In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"widgitt" wrote in message
...
I serviced dozens of these 14" and 16" TX9s over the years and the
picture, and particularly the sound were remarkable. I passed two of
them on to a friend when he moved house 30 years ago. one went into
the living room of their small cottage and one into the bedroom. Both
of them have run faultlessly ever since and the picture is as new
(really). The living one runs at RF from a Sky box and a combi DVD/VCR
with RF out and is on for at least 6 hours a day.


And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one ended
focus.


Anyone know what Phillips chassis was fitted to the B&O ME6000 TV's?...
--
Tony Sayer

And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one ended
focus.

True. Never as far as I can remember.

One of the most interesting things I encountered was when I was called
to a local pub around 20 years ago as they said the TV pic was getting
a bit dim.
When I got there I was directed to the bar where there was a large
black wooden box hanging from the ceiling and a projector screen on
the wall.

I climbed up on a table and found that the back of the box would slide
off. I couldn't beleive my eyes when, inside I found a standard 14"
TX9 TV. On the front of the box was a large cylinder containing a
fresnel lens. I switched on and was greeted with a perfectly good, if
a bit dim, picture projected onto the screen! It was showing MTV from
an analogue satellite box as I remember. The sound was fed to speakers
on the wall.

The landlord told me that the arangement was made by a former customer
who had since emigrated and that he usually just cleaned things up a
bit when the picture deteriorated.

I couldnt resist the challenge so I lifted the TV out of the box, sat
it on the bar and took a closer look. The whole thing was thick in
niccotine but the interesting thing was that the connections to the
scan coils had been reversed so the picture was upside down and back
to front. This made it project the right way round!

I went out and bought a large can of Mister Sheen and set to. I
polished the screen, dismantled the lens and polished every surface
and then scrubbed the screen on the wall.

As with all TX9's the contrast, brightness and focus were stunning,
which is probably why the inventor chose this type of set. Once I had
assembled the whole thing again, I switched on and was met with quite
a spectacular picture, bright enough to watch, even with the curtains
open and about 5ft across. The only adjustments to make were to move
the lens for focus and move the TV within the box to get the best
position.

I kept the arrangement running for a year or two until the pub changed
hands and the system was removed.
I almost wished I had asked them if I could keep it but it would have
ended up with all the other junk which I seem to collect.

A clever idea, though.

In article 727b0928-741b-404c-ba6a-
, Widgitt wrote:
One of the most interesting things I encountered was when I was called
to a local pub around 20 years ago as they said the TV pic was getting
a bit dim.
When I got there I was directed to the bar where there was a large
black wooden box hanging from the ceiling and a projector screen on
the wall.

I climbed up on a table and found that the back of the box would slide
off. I couldn't beleive my eyes when, inside I found a standard 14"
TX9 TV. On the front of the box was a large cylinder containing a
fresnel lens.

Sony made a TV projector that was more or less this. Remember those
Barco projectors with the three lenses, one for each colour? They just
had three CRTs behind them. The Sony projector had just one lens in
front of a standard Trinitron tube, slightly overdriven to produce a
bright picture but basically the same tube they'd use in an ordinary TV.

Rod.
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"widgitt" wrote in message
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And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX
in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one ended
focus.

True. Never as far as I can remember.

I almost wished I had asked them if I could keep it but it would have
ended up with all the other junk which I seem to collect.

A clever idea, though.


Talking of (projection) junk amassed from happier times, many years ago I
had plans of using a modified Thorn 1500 B/W chassis (with 25 KV CTV
multiplier) to make a more up to date projection receiver, another fine idea
that never materialised!
http://picasaweb.google.com/Anth230542/ProjectionOBXS?authkey=Gv1sRgCJuBjsrU9uTBYQ#

In article en.co.uk,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
Sony made a TV projector that was more or less this. Remember those
Barco projectors with the three lenses, one for each colour? They just
had three CRTs behind them. The Sony projector had just one lens in
front of a standard Trinitron tube, slightly overdriven to produce a
bright picture but basically the same tube they'd use in an ordinary TV.

I've never seen one of those types of projection TVs that got even near a
normal set in terms of lumens. Whereas a DLP type will exceed them.

--
*You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"widgitt" wrote in message
...
I serviced dozens of these 14" and 16" TX9s over the years and the
picture, and particularly the sound were remarkable. I passed two of
them on to a friend when he moved house 30 years ago. one went into
the living room of their small cottage and one into the bedroom. Both
of them have run faultlessly ever since and the picture is as new
(really). The living one runs at RF from a Sky box and a combi DVD/VCR
with RF out and is on for at least 6 hours a day.


And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one ended
focus.


Anyone know what Phillips chassis was fitted to the B&O ME6000 TV's?...


PHILIPS GR2.4 chassis?

In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"widgitt" wrote in message
...
I serviced dozens of these 14" and 16" TX9s over the years and the
picture, and particularly the sound were remarkable. I passed two of
them on to a friend when he moved house 30 years ago. one went into
the living room of their small cottage and one into the bedroom. Both
of them have run faultlessly ever since and the picture is as new
(really). The living one runs at RF from a Sky box and a combi DVD/VCR
with RF out and is on for at least 6 hours a day.


And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one ended
focus.


Anyone know what Phillips chassis was fitted to the B&O ME6000 TV's?...


PHILIPS GR2.4 chassis?

OK thanks for that.. Any known stock faults for frame scan collapse?..

Cheers...
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Ivan
scribeth thus


"widgitt" wrote in message
...
I serviced dozens of these 14" and 16" TX9s over the years and the
picture, and particularly the sound were remarkable. I passed two of
them on to a friend when he moved house 30 years ago. one went into
the living room of their small cottage and one into the bedroom. Both
of them have run faultlessly ever since and the picture is as new
(really). The living one runs at RF from a Sky box and a combi DVD/VCR
with RF out and is on for at least 6 hours a day.


And I'm willing to bet that you rarely, if ever changed a (white) LOPTX
in
all the time, the only one that I ever recall replacing was for one
ended
focus.


Anyone know what Phillips chassis was fitted to the B&O ME6000 TV's?...


PHILIPS GR2.4 chassis?

OK thanks for that.. Any known stock faults for frame scan collapse?..


Not from memory but I did find this 'if' it is the GR2.4 chassis.. low
field, TR7546 BC848B (SM).. TR7502 TR7503.. R3503 (4R7).. you could also
look for dry joints rear of scan coil panel, HTH.