What VP for CRT projector?

nin · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 01:26

I'm thinking about getting a HLD-X0, again. :crazy:

What video processor would be a good match for a 9" CRT projector?

rein-o · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 02:31

nin wrote:

I'm thinking about getting a HLD-X0, again. :crazy:

What video processor would be a good match for a 9" CRT projector?

What does Curt Palme offer?? They sell a bunch of CRT projectors and parts, even upscalers for CRT projectors.

substance · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 03:18

Lumagen Radiance 2144.

nin · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 13:22

substance wrote:

Lumagen Radiance 2144.

Cost too much.

signofzeta · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 15:09

Why are you planning to buy a display and player and video processor separately...based around a $6k deck, and you’re too cheap to buy the best processor? For any processor to be worth using at all on a decent new TV it has to be extremely good. This isn’t 2008.

rein-o · Posted: 26 Oct 2020, 18:43

So he can watch the 6th day in perfect analog picture...............

nin · Posted: 30 Oct 2020, 02:46

signofzeta wrote:

Why are you planning to buy a display and player and video processor separately...based around a $6k deck, and you’re too cheap to buy the best processor? For any processor to be worth using at all on a decent new TV it has to be extremely good. This isn’t 2008.

Read the question. I'm not buying a 3000-4000$ video processor to a 300-400$ CRT projector.

nin · Posted: 30 Oct 2020, 02:47

rein-o wrote:

So he can watch the 6th day in perfect analog picture...............

Sold my 6th day LD.

substance · Posted: 30 Oct 2020, 03:57

nin wrote:

signofzeta wrote:

Why are you planning to buy a display and player and video processor separately...based around a $6k deck, and you’re too cheap to buy the best processor? For any processor to be worth using at all on a decent new TV it has to be extremely good. This isn’t 2008.

Read the question. I'm not buying a 3000-4000$ video processor to a 300-400$ CRT projector.

Then any processor will do. Spending $400 on an antiquated electronic is more expensive than something current for $4,000 but that’s my opinion.

signofzeta · Posted: 30 Oct 2020, 14:42

nin wrote:

rein-o wrote:

So he can watch the 6th day in perfect analog picture...............

Sold my 6th day LD.

If that’s a joke, it’s hilarious. If it’s not a joke it’s even funnier though.

As for the question, if the projector is as old as the LD player you don’t need a processor. Back then everything matched. You only need a processor if you are line doubling or digitizing or HDMI-ing it all. By 9” do you mean it has 9” guns? I watched a lot of LD on Sony 6” projectors in the 90s. The image was small and dark but with proper setup quality is very good. The friggn tubes got to be pretty hard to find though and $$$ so that era sort of ended around 2000. Also the thing is rather loud...nowadays you can get a image nearly as big and WAY higher quality from a $2000 TV and it will weigh less than the screen I used to have to set up to project the image onto. It will be quieter and drain half the power.

nin · Posted: 31 Oct 2020, 01:25

substance wrote:

Then any processor will do. Spending $400 on an antiquated electronic is more expensive than something current for $4,000 but that’s my opinion.

If I use the player in my main theater, then I can pay more. Don't really know why one need 4000$ VP for a CRT projector playing LD and VHS.

nin · Posted: 31 Oct 2020, 01:35

signofzeta wrote:

If that’s a joke, it’s hilarious. If it’s not a joke it’s even funnier though.

As for the question, if the projector is as old as the LD player you don’t need a processor. Back then everything matched. You only need a processor if you are line doubling or digitizing or HDMI-ing it all. By 9” do you mean it has 9” guns? I watched a lot of LD on Sony 6” projectors in the 90s. The image was small and dark but with proper setup quality is very good. The friggn tubes got to be pretty hard to find though and $$$ so that era sort of ended around 2000. Also the thing is rather loud...nowadays you can get a image nearly as big and WAY higher quality from a $2000 TV and it will weigh less than the screen I used to have to set up to project the image onto. It will be quieter and drain half the power.

Well, I need it for for the display (probably 960P @ 72 hz). The retrogaming will do nice with 240P, with big scanlines.
No new TV in my retroroom. Only CRT there for vhs, betamax, video 2000 and laserdisc.
But maybe I will put the LD player in my main system, then I need a really good VP.

What VP for CRT projector?

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