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nidi · Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 303 Location: Switzerland

Guys,

talked to the Product Manager from Barco last weekend.
He was at a Film Festival in the UK presenting the latest Cinema Technology called Barco Escape.

I soon found out that he was deeply involved in CRT and Simulators for the last 20 years.

I asked him if there are still parts available for the 9" and 12" projectors they offered.

He said tons. after asking him what is happening to all of those parts he just said that
the 10 years are up and those will be thrown in the dumpster/skip in the near future.

what a waste.

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

If you got his contact info (I'm not asking you to reveal it) then maybe you can keep in touch with him and ask him if Barco would consider
offering those parts out to what's left of the CRT enthusiast community for fire sale prices.

The idea that they might have parts for 12" projectors really interests me. I'd love to have a Barco 912 even if it may not be the ultimate resolution CRT projector in real world terms. I want one anyway.

I'd certainly grab a set of the tubes and lenses if I could get them. For a not unreasonable price, anyway.

jbltecnicspro · Joined: 23 Apr 2016 Posts: 512

Good grief - a 12 inch projector. How much did that thing weigh? 400 lbs?

**kal** · Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:58 am Post subject:

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

Sometimes a company will allow an interested employee to take the stuff and do whatever he wants with it. The company still gets to take the tax write-off and the employee can make some money on the side.

**kal** · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:04 pm Post subject:

I've had it happen a few times where items were given away for free to employees but there's always been disclaimers and paperwork to fill out declaring that it's for "personal use only and not resold for profit". They'd have to check their employee agreements.

Kal

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

At the company where I work one can't bring home used paper boxes without permission, yes, we also throw out 1000's of $ worth new, newer used components from excess stock each year... Thumbs Down

**kal** · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:34 pm Post subject:

Some of it has to do with liability. For example, if something malfunctioned and you or your property got damaged, the temptation to seek some form of compensation would be high. It was their equipment and they let you take it home, and unfortunately a lot of people think that some of the blame must surely lay with them. Personal responsibility tends to be side-stepped when money is on the line.

Similarly, if the stuff being thrown out is particularly useful or valuable, it could lead to arguments in the office and accusations of nepotism among employees who missed out.

These are headaches that management don't need, so often it's better to just throw it all out and be done with it.

Kal

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

I get the point however, a few months ago our company just threw out (along with other parts) 500pcs of AD822 opamps in DIP-8 package, all new in tubes, never used . At Digikey they'd cost 2888USD total with the quantity discount applied, now tell me it is not worth to hire a worker to sell these even at half price, instead of ending up in a landfill, while the company actually pays money to take away the "hazardous waste"...

**kal** · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:20 pm Post subject:

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2790 Location: Budapest, Hungary

rod · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:11 pm Post subject:

Liability issue is the big hurdle/wall, plus companies only want energy (sales, shipping, warehouse, admin) focused on new direction - everything else is a distraction. My brother worked at a smelter where phillips, nec, etc shipped boxcars of brand new vcrs, projectors, stereo tossed straight into the furnace to recover metals.

I often thought of using a "charity play" (ie. some proceeds go to a charity) but it's still a long shot because of first point.