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Stephen Furley
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From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-25-2003 10:19 AM
I have just been looking at the photographs, looks a nice setup, but I have a few questions:
1. How big is the auditorium, it's difficult to judge from the pictures.
2. Any chance of some close-ups of the CDS processor? I've seen one of the readers, but never the processor. Is there any film to play through it?
3. Why two aux units for the CP-200, what options are installed in them?
4. Are there four power supplies for the CP-200, or am I mistaking them for something else? Most CP-200 instalations I have seen have two PSUs, one in use and one on standby, but I have never seen four.
5. What is an 'HTPC'?
6. What screen surface does it have?
7. Was it created within an existing building, or built new from the ground up?
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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-25-2003 04:13 PM
The auditorium is approximately 24 x 26.
I'll post some pictures of the CDS system.
The Aux units are a coveted item for CP200s. There weren't many made and they are extremely hard to come by. For awhile I was going to use it as a modified EX decoder, but ended up with an SA10. Currently it is a backup and also serves to hold a spare set of cat64B cards in the event someone wants to come in and rent the room who wants to do their own tuning. (Got that handy trick from John F. Allen.) Since all of the wiring comes into the rack right behind the spare Aux unit, there really isn't any other piece of equipment that could've been mounted there anyway. It's either store it there, or put up a blank panel. The same goes for the other racks, as I am adamant about spooling up an extra 10-15 feet of speaker leads at the bottom of the racks in the event I ever need a little bit longer stretch for a future upgrade.
Yes there are 4 power supplies. Two run the CP200, the third runs the MPU, the fourth is a spare. If anything goes wrong on a show, I can be back up in 15 seconds.
An HTPC is commonly called a "home theater personal computer". It processes and upconverts video images for the DLP. It also has a DVD drive in it so I can play DVDs straight off of it if desired.
The screen is a Harkness Microperf Spectral 2000. It is the best screen surface I have ever seen anywhere. Highly recommended.
New building construction.
If critics wanted to make the drive outside of Dallas, they are certainly welcome. Some studio people have been over to do some film inspections before they charged a theater for damaged film.
It is used less and less with my schedule, but a few times a month assuming you are just talking about me.
Projectionist training seminars would probably be best suited at an actual multiplex where more of a "real world" scenario could be had.
There is no popper, but when the time comes it is added, there will be no stinkin' canola oil.
There is no such person as Cordell Walker Texas Ranger, although we have kicked Chuck Norris out of the screening room before. He tried to fight, but he is just too much of a wimp.
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