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Used Vidikron 2C...Should I or shouldn't I?

I have the right kind of room for a front projection configuration. I started shopping for the projector and screen and prepared myself for a $5000.00 Yamaha projector and a $1500.00 screen. I'm a newbie to the home theater world but truly would appreciate the movie-like experience of front projection. From conversation at the water cooler, I realize someone I work with is selling their house and wants to dump their front projector and screen. The unit is a Vidikron 2C with a automatic retracting screen for $2500.00. The Vidikron 2C goes for $1700.00 average price on this site...Any thoughts or comments? I know the Yamaha and Vidikron are apples and oranges but I'm thinking the lower price of the used Vidikron would allow me to beef up the audio experience.

Lean me one way or another...PLEASE!
relliott
theaudiotweak
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I have been involved in video for over 20 years.. At least 8 of those years working with lcd displays. I have seen only 1 panel failure out of maybe a hundred installed units that was a result of heat stress. Tom
pmkalby
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Well, I ran and hid long before 20 years-- to what do you attribute pixel / full panel failures in the Crystal series projectors?

--this may be a timing issue, but for a while there they were rampant, and Vidikron had a standard measurement of what was and was not grounds for warranty-- it was a set number of failed pixels, and they all had to touch. If you had 4 pixels out but they didn't touch, they called it OK.

As always, my post was just my 2 cents with a little attempted humor thrown in.
theaudiotweak
2,797 posts
 
Yea, they say I have been around since the Earth cooled. My experience has been mostly with Sharp brand a few Sonys and now the Yamaha. Sharp had very few pixel problems. I think 3 was the limit that was acceptable and that depended on the position and the color. They were very easy to work with on these type of issues. I have seen only one entire panel meltdown. That was on a Sharp... in 8 years.. Tom
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