Today I'm feeling...
impressed.
In the past, my pack rat husband, Hyperception, has pushed home discarded projection televisions he sees in the neighborhood, in the hopes of finding one that works. Up until now he has been disappointed, but he and Beorn have enjoyed dismantling them and finding uses for the various parts, such as the solar incinerator they built in the backyard, made of the fresnel lenses from four of them.
Yesterday, while delivering in a neighborhood of million plus dollar homes, he came upon the following in front of one of the homes, awaiting the monthly "hard junk pick-up." He looked at the home, and decided it was worth trying to get the following in to his mail truck and bring it home, since it was
possible there was nothing wrong with it and it was merely replaced with an upgrade to a hi-def monitor, plasma or otherwise.
Not a scratch on it. Piano lacquer black cabinet finish in pristine mint condition.
So today, since he was off work, he decided to plug it in and check it out.
Not a thing wrong with it, everything functions perfectly.
Yes, we're a decade behind the times. But for free, I'm not complaining. It's better than our two decade old Magnavox 25" Beorn's been playing games on.
Hyperception looked up the specs for this thing, if we had bought it when new.
MSRP: $ 5800.00
Manufacture date: May 1995
Pioneer Elite PRO-98 60" Rear Projection Monitor Receiver
Screen size: 60" diagonal
16 X 10.7 Aspect Ratio Cinema Wide System
Inputs: 4 sets A/V, 4 S-video, 1 set component video, 1 BNC video; 1 line-level center-channel audio, 2 RF
Outputs: 2 sets A/V, 1 set stereo audio
Dimensions: 56.25" by 53.5" by 25.75" (H by W by D)
Weight: 267 lbs.
Large Emitter CRT
Advance Scan Velocity Modulation (RGB)
0.52 mm Super Fine Pitch Screen
Auto Super Gradation Circuit
DPO (Dynamic Picture Optimizer)
Built-In 2-Way Speakers (6 - 5/16 " x 2 and 2 - 3/8 " x 2)
S-Video Inputs (3 Rear, 1 Front)
Gold Plated A/V Inputs (3 Rear, 1 Front) plus BNC Input
Center Channel Input
1000 Lines Horizontal Resolution
550 FtL Brightness
3 Dimensional Comb Filter
Vertical Contour Control
Dual Tuner, High Resolution PIP
Triple Dynamic Focus Circuit
Pure Red and Green Lens
Detachable Protective Tinted Panel
First Surface Mirror
Piano Lacquer Urushi Black Cabinet Finish
Extended Data Service (EDS)
Full Cinema Mode
Auto Flesh Tone circuit
Video Noise Reduction Circuit (Y/C)
A/V Output, Audio Output, SR In/Out
Matching Component Cabinet RA-E60
I guess...maybe...it is time to hunt down a converter box
...maybe
Wow. People put out the darndest things for the trash man...