kiessig@idi.UUCP (Rick Kiessig) (11/19/84)
Does anyone know anything about the Koss 10 foot TV
projector? I saw one at a TV store near here, and was pretty
impressed. The picture quality is really amazing - it actually
competes favorably with the Proton 25 inch monitor. The screen
that comes with it has a gain of .9, and requires a fairly dimly
lit room. We put up a Pioneer test laser disk and scanned through
some pretty tough images, looking for resolution and distortion.
About 400 lines vertical by 350 lines horizontal - and about
the same on the Proton. The most suprising thing was the amount
of clipping (overscan) the Proton (and the Mitsubishi, for that matter)
did. The Koss has virtually no lost image.
What I want to know is how reliable these units are.
Do they go out of tune quickly? I've heard they they're very
badly tuned as they come from the factory. Are the various
voltage levels difficult to adjust? Is there good documentation?
Any owners out there? Anyone know of a good discount place that
carried them? The place out here wants $4200 + 800 for a motorized
screen + 500 to install. Seems excessive.
I'm also looking for info on the current top-of-the-line
video laser disc players and VHS hi-fi unit. Can't decide which
I'd rather have. The Pioneer 1100 looks pretty good, as does
the Panasonic PV1730.
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Rick Kiessig
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