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07-10-2011, 09:28 AM
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Thanks for the extra information, jhalphen. Especially the "underhood" shot, which should be a big help to those who've never seen one.
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07-10-2011, 07:57 PM
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Wow, yet another cool thing I'd have never known of if it weren't for these forms!
Tom C.
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07-20-2011, 12:18 AM
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I wonder if the plethora of slide tray formats at the time were another barrier to the success of this concept.
The Sylvania Slide Theater only projected Carousel trays - I think one of these would be neat for my slides, but they're all in Sawyer's Rototrays (the "Ferris Wheel" type). At the time, you had three kinds of Airequipt trays, Argus trays, Sawyer's Rotodiscs, Honeywell magnetic feed, Honeywell round and several other type trays - all incompatible with each other. Also note that 480i video is nowhere the image quality of a decent slide.
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07-20-2011, 11:34 AM
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I think the main barrier is that the person buying this would already have a projector - this would be a "don't need it but want it to show off" kind of purchase for someone with big bucks, not for someone going from a handheld slide viewer to the next step.
In today's dollars, these steps would be on the order of $60, $600, $6000. And yes, the quality was not as good as a projected slide, but that drawback was compensated by being able to view in normal room lighting and without screen setup. Much better acceptance factor having a TV console permanently in the room than leaving a screen set up permanently.
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