I decided to sell my Pixel Magic Systems Crystalio II VPS-3800 Video processor. I want to initially list it here for lddb members. If there isn't an interest, I will move the add to eBay and other sites. It is in near brand new condition. I am the second owner. The first owner used it in a very high end custom home theater. It was professionally installed into a component rack to provide video to a $40,000 front projector. I bought it from the first owner a few years ago and used it with the best equipment such as Pioneer Pro-141FD plasma and HLD-X0 LD player. It was installed into a Salamander Design A/V cabinet and provided clean power from Panamax power conditioners with a dedicated line/breaker from the mains. I have the original manufacturer's box, manual, rack ears and remote controls.
You can access the PMS website here
http://www.crystalio.com/ They still have a few units in stock but asking $5500.
Asking Price: $1500 + actual shipping(Worldwide) +%3 PayPal fees + lddb.com fee. lddb.com fee is $5+%1 above $200.
I will charge actual shipping and will not charge for packaging material. The item is already packaged and ready to ship, measurements are as followed below to calculate estimate on shipping. I am willing to ship worldwide. I am located in zipcode 01420 USA. Local pick up is available, I am willing to deliver it up to 60 miles at no charge.
Length: 24
Width: 23
Height: 15
Weight: 31lbs
I can provide you extensive support for setting it up and tweaking as I have extensive knowledge of the unit. Unit is up to date with the latest firmware. Feel free to contact me for any serious offers and questions.
(obsolete/unreachable picture remove)VPS-3800 is the highest model and has a few benefits over the 3300.
-Upgraded clocks with 1ppm jitter. This benefits the analog to digital converters(ADC) which digitizes your composite video for processing.
-Built in media player with 200GB IDE HDD. You can rip your DVDs and play them through the media player with menus, subtitles, soundtracks.
-2x HD-SDI inputs. This is the purest input type, If you can locate a HD-SDI or SDI modded player, you can get the purest video to your CII to process.
(obsolete/unreachable picture remove)I will include the following with the Crystalio II
- 2x remote controls (originally comes with 1)
- 1x media remote to access all media player functions (originally not provided, paid $100 extra)
- Rack ears (originally not provided, $50 option)
- AudioQuest NRG-X3 3Ft(1m) power cord (Fully shielded, $100 value)
- AudioQuest Hawkeye composite cable with BNC connectors (Best composite cable you will find, $350 value)
- 6x AudioQuest BNC to RCA adaptors ($20 each x 6 =$120 value)
- Monster Cable composite cable and interconnects ($100 value)
- Monster Cable M-series HDMI cable 4Ft (1.2m) (10.2Gbps bandwidth heavily shielded, $160)
(obsolete/unreachable pictures remove)As you can see all inputs/outputs are professional grade BNC type. I will include 6 BNC to RCA adaptors. I will also include an AudioQuest Hawkeye composite cable with both end BNC connectors (pictured above). This is a $350 cable, with very heavy shielding and DSS circuitry for best signal transition. Players like Pioneer HLD-X0 and LD-S2 has BNC type composite outputs, mated with this cable into Crystalio II will give you the best picture you can ever achieve from Laserdiscs.
(obsolete/unreachable pictures remove)Packaging is already done and this unit is ready to ship. I obtained professional packaging material from the nearest computer shop. It is custom designed for shipping out large desktop computers. I use one of these boxes over the manufacturer's box. I also use additional bubble wraps both inside the manufacturer's box and outer box to ensure best transit. I took pictures during packaging the unit.
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