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betel
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Okay, who won the G90 on eBay? |
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I tried to get a picture of the tubes prior to auction end but no luck.  My $2150 bid was too little too late. At $2600 a great price if the tubes are decent. I really don't need another pj with worn tubes even if it is a G90.
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Zebu Fellenz
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If it's the G90 I'm thinking of it had been inspected by a member here and the tubes were crispy.
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whatagoof
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In this context is "crispy" bad or good?
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Nashou66
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Curt Palme
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I looked at it and passed. Sold by some bulk selling place, and '9000 hours and the owner says the bulbs have been replaced'.
Ummm, yeah, right!
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draganm
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my money's on Terry, or possibly that guy in france. I think it's impressive the things are still holding their value with this YA boad issue and the almsot possible nature of the repair needed.
BTW, does anyone have that pic from the G90 that spot burned all 3 tubes?
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Tom.W
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Never owned one but what chip is the worst culprit on the YA board ?
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Curt Palme
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A few of them.
From what I remember the Ya board didn't cause the spot burn... check for threads on avs...
Still, as I predicted, parts units are now coming available. Now I just need a BArco 909 here and my test set lineup is complete.
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Nashou66
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AnalogRocks
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| Curt Palme wrote: | A few of them.
From what I remember the Ya board didn't cause the spot burn... check for threads on avs...
Still, as I predicted, parts units are now coming available. Now I just need a BArco 909 here and my test set lineup is complete. |
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Curt Palme
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THese were all in mint shape, sales are pending for all of them, yes. I need one with high hours and toasted tubes for cheap as a test set.
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jask
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | THese were all in mint shape, sales are pending for all of them, yes. I need one with high hours and toasted tubes for cheap as a test set. |
Yeah, thats what I want too!, only not high hours...and not toasted tubes......and not as a test set...
otherwise the same
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betel
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Like most of you, I'd love to get my hands on a nice G90. Can't justify the cost though. If I'd won the auction at $2150 and then came here and read all the chatter about "crispy' tubes I would have gotten a very bad feeing. 6k & up for new PJ is not gonna happen.
I have a G70 that throws an incredible image IMO but that hint of wear on the B & G tube really jumps out on white scenes. I've never seen a 9" machine in action so maybe I don't know what I'm missing but don't really see how they could be that much better than my G70. However, that insatiable desire for better PQ drives me to want a G90. Even if I replace the B & G, the PQ will only be marginally better and is hard to justify the cost.
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Nashou66
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| Curt Palme wrote: | | THese were all in mint shape, sales are pending for all of them, yes. I need one with high hours and toasted tubes for cheap as a test set. |
My Cousins husband works for the Science museum planetarium in Thessalonki Greece and they have 6 909 split packs they are suppose to or allready did replace with digitals. I told him to save them for me if he could or maybe try to claim one or two. I need to get in contact with him and find out what they did with them.
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Chuchuf
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| draganm wrote: | my money's on Terry, or possibly that guy in france. I think it's impressive the things are still holding their value with this YA boad issue and the almsot possible nature of the repair needed.
BTW, does anyone have that pic from the G90 that spot burned all 3 tubes? |
Not me, although I did put in a bid.......
Terry
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