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digitalayon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:25 am Post subject: Can you "Mod".....????? |
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Can you mod a rear projection Sony TV like a CRT Projector? Coworker wants to know...he blew out his 2 year old LCD and took a 10 year old Sony 4:3 out of storage. Not sure of any capabilities as I asked that a few months back but perhaps someone can answer as I forgot everything. But can any older units be converted to take true VGA like a projector or even a card or connection upgrade? Dude is frustrated about Samsung warranty.
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ecrabb
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
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Location: Utah
TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
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http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=361913
Almost nothing consumer-grade of that vintage will do anything but 480i or possibly 480i/p.
Even the later HD sets would only handle only 480i/p and 1080i and either wouldn't display 720p at all, or in the case of Sony sets, scaledit to 1080i to display.
Unless it has an HD component, DVI, or VGA input on it, don't waste your time trying to watching anything but SD on it.
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AnalogRocks
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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Find out the model number.
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draganm
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why not just fix the Shamsung? My friends just needed new capacitors on the power supply board, the originals had all blown out the top
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flipdog
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Can you "Mod".....????? |
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| digitalayon wrote: | | Can you mod a rear projection Sony TV like a CRT Projector? Coworker wants to know...he blew out his 2 year old LCD and took a 10 year old Sony 4:3 out of storage. Not sure of any capabilities as I asked that a few months back but perhaps someone can answer as I forgot everything. But can any older units be converted to take true VGA like a projector or even a card or connection upgrade? Dude is frustrated about Samsung warranty. |
Since it's a Sony the mods are pretty straight forward. Just acquire a semi large hammer, adjust unit into smaller pieces and then transport to the trash container. It will then be in it's well deserved condition.. 
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gjaky
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a.) What Dragan said.
b.) If the owner really like RPTVs then he would more impressed with an EM focusing ampro or barco retro set. Consumer RPTV-s are more like simole CRT TV-s with convergence feature, there is nothing you can do.
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barclay66
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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Location: Germany
TV/Projector: Marquee 9500 Ultra
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Hi,
It is like most of the others described. Consumer devices are an absolute no-go. Professional stuff is different. I've been using a Barco Graphics 801s with LC lenses (HD-18) for quite some time which was made from a Retro Graphics 801s. It just needed a donor case from a scrapped unit, some custom brackets for mounting of the LC tubes and matching C-Elements (from a Sony G70) for the lenses.
The picture was quite nice for an 8" ES focus unit...
Regards,
barclay66
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