I have heard some rumors that some of the big CRT manufacturers are thinking of phasing out CRTs in favor of the smaller, brighter, LCDs that are the much...
... Currently there are two manufacturers of CRT projectors viable for dome use: Barco (www.barco.com) and VDC (www.vdcdisplaysystems.com). Barco is firmly ...
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Jack Dunn
jdunn@...
Aug 7, 2002 2:11 pm
... Lauren asked the $64 question, how long will our CRTs hold out? And Ed has given a clue that they will be around, but ultimately must be replaced. The...
... It may well be that single projectors will replace multiple ones, however I will miss having the center seats available. I hope any center projector will...
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J. Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Aug 7, 2002 2:18 pm
Ed Lantz wrote: [much deleted for brevity] ... I didn't have the opportunity to go to ISP (someone had to stay home to tweak our projectors :-)). I do find...
... Well, if the ultra-conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hackbarth have their way, there won't be any darks skies left in the realworld to compare it...
Don Davis writes: "...It may well be that single projectors will replace multiple ones, however I will miss having the center seats available. I hope any ...
... Scott Miller took the question right out of my mouth. For all the high-falutin' all-full-complete dome color computer-generated imagery we saw in Wichita,...
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Jack Dunn
jdunn@...
Aug 8, 2002 10:08 am
... We may very well see some theaters that may not even pretend to be planetariums. It's going to be an interesting next few years. Note, I didn't say I was...
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J. Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Aug 8, 2002 3:47 pm
... This could be construed as a biased opinion Ed. Again, I was not there so I cannot say for myself. Did you poll those seeing the digital star field to...
Forgive me: I'm going to get myself in trouble. I'll warn you now of the exasperated tone of the following, so that you can interpret it as one of my...
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Jack Dunn
jdunn@...
Aug 8, 2002 6:22 pm
... Ok, what Scott seems to want is firsthand testimony. I don't represent any of the vendors offering fulldome technology (nor do I play one on tv), and I...
... -snip- ... We should stand fast on the need for a good 'black level'. Faint stars and nebula, darker portions of the milky way, and the zodiacal light...
... I agree with Jim here. I have yet to see a non-CRT sky that I thought was acceptable. That doesn't mean it won't happen but just that in my opinion it's...
I'd like to respond to some highlights from this thread: ... If you can afford to fiddle with CRT's you are in a select group. Many simply cannot afford it. ...
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Ken Miller
gotousa@...
Aug 9, 2002 3:03 pm
As a longtime lurker on the fulldome list, I've enjoyed the dialog about dome video and am greatly encouraged by the recent post-IPS 2002 discussions. While...
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J. Scott Miller
Scott.Miller@...
Aug 9, 2002 3:44 pm
Ryan Wyatt responds... [lots deleted for brevity] ... [rest deleted for brevity] It is what my audiences seem to expect. Keeping them happy means they will...
Howdy! As an unbiased observer of the Electric Sky 2 demonstration, I can say that the lack of black didn't bother me in the least. The two items I'd most like...
Boy! Do I have a talent for asking supposedly simple questions, or what? I haven't seen this much discussion on Fulldome in a long time, if ever. I don't...
Christine Shupla writes: <snipped> ... Mark Webb from Adler writes: <snipped> ... I should mention that Spitz's SciDome theater, which projects a 1024x1024...
It was the best looking sky, it was the worst looking sky... (apologies to C. Dickens) ... Do I avoid simulating the night sky with Digistar? Not really, but I...
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Joyce Towne
jtowne@...
Aug 20, 2002 8:10 pm
Here's a clarification about the new single-lens/single-projector full dome systems Spitz premiered at IPS in Wichita: SciDome(tm) - for domes under 12 meters...
Some colleagues are looking to rent a small portable dome (~20ft dia) for a couple months. It'd need to travel and be effectively freestanding so folks could...
We seem to have entered a bit of a lull after the spate of IPS postings, so what better way to remind everybody of the existence of this list than my "monthly"...
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Kris McCall
krismccall@...
Sep 10, 2002 11:00 pm
If one was building a new planetarium and wanted to combine a crisp optical sky with the capabilities of fulldome video: 1. can you imagine not having to...
I don't see any reason why this couldn't be done. What would need to be done is have your optical projector settings and motions converted to their digital...
... This is another area where some industry standards could make a huge difference. We all know that optomechanical star projectors will produce the most...
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Karl von Ahnen
vonahnen@...
Sep 12, 2002 8:10 pm
... Kris, (and the rest of fulldome), Minolta's Giministar incorporates an opto-mechanical projector (with a really beautiful star field ) and a digistar 2. ...
Fulldome members, I know that a fair number of you have already received this information from one of the other listservers; however, I've been asked to share...
I neglected to mention that those attending the Western Alliance Conference should be members of at least one of the following organizations: * Great Plains...
