Who are the NEC Owners on here - Page 2

On my fourth & possibly fifth NEC XG's...the one on my ceiling is a 1352 with excellent tubes.
May be getting a pristine 110LC in a week or two.

Lumagen HDP Visionpro
Denon 3910 with SDI mod by Lumagen
Directv H-10...Hope to go with Dish network as soon as they get NFL package.

A PG 9+ and an XG 110LC. The 9 has good tubes and the 110 has toasted tubes. If only it was the other way around.

Ericglo

9PG with around 8500 hours in the chassis and about 70 hours on a new set of tubes.

I fitted the tubes with the projector still on the ceiling!!

Currently using a Runco PFP7 set to 720p on a 4:3 100" screen. My main input device is a modded Xbox for divx & mpegs. I use a pioneer DVD player for DVD's.

I'm also building a HTPC with DVB-S & DVB-T cards in it. If I can make it user friendly enough I will replace the scaler with it.

I've got some work in Singapore coming up so I will have to make a purchase while I'm there

still build hometheater but here it goes...

10pg, dvdo vp30 scaler, denon 1910 dvd, comcast hd dvr, athlon htpc for music and videos. will be running a 110" vutec brightwhite screen. using my mitsubishi 55 in diamond tv right now.

can't wait to setup my projector and enjoy

6PG-Xtra with around 850 hours on the tubes and chassi. I am however struggling with the white balance procedure, hopefully I'll be able to watch a movie or two in a not too distant future.

I own an XG135LC (XG1352 Model), trying to repair it right now. Hope to find a solution, as I am away from home and I don't expect to return before the end of January or middle of February

In chronological order:

1) PG-6000 - mint (my first PJ in August 2004)
2) PG-6200 - currently on the ceiling after tube swap
3) XG-750 - donor green for the above. U/S LVPSU now fixed.
4) PG-9000 - light green wear
5) PG-6000 - no visible wear
6) PG-6000 - very slight green wear
7) PG-6000 - no visible wear
8) PG-6200 - backup and spares machine

I really ought to thin this list out, but having four identical low hour near mint PG6s tempts me to save them for a proper quad blended stack just for the heck of it.

IF anyone ever perfects the edge blending technique.

Another XG-1352 fed by a Holo3D II Card and Sony CXP-777ES DVD player and DirecTV H-10 HDTV receiver projecting ontoa Stewart StudioTek 130 screen.

Mint 10pg fed by HDLeeza for 1080P with HD and 1440X960 for sdi dvd on an 96" torus with wonderful help from Tse's gamma magic.

9 PGXtra, Lexicon RT-20, Lumagen HDP.

I've got a XG110 AC sitting in the basement waiting for its screen .

extremely low hour 10PG (less than 1500 hours), TAW Rock Pro scaler, Panny sdi modded dvd player. HD via Comcast, Sony OTA stb, and JVC DVHS. Projecting onto a 9 foot wide Dalite screen at 960p. Audio is via a Lexicom MC12.

Tinman,
How is the SilverStar screen with a crt projector?

Steve

Just the basics:

PG6/9 800lumens, base model. Great image, but hardest to set up to GET that image. Can look exactly like a PGplus, but you have to work for it.

PG6/9Plus 800lumens AND Electronic Astig and extra convergence capability. Same image but much easier to get there due to the extra features. A little sharper due to edge/corner astig function.

PG6/9 Xtra 1000 lumens, different CRT's, same basic functions, maybe sharper than a plus, Close to an XG. Highest scan rates and video bandwidth. Same basic setup as a plus.

PG10 same basic chassis as a PG6/9 except with 9" LC tubes. I'll take one in less than a heartbeat. No edge/corner astig/focus. But who cares!!! Properly set up, it makes no real difference. Probably the most underrated 9" out there.


Marc

So I did. Thanks for catching that. Fixed.

Marc

An XG135lc high floor mount with a High power 92" wide 16/9 screen
Modded Momitsu 880 at 720p
The best 8" IMO with the best color palete bar none
All the work it took to get it dialed in... It's never going to move out until it melts or something.

2- 6pg+'s with H145n's in closet waiting for a buyer...

David

Hi,

I am new to the big screen HT game ... I have been running a 29" direct view CRT for years with my 5.1 system ...

