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digitalayon · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 921

mp20748 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject:

mp20748 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:13 pm Post subject:

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

Mike Parker <mpa6641228@aol.com>

Jul 19 at 6:24 PM

ToMark

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Sorry, but I am required to return them as I've already indicated. And I'm also supposed to restore them to where they were before.

You don't get to call this one

Sent from my iPhone

You're fired chump. I own the boards and want them back immediately. liar. What gives you the right to tell me what happens to my boards? I don't want your work applied with a $hit job in the first place.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

I'm no lawyer but if Mike returns the boards to you in working condition, I'm pretty sure that it puts him in a better legal position for his defense if things move in that direction. I can hardly blame him for wishing to minimize potential issues going forward.

If you don't want my non-expert legal opinion, well, you made the choice to publicize this situation on a public forum and any member here is free to make comments. You must accept the consequences of that choice.

mp20748 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:49 pm Post subject:

> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 15, 2017, at 11:17 AM,
Mark
> <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>> Mike,
>>
>> Your reply suggests that
after
> sending you all the parts needed
for the mod, is that after
> 3.5 months, you are just now
working on the power supply. To
> say that I am unhappy about the
circumstances is putting it
> mildly. I specifically asked how
long it would take, and
> your reply was about 1 week. I
have the email stating this.
> The audio room looks like crap
with a pile of wires hanging
> out of the projector.
>>
>> I am truly serious that you
can
> send everything back to me in its
present state. It does not
> matter if completed or not at this
point. "The other boards
> are basically done" means that
they are NOT finished yet.
> The rust on the screws is a ploy
to add more time to this
> abomination. Seriously, 3.5 months
and this what people get.
> I am moving in another direction
with this to get it
> completed in a TIMELY manner.
Otherwise I have a f*cking
> boat anchor hanging on the floor
joists.
>>
>> You don't have to worry about
your
> reputation, I will not say a word
about this situation.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Mark Kowalczyk
>>
>

mp20748 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:54 pm Post subject:

> From: Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
>
> To: Mike Parker <mpa6641228@aol.com>
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> Sent: Wed, Jul 12, 2017 4:03 pm
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> Subject: Re: Boards
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> Mike,
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> You
> don't have to rush to complete the
boards/power supply.
> Just send everything back as
asked.
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> Thanks,
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> Mark

mp20748 · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:57 pm Post subject:

> From: Mike Parker
> <mpa6641228@aol.com>
> To: Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 8,
> 2017 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Boards
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> Ok,
> I'll get things ready for Tuesday
ship. I'll get
> back you by Monday
>
> Sent
> from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 8, 2017, at 12:48 PM,
Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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>> Mike,
>>
>> I have 7 days off
> after this Wednesday and hope to
see the projector up and
> running.
>>
>>
> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:04 AM
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From:
"Mike Parker" <mpa6641228@aol.com>
To:
"Mark" <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>

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Send me your address. I might be able to get these out today. On one of the neck boards it has "poor focus" I've not check this particular board yet, was this a problem with this board, or was that one of the problems you mentioned before you dialed your focus in better

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Shipping date Mike,
Tracking number Mike,
Post it here for all to see!

Another lame promise to send something and the day passes by.
The poor focus was mentioned to you and I have the email. How about that blooming that was mentioned over 50 contrast? So Mike, You are aware that the Complete integration of your work was bad. You can post all the pictures you want to, but it is NO guarantee that the mods will function as mentioned. For now they are just pictures. Where is the QC on your mods when I have to send the neck card back for a part that falls off. then you mention that, YES there is a problem with your work.

Of course your going to say "I might be able to get these out today. It's your standard excuse you always stick to.

tick, tick, tick ,tick,tick.

MAK

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

Sent: Saturday, July 8,
> 2017 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Boards
>
>
>
>
> Ok,
> I'll get things ready for Tuesday
ship. I'll get
> back you by Monday
>
> Sent
> from my iPhone
>
>
>> On Jul 8, 2017, at 12:48 PM,
Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> I have 7 days off
> after this Wednesday and hope to
see the projector up and
> running.
>>
>>
> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark

Note the date of July 8th that you will ship the boards.

Where are they? How about the initial post where you state the boards should be done in 3 days to a week, with me explicitly asking this so that the projector assembly could be put back together. Let see here on the email exchange.

From: Mike Parker <mpa6641228@aol.com>
To: Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Board upgrade

Yes, the vim as well. It should take a few days turnaround, but I would say a week to make sure. The LVSP is a must to do with this upgrade

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On Mar 30, 2017, at 9:41 AM, Mark <racerxnet2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I would like to know what the turn around time for the board upgrade will be. Please be specific so I know and can plan accordingly for the downtime. I bought 3 new tubes (LCP09s) and magnetics from Tim. I'd like to send you the LVPS for the upgrade. Will you need the VIM also? I see you sold Wolfman your latest mods and I hope he can do better than what has been seen so far.
>
> Rebuild consists of:
>
> New tubes and magnetics.
> Colored C elements
> GT-17 lenses
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

Mike,

Was the 7 days off something that you took advantage of because I was going to be off? Is the word "hope after 3 months a easy out so you could delay the time frame once again? We know you cannot stick to your word when promised.

