk buying a unit from ebay.

The jsd 60 is a pretty solid unit and USL has great support.

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Justin Bacon
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 - posted 01-27-2019 11:25 AM      Profile for Justin Bacon   Email Justin Bacon   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Oh ok if anything then I'll get the usl I get what I'm going is crazy but I love Cinema gear the only down fall I have with the usl is it has only 6 analog inputs instead of 8. I'd love to own a qsc dcp100 someday but I can use a an HDMI audio extractor from monoprice and do things that way and run that into the usl jsd 60, thank you for your advice

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Tony Bandiera Jr
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 - posted 01-27-2019 11:28 AM      Profile for Tony Bandiera Jr   Email Tony Bandiera Jr   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
You're welcome.

Are you going to sell your CP-650? You can list it on the Equipment for sale" forum on here. I have a few things listed myself.

I may have someone interested in the CP-650 soon.

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

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 - posted 01-27-2019 06:09 PM      Profile for Steve Guttag   Email Steve Guttag   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I would stay away from the SKA-3D. It is discontinued AND unsupported by both Gefen (its maker) and Christie. It was a flaky unit and Gefen was never a good scaler company.

The JSD60 is solid though is lacking 2 channels for HI/VI when running 7.1 and, unfortunately, put the 2:4 decoder on pair-4 of the AES inputs instead of pair-1 (typically Left/Right...you know...the pairt most likely to benefit from a 2:4 decoding).

Even after the QSC acquisition of USL, the JSD60 has made the cut and continues to be available new and serviced.

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