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CasetheCorvetteman
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Last time i checked there were 2 Barco Cine 9 projectors unopened over here... So stranger things may be the case.
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Spanky Ham
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Kal, Could you combine the threads?
| Jeremy112 wrote: | | km987654 wrote: | | How does anyone get more than 10 new Sony G90s after all this time?? |
Charging far more than they were worth... Thus inhibiting the sale of said projectors. I mean really, I doubt FH video educated people very much if at all on how superior CRT is to the new Sony VPL Digitals that replaced them, yet they still said "Oh they are worth $13,000 all day long!"
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How do you know this? Have you ever spoken to FH? I just did a quick google and here is what I came up with.
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Fu Hou Corp. was established in 1988 as a wholesaler and exporter. In 2002, Fu Hou Corp. adapted the name of FH Video Inc. We are a privately held company focused on the sales of professional and broadcast video equipment. Since our inception in 1988, we have successfully expanded our business to provide products and services to meet the demands placed on our customers by the changing technological needs of the future. Not only do we provide PAL equipment at very good prices, we also provide NTSC equipment as well.
FH Video, markets an impressive line of professional Audio and Video products which includes well known brand names such as: Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Ikegami, Hitachi, Fujinon, Canon and more! Our product line includes high resolution professional studio cameras, monitors, recorders, camcorders, HD/SD lenses, media and medical Equipment. Many of these products are suited for the film industry and high end graphics applications as well as other popular AV applications.
Mission Statement:
Our goal is to treat all of our customers like our ONLY customer. We have assembled a knowledgeable staff to assist you in meeting your audio, video and visual needs.
Please browse through our online catalogue and feel free to call us at 415-221-2822 or write to us at Henry@fhvideo.com Our contact page can be used to help you with additional information.
The San Francisco facility includes Pro Video sales store, Rental house, Screening Room with two of Sony top line CRT projectors VPH-G90U side by side set up with 150" Stewart Filmscreen can provide 1080P native image, and a Broadcast studio with Green screen, cameras and switcher that can be used for on-site video productions.
Specialties
FH Video is a Worldwide Exclusive Distributor of Sony CRT projectors.
Grand Opening:
Two private super deluxe Cinema theater Center built in NEO Building B/32F Shenzhen, China, The Sony CRT projectors VPH-G90U/D50HTU was calibrated by expert Roger Galvin USA. www.fhvideo.com/crt.php
FH video specializes in buying-selling-rental Sony broadcast & professional video/audio equipments, especially Sony DEMO units with more saving for our customers.
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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/henry-chan/3b/81a/9a3
http://www.fhvideo.com/crt.php
The second link is a picture of their showroom.
Roger told me that Henry makes more money on the other A/V stuff, but has an affinity for the Sony CRTs.
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If they bought the stock 8 years ago, and STILL have 50 of them, wouldn't someone there have a brain big enough to realize that no one is going to buy them for that price? |
Like I said in the other thread, there was/is a market in China. Maybe that market is starting to diminish. Two years ago, they were buying them at that price.
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Like curt said, theres a comparable one on ebay for $3500, and at least he warranties it and backs it up  |
Which is great, because if FH can get his prices then Curt will be able to charge more for his G90s. Well maybe not great for people looking to get into G90s. 
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Spanky, you made exactly the point i wouldve liked to have
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Curt Palme
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Remember what I said in another thread about Asians and new stuff vs repaired things? This holds true here. The 'keeping up with the Joneses' is alive and well in Asia, and if one guy gets a CRT, then the next guy/his buddy/etc needs one too. No question FH has most likely recouped their investment in their G90 stock at this point (geez, at least I'd hope so!), and if they get 2 sales a year of their remaining G90s, then they are correct in leaving the pricing where they are.
IT does indeed make my G90s look good, so I'm fine with it.
Case, if you're serious about a G90 or two, and can handle the shipping price of $1K each, probably $1800ish for 2, email me.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Cheers Curt, wont be straight away, and ill have to sway AussieAl to buy the 2nd one. Will email you sometime soon if i think it might go ahead. I wouldnt mind a G90, should get a very long life out of it... The 15.75kHz thing is important for me though, the XG does that beautifully for my retro gaming
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Phoenixed
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Haha. Crazy Case.