MAK

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:52 am Post subject:

OK, enough! You've made your point, Mike knows what he needs to do. Leave it alone for now, one or both of you post once the boards have been shipped back to the owner.

mp20748 · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:32 am Post subject:

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

Curt asked us to shut up, and provide a shipping date, tracking number, and send them on the way. Got it! They are considered stolen goods right now.

MAK

mp20748 · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:49 am Post subject:

mp20748 · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:40 am Post subject:

Weekend has been both busy and relaxing. Didn't get to watch a movie, but did get back to the boards for a few minutes and will box them up later today, because I'm more than pleased with them.

Be mindful, unlike others, the use of sharpness, Darby or any other enhancement is not happening here. This is straight from the Blu Ray player direct to the Moome "Direct" without any changes to the source. And my setup still needs both focus and convergence done better, yet on screen it still looks good.

A few quick shots taking...

digitalayon · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 921

don't confuse his boards with mine MP *wink*

mp20748 · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:27 pm Post subject:

..... hmm.... no it was his boards for sure that was shipped.. Mr. Green

racerxnet · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Posts: 362 Location: Illinois

I waited for Mike to step up to the plate while all the sh*t was flying around about the quality of his shots/mods. Nobody heard of Kurt 5 years ago and it is hard to find credibility with the way he responds. Because of that he makes it harder for people to "lean into him" for advice. Instead they turn away. I did not need any coaching from people when making my decision to move in another direction. I have been in the printing industry for over 35 years and know what I am looking for in reproduction. After all, I am a professional in this realm and do it every day for fortune 100 companies.

Tools of my trade: AVT/GMI ColorQuick/Clarios from Advanced Vision Technology Inc. (AVT)
http://files.idealliance.org/G7/PressOpGuide/Sheetfed_Offset/G7_Press_Guide.pdf
Fingerprinting a press: http://spectragraphic.com/pdfs/Fingerprint.pdf
Goss Sunday 2000 printing press: https://www.gossinternational.com/printing-presses/commercial-presses/sunday-2000-web-offset-press-system/

From a scientific approach which I use during the print process, Mike showed no way to ascertain what was going on with his mods. Mike does not have a meter to calibrate the projector, always has black crush, inconsistent colors, and no standardized process for the reproduction chain. With all that said, he cannot show any improvement he claims. The shots look smeared, lack detail in highlighted areas, and colors blown out of proportion towards Red or Blue, depending on the day. Gray scale tracking is horrible and he does not know how to fix it with the proper tools. How do we all know this, because Mike never has shown a calibration report and the screen shots show what I am saying.

Watching all this play out with the screen shots started to inform me that Mike was not the person to rely on for consistent results. The pattern was to deflect the helpful suggestions by others and babble on about how good they looked. Bad glycol, poor focus, wrong tubes, and on and on it goes. What really showed how far off Mikes shots are was when Kurt and Greg posted shots of their calibrated projector. While all this was happening we had another player come on board with some truly innovative solutions vs the MP mods. The mod's supplied to me were poorly implemented with blooming over 50 contrast, a bad neck card, extremely poor customer service based on the "free" mod, and excuses that nobody should have to endure when promises are broken. His screen shots tell 1000 poor words. Do you think that these are something to show how good his work is? How come nobody has shown his work with a calibrated projector and light output?

Hope that was informative enough.

Mark

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

I really don't want to get into the middle of this but I am going to say that while I have seen compelling proof that in SOME cases, blooming is directly related to the performance of a neck card, when it comes to the Marquee it always will have some bloom at higher contrast levels due to the inadequate focus yokes that Electrohome continued to use even after switching away from Thomson CRTs (which the yokes were designed for) to Panasonic CRTs. (Which the yokes were NOT designed for.) That decision was taken for cost/benefit reasons. The projector still met customer's specs with the Thomson yoke installed, so thus, no reason to change it.)

Much as I like the Marquee 9" chassis, it is at a disadvantage for focus performance when compared to, at the very least, a G90 and a Barco 909 and maybe the same can be said for the 8" machines as well.

Additionally, the G90 and the 909 both feature electronic beam shaping systems that the Marquee lacks, and while something can be done about the focus yoke on the Marquee, there is nothing to be done to add the electronic 4 and 6 pole CPC ring capacity to it which the G90 features. I know the 909 also offers additional beam control systems but since I'm not personally experienced with them there's not much I can say about them.