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CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

I agree Keith yes, not so much that it is silly, but its not like as if its a lot of money anyway.

I have never in my life heard of a hobby that made sense financially. I should qualify that by stating that i am not maried, so in my home, the statement "Don whatever the f*** you like" really does mean what you think, so unless youre under the harsh boot of comunism, your wife wears the pants, or she lets you wear them as long as she picks the colour, then i sugest you do whatever makes you happy.

Sure, get all the info, but buy them if thats what you like. You wont need to be an expert to set one up, with time and questions youll learn just like the rest of us did.

For the record, i think the comment about them not being a good home theatre projector is absolutely rediculous. Theyre a domestic grade appliance, and a f***en good one at that.

km987654 · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:37 am Post subject:

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2802 Location: Budapest, Hungary

km987654 · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:18 am Post subject:

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2802 Location: Budapest, Hungary

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Thats exactly correct Keith, i sent many thousands back in the day racing gas powered RC touring cars, both 1/10th and 1/8th. It made absolutely no financial sense what so ever, but it was a great hobby.

One day Gábor i believe you WILL be able to afford to take the same attitude, youre a smart bloke and have alot of ability, you will have no problems being successful in life. It all takes time, and youve got plenty of it left.

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

km987654 · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:03 am Post subject:

km987654 · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:04 am Post subject:

redfox001 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 2257 Location: The Netherlands

But going through the hobby teaches you old days electronics. These days all we learn is to replace a printboard. With the CRT you have to understand how it works and that is valuable knowledge although it is not asked much anymore in the repair world. Perhaps some day when the whole system collaps it is valuable again to repair your own stuff Sad

gjaky · Joined: 05 Jun 2010 Posts: 2802 Location: Budapest, Hungary

cosaw · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:04 pm Post subject:

A hobby or an interest can cost virtually nothing. Mathematics could be your hobby or interest couldn't it? That shouldn't break the bank. It doesn't float my boat but my point is that surely there are plenty of inexpensive hobbies out there. Or are we saying that the best hobbies cost the most money?

Up until recently I'd argue CRT projection has always been a relatively expensive hobby. I'd argue it's still expensive if you want to be playing with high end machines. However, it's all relative to an individual's income I suppose. If I had the spare cash I'd still be cautious - that's my nature. I can't deny I'd be excited to take the plunge and go for the two G90s but given my personal circumstances I couldn't warrant it.

Anyhow, even 8" machines are scarce in the UK and they're now worth virtually nothing because there is no support for them here - that's about the time I can afford a broken one. Trying to get it to work is part of the hobby. I'm giving CRT one last push and will try to make it run for as long as possible.

I wanted to be part of the CRT scene but I have very little disposable income. Each of my hobbies has been done on virtually no money. Building and repairing my own speakers. Fixing up old amplifiers to use. Buying an affordable 7" CRT projector to watch DVDs on my homemade canvas and paint screen.

Yes I'm behind the times but it's the only way I can buy into this hobby at a level I can afford. Owning a Ferrari, no matter how old or relatively inexpensive of a Ferrari it may be, is a hobby I will probably always be excluded from. Thankfully I can afford to be involved with CRT projection at some level.

HogPilot · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject:

^^Well said.^^

macgyver655 · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 8508

And sometimes your hobbies will also make you money.

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

km987654 · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:32 am Post subject:

cosaw · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:13 pm Post subject:

HogPilot · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:16 pm Post subject:

Every single person has a different threshold - both in terms of time and money - as to whether something is "worth it." I agree with ecrabb and cosaw - the OP's questions were incredibly reasonable, and most of the respondents offered him exactly the information he was looking for to determine whether buying these two G90's was worth it to him. That's one of the major reasons this forum exists. He decided it wasn't worth it to him, and no one can tell him his questions or decisiosn are right or wrong.

If you think his questions or others' answers were somehow unreasonable, then 1) you're probably participating in the wrong section of the forum, and 2) just don't post.

km987654 · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:12 pm Post subject:

CasetheCorvetteman · Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 6326 Location: Australia

Exactly Keith, at no point did i ever get the impression anyone claimed his questions to be unreasonable at all, so its got me stuffed where that line of thinking came from.