CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

vintagedeeb · Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

HI Guys!! I am new to the Forum, and I have a Pulsar TVP 2000 Prodigy CRT projector. I bought it a couple of years ago second hand. I am thinking of selling it because my new home has no basement or appropriate room to mount it in. I am wondering what it is worth, and any other information about it. I cannot find ANY info. about this projector on the internet. I am looking for specs. and resale value. Please email me with any info. Thanks guys. John
vintagestereogeek@yahoo.com

**kal** · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject:

It's worth nothing. Seriously.

As well, typically posting a message like this on an online forum and asking people to "email you with information" instead of posting here is a blatant advertisement. But I'm going to leave it as seriously nobody will want to buy this thing.

Kal

vintagedeeb · Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Hi, I just read the response Kal sent to me about my Prodigy CRT projector. I am obviously new to the Forum, and honestly just wanted some information about my equipment. Instead of specs. and other requested information, I received quite a rude response from Kal, who is apparently an Administrator in this site. As a teacher, I feel the need to inform KAL about character and dignity. Kal, you are not only representing the Home theatre community, but also the Canadian Community. Your response was truly unfriendly, uninformative, and unwelcoming to the newcomer. Public misdeeds and actions have widespread impact, and these mal-effects are often quite quickly realized by the purveyor. No doubt you have had other such altercations that have ended in a bad way. Thumbs Down

Heywood Jablome · Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 1548

**kal** · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: Re: A Rude Welcoming

vintagedeeb · Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Hi, I just want to thank Kal for the advice when posting. Anyone can appreciate an honest, helpful response. Thumbs Up

Vintagedeeb

ecrabb · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: A Rude Welcoming

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

Post a pix of the set. PUlsar cranked out a set or two that was of their own design. They then switched to the Zenith PRO 840 chassis, that they put into a much smaller cabinet, added a test pattern generator and a couple of fans. I installed one of those in a pub, it lasted probably 20,000 hours, as I'd told the pub owner to retube at 10K hours, and he ran it another 5 years.. Wink

But everyone is right, no one is looking for a non HD ready set. You might get $50 on eBay, but I coubt it.. Sad

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

Post a pix of the set. PUlsar cranked out a set or two that was of their own design. They then switched to the Zenith PRO 840 chassis, that they put into a much smaller cabinet, added a test pattern generator and a couple of fans. I installed one of those in a pub, it lasted probably 20,000 hours, as I'd told the pub owner to retube at 10K hours, and he ran it another 5 years.. Wink

But everyone is right, no one is looking for a non HD ready set. You might get $50 on eBay, but I doubt it.. Sad

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:12 am Post subject:

Post a pix of the set. PUlsar cranked out a set or two that was of their own design. They then switched to the Zenith PRO 840 chassis, that they put into a much smaller cabinet, added a test pattern generator and a couple of fans. I installed one of those in a pub, it lasted probably 20,000 hours, as I'd told the pub owner to retube at 10K hours, and he ran it another 5 years.. Wink

But everyone is right, no one is looking for a non HD ready set. You might get $50 on eBay, but I doubt it.. Sad

ecrabb · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:54 am Post subject:

Is there an echo echo echo in here here here???

SC SC SC

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

NO NO NO

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:50 am Post subject:

YES

Fujifrontier · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 354 Location: San Antonio, Texas

PICTURES, i demand PICTURES

ecrabb · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

Yeah, pictures or it doesn't really exist.

Wink

SC

Fujifrontier · Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 354 Location: San Antonio, Texas

true

treetops · Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Gatineau Quebec

WOW!!!

I'm one of the three proud owers!! (Although serial number reads 8516)
Its in my basement gathering dust with a hi-voltage breakdown problem.
I agree with others on nil value. If its worth $50, I'll take it.
Bought this unit for about $8000 circa 1990 and ran it for well over 12 years. Must be 30,000 plus hours on lens which are 6.5" glass liquid cooled. This sucker ran like a champ, very reliable and excellent picture.

My unit is model TVP2000XL; difference from VPM models was 178 ch. tuner, PIP and sound. XL models had 1500 line horizontal resolution and more lumens.

Was told Pulsar went out of business around 1993. Could never find out if someone took them over.

Lots of Zenith boards in this baby. I wondered at one time if Curt might want the whole lot for spares Laughing

I have brochures, manual, schematics and remote.

Kal , glad you kept this thread open. Never thought I would ever read about this unit again!!

To the origanal poster, let me know if you need more info.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject:

treetops · Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Gatineau Quebec

Well I'll be the first one to admit I'm not at all an expert on resolution specs.

Just reading from the brochure to help with answers to original post and explain difference his model vs mine e.g. mine is "XL" model, his is not.

Verbatim from the different brochures:

Non- XL model says" Resolution; vertical 500 lines, horizontal 600 lines, RGB 900 lines"
XL model says " Ultra high resolution - over 1500 horizontal lines resolution, double the resolution of a standard system"

If its Bull****, as you put it, Caveat Emptor!

Have a nice day!

tyler477 · Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

made new thread