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Map. I originally posted this in the digital forum, but I think this is where it should be. Please delete whichever one you feel.

Ok, so I have been away for a while, but recently popped in to check "the state of things" in CRT land

I started out with an 8500 from dragon 8 or 9 years ago. Sold the house and pj to a friend who still uses it

Current setup is a 9500lc. I got it around 4 years ago. It
Has some version of Parker mod, has color
C elements and i believe a first gen moome hdmi card A friend and I changed the glycol and replaced the bellows. It has hung faithfully for 4 years, with one hiccup involving the hvps. Replaced it and no real problems since

Recently the lumagen hdp's hdmi inputs
Quit working, so I have it hobbled up to use component inputs, but if I
Stay with the 9500 the lumagen will likely need to replace

The projector itself has started to need to be
Touched up a bit. The convergence is off noticeably until the pj is well warmed up. This may have something to do with using
The component inputs... Not sure. Maybe with the scaler
Replaced All will be well. Or perhaps sending the boards to dragon to replaces
Some aging parts will help. I do see some slight banding that scrolls vertically down the screen every minute or so... Again, this is likely aging components, right?

Note: we use the theater room virtually everyday... 1-1.5 hours

So I'm at a bit if a crossroad. Do I sink $500 into pj, and 2-400 into another lumagen hdp and then spend
The time to set it up again? Or do I make a clean break as I have read many of the "old guard" are (or have) and go to the "grey side"?

3d is not a deal breaker for me, but if i am spending some money anywy, perhaps opting for the radiance over an hdp is worthwhile since I can use it with either way I go ? I'm confused as
To whether any or all of the lumagen radiance vp can do
3d on a CRT... Or if it can, does the 9500 do it well? (there is a + model?) xd,xe,xs? I don't
See many posts with people doing 3d with crts. And then an additional accessory box is required, correct?

So at 8-900$, I am 1/2-1/3 the price of a half decent digital... Can anyone clear up some of my confusion so I can make an informed decision? I guess I would like to be talked down off the ledge, but I do need to be smart about this as with many... There is less time in the day to tinker than there used to be.

Thx!
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