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[Jeremy112]

I dont know if this post is OK or not, but here goes...

I want to see how much we have all paid for our current CRT projectors, and what condition they were in when purchased,

Details:


brand/Model:
Price:
Tube condition:
Chassis condition:
Working at time of purchase?:
date purchased:
Replaced projector:

The point of this thread is to see how much everyone is paying for these units currently and to see what a general market price is of the projectors too


Ill start this off:

NEC XG1100
Paid $500
Overall tube condition: 7
Chassis condition: Like new
Working at time of purchase
Purchased 8/1/2010
Replaced Sony VPL-BW7, NEC 9PG

[Zebu Fellenz]

Sony G70
Paid $150 (sold extra remote for $125)
Overall tube condition: 8 (~250 hours)
Chassis condition: Like new
Working at time of purchase
Purchased: Summer 2008
Replaced Marquee 8000, Barco Data 801s

[Jeremy112]

Nice score

[MikeEby]

NEC XG1351
Paid $5000
Overall tube condition: New
Chassis condition: Almost New
Working at time of purchase: 20 hours
Purchased: Summer 2002
Replaced: BG-800

Mike

[dvh99]

brand/Model: marquee 9500 ultra (2000 build)
Price: 2000 euro
Tube condition: 6 1/2 5500 hours
Chassis condition: 9 9000 hrs in total (tubes on and standby)
Working at time of purchase?: yes
date purchased: 26/12/2009
Replaced projector: no

came with leaky bellows and completely stock.
no problems so far.

[jkruger]

Model: Runco DTV-1100 (Barco 1209s with colored elements)
Price: $600.
Tube condition: 8, 4500hrs
Chassis condition: Like new
Working at time of purchase?: Yes
date purchased: April 15, 2008
Replaced projector: Sony 1272

Had a few minor scratches on case.

[garyfritz]

brand/Model: Marquee 8500
Price: $700 delivered, if I remember right
Tube condition: R: 9 G: 8 B: 9
Chassis condition: fine
Working at time of purchase?: yes. replaced green (I think?), added color-filtered HD145 lenses
date purchased: wow, it was late 2006!
Replaced projector: several! In my theater I've had an NEC XG852, this 8500, a Dwin HD700, the 8500 again, a Sony G70, and the 8500 AGAIN.

[akajester]

brand/Model: Barco Graphics 808s
Price: $300
Tube condition: R:8 G:6 B:8
Chassis condition: 9
Hours on chassis: ~3000
Working at time of purchase?: YES
date purchased: Summer 2009
Replaced projector: Barco Graphics 808

[_in_peace_]

Sony G70
1300 Euro
Tubes: 9
Hours on chassis: 3000
Year 2009
Replaced BenQ w9000
Working when purchase

[Tim in Phoenix]

Guys!

One of my 9" Marquees started out as an 8500LC. I got a call one day back in '01, guy sez he works for Rhythm & Hues Studio in Hollywood (?) and would I like to buy their broken Marquee, lvps light and it won't fire up. $500 and shipping. They were ready to park it in the dumpster. It arrives a week later, all that is wrong is a shorted cap in the wired keypad. They taped some 35mm film cans in front as lens caps, one of the cans was labelled "Sum of All Fears"; R & H did the CG effects with the missiles hitting the aircraft carrier, one of my favorite movies, and my Marquee was used in the production of it.


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[Sparky015]

brand/Model: Marquee 8500
Price: $250
Tube condition: R:9 G:9 B:9
Chassis condition: 9
Working at time of purchase?: YES
date purchased: April 2009
Replaced projector: Marquee 8000 ( I sold it for $500)

Since April 09, I've converted it to a 9500LC. I have about $2K in it including the purchase price, but it's most definitely not a stock 9500.

[secstate]

Brand Model: Runco 1100 (Barco 1209s Data essentially)
Price: $100 each got 2 of them for total $200
Tube condition Red 9, Blue 9, Green 7 (but small wear area)
Chassis condition: Case like new both projectors had electrical problems.
Working: one partially, one not. Both projectors had bad quads (one worked intermittently), both projectors had bad convergence driver boards, one had bad SMPS, one had bad horizontal shift and focus board. Having a completely spare chassis and spare Barco HV parts made these relatively easy to fix.
Date purchased: February 2009.
Replaced Barco Data 808s, with upgraded P16 8" tubes. Sold it for $550 (in parts but kept HV section as a spare for the Runco).

Note: The green was bad enough that I got a new replacement from Eisemann theater. I did some horse trading with them and by parting out parts of the second Runco (tubes, c-elements, etc.) my upgrade to a 9" set with new green was essentially free.

[Nashou66]

brand/Model:VDC Marquee 8500 Ultra Longbow(2 projectors purchased together 2004 build date never used Still in Box's)
Price: $975 and $1070 USD
Tube condition: 10 on all 6 tubes(never used)
Chassis condition: new never used
Working at time of purchase?: Yes
date purchased: spring 2009
Replaced projector: Electrohome marquee 8500

Plus a few other CRT's but theses are Current in use

Athanasios

[AFryia]

brand/Model: VPH-G70
Price: $5000
Tube condition: 9.5/9.5/9.5
Chassis condition: Excellent
Working at time of purchase?: Yes
date purchased: 2003
Replaced projector: None

[stefuel]

I have a AmPro..........................nuf said

[gonyr]

Barco 1208/2
Paid $200 (I think)
Tubes were all about 7 or 8
Chassis in great shape
Worked perfectly at purchase
Bought it in spring of 2008
Replaced an ECP 3100

[WanMan]

I'm not sure what this is intended as you will be comparing a variety of fruits across a difference in the buying dollar, economic localization, and product condition. To claim:

[Hodaka]

brand/Model: Accurate Imaging Technologies XL ( 8110+ ULTRA 2002 build ) < 100 hours
Price: $750
Tube condition: R:10 G:10 B:10
Chassis condition: 10+
Working at time of purchase?: YES
date purchased: Summer 2009
Replaced projector: Marquee 8000 with upgrades

[Mark_A_W]

NEC XG1101LC
Paid: Free (had to pay shipping). But was missing a Blue tube and had a HV leak. I had spares.
Overall tube condition: 10 (once blue replaced)
Chassis condition: Minor corrosion on bare steel edges. Covers dinged up. But it had been recapped (and they did it well, it works!).
Working at time of purchase: No
Purchased August 2009
Replaced: XG-751 converted to LC, 600hrs on tubes (2.40:1 wear just showing). Had it for 6 years, paid about $1k. Given away to a good friend. Had an Xtra before that.

[Spanky Ham]

I agree with Wan, as this is going to get you a representative pricing for today's market. To me, the best deal was probably those XGs that AVS sold back in the early 2000s.

Sony G70
Paid $400
Tube 9
Overall excellent condition
Working Yes
Purchased Jan 2010
Replaced PG9