Should be able to see those gorgeous SNK scanlines with a G90.
Mia looks even better when shes life size. 
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Have a look here at the close up XG mate, huge respect on the arcade forums for those razor sharp scanlines and faultless convergence
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AnalogRocks
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Wow you could shave with those.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Curt Palme
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Sure, just let me know. There definitely isn't a shortage of G90s out there, at least ones that are coming into me, but it's very rare that they have <1000 hours on them.
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Spanky Ham
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I am sure you have mentioned it before, but couldn't you use a VP.
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virusc
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like someone said 8 years ago FH video made a deal with sony (US only?) to buy most of their remaining inventory of CRT projectors. I remember it being around "20" NIB G90's and various b-stock units as least this is what I think I remember. I spoke with them about it at their booth at CEDIA around 2003-4. I think they wanted 23kish then. The impression I got was that they would go through the inventory in a year or so. Two years later I heard they did not sell many and had plenty still available. Even if they bought the entire lot for <$1000 per projector I bet this was not a good investment just like when Madrigal CRT was sold and the Vidikron inventory. In both cases I know they were not profitable. At this point in time (early 2000) the demand and support rapidly diminished for FP CRT. Whoever was the future analyst knew what they were doing. NEC being the first. The FH video business model says to me "Wealthy investor creates pet business and is unwilling to cut losses due to pride so keeps it afloat"
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Curt Palme
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Seems that way with anything technological today. With the surplus laptops I sell on ebay, I've learned to list them quickly rather than sitting on them, waiting for another one to come in to make 1 good one out of 2. Within 6 months, it seems the value has halved 30%, and 18 months later, I may as well send them to the recycler. The only 'investment' is vintage electronics, but as an accountant pointed out years ago, sitting on a NOS Pioneer receiver for 40+ years, and selling it for triple what you bought it for still won't be a good investment...
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Spanky Ham
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virusc,
That is interesting. IIRC, used G90s were going for $10k to $12k in that time frame. Maybe if FH would have cut their prices by twenty to thirty percent then they would have sold all of them. Oh well. It is his problem, but at least he has a nice screening room with plenty of spares.
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Phoenixed
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| Spanky Ham wrote: | | I am sure you have mentioned it before, but couldn't you use a VP. |
Case is a retro gaming purist.
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CasetheCorvetteman
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| Spanky Ham wrote: | | I am sure you have mentioned it before, but couldn't you use a VP. |
Abolutely not, light guns only work on 15.75kHz signals, and we have hours and hours of Point Blank comps. I have no need for a processor for any other source though either.
Its not so much about being a purist, more so about things working the way they should. I could use a Sony 1001 or 1044 for this, but there is no space to set up 2 in my loungeroom.
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Curt Palme
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| CasetheCorvetteman wrote: | | Spanky Ham wrote: | | I am sure you have mentioned it before, but couldn't you use a VP. |
I could use a Sony 1001 or 1044 for this, but there is no space to set up 2 in my loungeroom. |
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Maybe you should. The insane sharpness of the G90 means you REALLY have to aim to get points. 
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CasetheCorvetteman
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Nah mate works better on the bigger machines due to brighter image ( more so the blue, which is what the light gun sees mostly, there was a phase where we had a guy who would wave his hat infront of the blue lens right before a critical shot which caused it to misfire... ) can always set up an input with the focus wound out abit
I dont need to worry about static images from the games cause im playing those on the 5:4 screen using the whole tube face ( safe area ) all static images are well outside of the 1.78:1 and 2.35:1 screens.
If someone could help me add an RGB input to my two 1001s via the OSD circuit then maybe id set up a dedicated shipping containter for shooters!!
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AnalogRocks
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Hmmm I have dual Ampro 4000's. Maybe I should do a head to head with them. Then again I'd have to keep both running at the same time.
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