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[Ryan Gallagher]

If I was the opossum I’d be most worried about the one in the back. ;-)

[Leo Enticknap]

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When I come downstairs in the morning, I am normally mobbed by these guys, expecting cat treats. Not this time. They stayed perfectly still, even after I walked over with the treat jar. The reason turned out to be an opossum exploring the yard. I waited for about ten minutes in an attempt to get a photo showing both the cats and the opossum, but it was as if the little git knew what I was trying to do, and stayed well to the left of the door!

It was the first time I've seen one since we moved to this development. Skunks are everywhere and we see a raccoon maybe once or twice a year, but no opossums until now.

[Frank Cox]

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[Leo Enticknap]

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Since when did sodomizing a dog come under the heading of politics?!

[Leo Enticknap]

You know you're in California when you find a stall at the farmers' market selling marijuana for pets!

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[Frank Cox]

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[Mark Gulbrandsen]

My understanding is that Series 2 NEC formatters can be replaced in the field, because you don't need to disturb the DMD block in order to remove the formatter board from around it, but that Barco ones cannot, because the DMD block and heatsink is fastened to the actual board (and so removing it would destroy its alignment with the prism, thereby needing factory recalibration once everything is reassembled). That's what I've been told in all the Barco training schools that I've done. We regularly sell and install NEC formatter boards, but if one dies on a Barco light engine, the whole thing has to be swapped.

That is literally the only aspect of NEC Series 2 design I can think of that is superior to Barco's.

You can get the formatters out of China for the 32B, and Christies. And as far as NEC goes, for me, they are the most reliable projectors I installed out of the 3 brands over the ten year period before I retired. In fact, about half of the units I installed came from MIT. They are also known for reliability the same way in Europe... NEC can also be the easiest prism.assembly to clean, if one wants wants to do that kind of work. Strong cleans NEC prisms. Also, the later Barco light engines should be almost as easy to do as an NEC.

[Jim Cassedy]

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[Leo Enticknap]

Why not just change the formatter on site? They are available...

My understanding is that Series 2 NEC formatters can be replaced in the field, because you don't need to disturb the DMD block in order to remove the formatter board from around it, but that Barco ones cannot, because the DMD block and heatsink is fastened to the actual board (and so removing it would destroy its alignment with the prism, thereby needing factory recalibration once everything is reassembled). That's what I've been told in all the Barco training schools that I've done. We regularly sell and install NEC formatter boards, but if one dies on a Barco light engine, the whole thing has to be swapped.

That is literally the only aspect of NEC Series 2 design I can think of that is superior to Barco's.

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

[requesting forgiveness for the politics]

Swapping out a light engine with a deceased green formatter in a DP2K-32B this morning, I commented to the owner that the only way of fixing it that did not involve shipping it to Belgium would be to ask the POTUS to make the time to issue a 201nd executive order: the "make Barcos work again" order. The owner replied that I had to come up with a more catchy acronym than that, or he wouldn't even answer the phone.

Why not just change the formatter on site? They are available...

[Frank Cox]

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[Randy Stankey]

Is the plastic soft enough that you could bend three of the fingers down and give it back to him?

[Jim Cassedy]

I've been extra busy at the theater this week, but when my,
boss asked me "if I could use a hand in the projection room",
- - this is definitely NOT what I had in mind. . . .
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[Frank Cox]

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[Leo Enticknap]

For if your child is stuck in Freud's anal stage...

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