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stefuel
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
Posts: 3353
Location: Green Harbor MA USA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Hoooooow sweet it is.... |
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In the late, great words of Jackie Gleason that is.
I did a service call today at a home foreclosure sale. The economy sucks as does life. I'm in the basement doing my HVAC thing when I notice a very large box and under all the dust and debris I see the Barco logo. All the time I'm doing my thing, that logo is burning it's image into my head. So I finish my thing and can't stand it anymore. I wipe off the box and it says "Cine 9". There's only one problem. It's still stapled onto a factory pallet, all the factory shipping tape is un-cut and I can't open it to inspect it. I go upstairs and talk to the person in charge. She's not even aware of the stuff in the basement but is sure it's of not much value. I inform her that there is one thing down there that I would be interested in and make a offer. She said she would have to investigate it first and I tell her not to take to long as it's a analog display and the whole country is going digital on Friday the 12th. About ten minutes later she came back with the news "SOLD".
So now it sits in the back of my work van for a total of................................................................................................
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$750.00 
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A Barco is only a AmPro with training wheels
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donaldk
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Wow that's a hefty price tag, LOL.
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wallace123456
Joined: 14 Aug 2006
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Location: Northwest VA area
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| Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Yep. Sir, YOU SUCK!!!!
Great catch!!
wallace
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ecrabb
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 15909
Location: Utah
TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
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| Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Are you freakin' kidding? You're kidding, right? You got a new-in-box Cine 9 for $750? This is a joke, right?
SC
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nuttall_chris
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hopefully it's not a box full of bricks 
Chris.
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Kiev Savoie
Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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All together Fellas! YOU SUCK!!!!!
I want pictures to prove this outlandish tale!
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Mr. Green
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Posts: 1394
Location: Calgary
TV/Projector: Marquee 9501LC / NEC 9PG+
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Well done! Of course photographic evidence is required, but that's freaking cool.
If you get a call about it, you weren't at that job, must have been another service guy... 
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MikeEby
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Posts: 5237
Location: Osceola, Indiana
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Posted about 1 hour before: In this thread.
http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=193708#193708
| stefuel wrote: | I have heard that it works well as a BD player. It's up-scaling of std def dvd is just OK and the remote is cheezy as typical of Momitsu. I liked my V880 until the drive broke wind. If you remember it was the original MP-1 modded player although others will take credit, it was my idea, my brainchild.
Some day when I'm outta-a-job and pissed off enough, I'll figure out how to bypass HDCP and install RGBHV outs on a BD player. Assuming I don't get pissed off and go digital first. I have way to many WORKING AmPro's kicking around to do that  |
Chip WTF is goin on?....Its not April fools day is it? Congrats if true!
Mike
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jkruger
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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PICTURES! We gotta have pictures. Surely you won't give up your Ampros. I'll give ya twice what you paid for it......
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Zebu Fellenz
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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You paid $750? You really couldn't talk them down to a more reasonable number? I wouldn't pay a dime over $100...
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bbfarmht
Joined: 27 May 2006
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Location: Where the Mississippi runs east to west!!
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Chip I didn't hate you before.
NOW I REALLY HATE YOU!!!!
B.T.W you hate Barcos so I'll be over to collect that from you!!! 
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both"
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CRT_Ben
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
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Location: Northern Virginia
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Holy....
Steal of the century, man! A good reason to always keep your eyes peeled
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ecrabb
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 15909
Location: Utah
TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:36 am Post subject: |
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I'll third or fourth the notion... Photos or it didn't happen.
SC
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nuttall_chris
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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I still say it's a box full of bricks.
Prove us wrong, we need pictures.
Chris.
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Tim in Phoenix
Joined: 21 Oct 2006
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Location: Phoenix
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Hehe
I'd like to report a Theft........
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jask
Joined: 17 Mar 2006
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Location: kamloops BC
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damn!!!
damn!!
Gott damn!!
you might want to go buy a lottery ticket, this seems to be your lucky day.
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ecrabb
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Location: Utah
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If he really got a Cine 9 for $750, there's no reason for him to buy a lottery ticket, 'cuz he done used up all his luck, I'd say!
Still waiting to see if this is a joke. Too damn good to be true... finding the holy grail of CRT projectors... one of the rarest models ever made... New in a crate in somebody's basement. It's like the story about the guy who finds an original <insert rare collectible automobile here> in a barn by the side of the road and buys it from the farmer (who is totally unaware of what it's worth) for pennies on the dollar...
Hmmm... I was thinking maybe the reason Chip hadn't been back here to answer was because he was out in the van making sweet love to his new toy, but then I checked his profile:
| Quote: | All about stefuel
Last Visit: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:39 pm
Last Post Time: Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:51 pm |
So, he rolled this hand grenade of a post into the forum, and then seemingly left... Only he's been back and isn't posting. Me thinks something smells fishy, here.
SC
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jkruger
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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Yeah I bet he's got some smoke from an Ampro that he's trying to blow up our asses.
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AnalogRocks
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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OK we need a picture of the box with an apple on it.
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