I JUST picked up a rather nice PG-6 off a friend of mine who was suffering from a negative WAF ... I have no WAF to worry about so the dining room is being converted

So now comes the fun .... getting it up and tweaked. I had my other purchase (a Barco Data 500) up and running in about 1/2 hour (roughed in with an OK image for SD) but then I have been working with Barco's for 16 years

The learning curve on the NEC is going to be higher i suspect ... plus I am a bit of a perfectionist ... Tomorrow I start the initial Mechanical setup ... Thanks Curt P for you Web-page setup guides !!!!

I plan to grab a damaged Draper/Screenworks FP matt surface and cut it down and make a screen.

I will probably be running a HTPC and / or a upconverting DVD player as a sources. However If I can grab a Faroudja LD-100 from work cheap enough that may be the initial source till everything else is tweaked.


Cheers

Moose

I just bought a used (but rather good condition) NEC PG6200 (PG6-xtra). I'm taking the lenses off tonight to check out the condition of the tubes, but for $200 I couldn't pass up the unit.

It's my first CRT (first projector actually). Should be a fun learning experience I'm sure...

I'm in the process of building my theater room (converting portion of basement). I'm planning on a 10' wide 2:35:1 screen (constant height setup).

Now to convince my wife that we need a Lumagen HDP...

Well, that settles it then. The NEC is so good, that even God uses one.

Uh.... welcome to the forum??

Marc

Although it can be done, CRTs are definately not the best choice for a constant height set up. There are no anamorphic lenses.

Using a 10' wide 2.35:1 constant height set up is going to:
1) Give you a picture that is too dim and lacks punch.
2) Has less resolution on 1.85:1 and 1.78:1 content than you would with a 16:9 screen.
3) Wears your tubes out faster.

Dave

NEC XG75.I run this NEC for one Year now.This was the first NEC i´ve bought.
My first CRT was an Sony 1270.But the XG is much better :-)

NEC XG 75
Cinemateq Picture Optimizer II+ SDI
Denon DVD-5000 SDI

Thanks... I'm sure I'll be bugging you all in a short while about the setup of this beast.

Dave (or anyone for that matter)... what setup would you suggest for the screen then? The system will be primarily used for DVD viewing... maybe a little HDTV in the future, but mostly DVDs. I realize there is no anamorphic lens, but I figured that once the scaler is in place, constant height shouldn't be an issue as the output of the scaler is fixed to a specific resolution and the CRT will be set up and fixed to that resolution/size? I'm very new to all of this, but I thought that's why a scaler comes into play?

Bottom line is that I'm shooting for the total theater experience (not just a room with a big screen) so I want to aviod letterboxing as much as possible if not completely...

Add me to the NEC club.

XG1350 (original series XG135);
6'-wide 16:9 Draper Premier 1.3 gain screen
Focus Enhancements CS-1 Scaler
Moome outboard DVI/VGA converter
Sources are StarChoice and DirecTV satellite, Yamaha DVD-S2500.

Audio side:
Paradigm Reference 60's front, Reference 40's rear, Servo 15 sub
Proceed AVP
Rotel RMB-1075
Velodyne SMS-1 Bass Equalization System

John C.

A NEC 10pg with about 600hrs on new tubes
NEC ISS6020
NEC IDC3000
NEC XG110lc
HTPC- athalon, 6600gt, theater tec 1080p
NeuNeo dvd player 720p
2-Electrohome 8500's
I've had the 10pg for 4 years, its not leaving
Gary

Basement Theater: 110" Screen
1080i & 720p HD, SD & DVD
(Yes I watch my SD Tivo shows on it)

Two XG 1100s (one to show, one if it goes)
Samsung 360 for HD, SD and scaler for DTivos and external DVD player
HTPC - Athlon 64 3200 with 6600GT - 2 Terabytes for videos
(Gigabit connected to MS 2003 SBS Server for all other traffic-Comcast 8Mb/s)
ISS-6020 to switch between the Samsung and the HTPC
4 DirecTivos
Pioneer Laserdisc "get outta here!"

Behr white wall
Sony DA5ES Receiver/Switcher
Polks in 7.1
500 x 500 Watt JBL Amp driving Subwoofer & Shakers
embarassing little RS 8" Subwoofer now, but,
4 Stryke AV15 Subs in infinite baffle going in

6 Coaster Director Seats
12 Bass Shakers

NEC XG-852
DVDO iScan HD with SDI input
Panasonic DVD-XP30 modified with SDI output
Dalight 100" diag 16x9 cinema vision screen

I just got the Moome DVI card for the XG today and will install it this weekend. Now I will have a full digital path all the way to the PJ.

Hi new owner of XG110LC.

I have just added a nice 135LC with good tubes, so that makes three. Of course, I am still using the PG.

Ericglo