[Noisebridge-discuss] Buying a projector

[aditya bhargava]

Sweet!


On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com> wrote:

> That's awesome Jeff, thanks! I'm elated to see the 2nd
> projector effort come to fruition and think it will greatly
> benefit the space.
>
> Perhaps one could mount the projector onto some sort
> of wheeled cart? That way it can be projected wherever
> but not easily stolen. Same goes for the other projector,
> which weighs like 9000 lbs.
>
>  mike
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Jeffrey Carl Faden
> <jeffreyatw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I bought a projector off Craigslist. It's a Mitsubishi XL8U:
> > - 2000 lumens
> > - 1024x768 native resolution
> > - VGA and S-Video input
> > - speakers
> > - 6 lbs
> > - carrying case w/strap, power and VGA cables
> > - no remote. Might want to program a universal remote to work with it.
> > - unknown amount of hours on the lamp
> > It's in perfect working condition, aside from a small rubber piece that
> the
> > previous owner removed because he said one of the fans was rattling
> against
> > it. He gave me that piece, though, so I can work toward putting it back
> in,
> > if it's actually needed.
> > I got it for only $120, so even if it does need a new lamp soon, I'd be
> > happy to get one.
> > I'm going to hold off on donating it until I can work out a way to keep
> the
> > projector safe. I might suggest mounting it in one of the classrooms.
> I'll
> > come in for the Tuesday meeting and talk more about that.
> > P.S. the dude who I sold it to is a backend web developer interested in
> > taking my frontend web development class, so he'll probably show up
> > tomorrow!
> > Jeffrey
> > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 11:34 AM, aditya bhargava <
> bluemangroupie at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Cool! Any old projector that will last for a while is fine by me.
> Looking
> >> at new ones, I was thinking something like this:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-PJD5123-Projector-120Hz-Lumens/dp/B004UG3BQK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321817423&sr=8-1
> >> But used is fine too as long as it works. Only $60 have been collected
> so
> >> far though, so it would be an investment on your part if you were to
> >> purchase one.
> >>
> >> Adit
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Jeffrey Carl Faden <
> jeffreyatw at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> As a follow-up from this thread in September:
> >>>
> >>>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-September/024927.html
> >>> I'd love to donate enough to reach the goal for this projector. In
> fact,
> >>> I'd be okay with going and buying one today and collecting the existing
> >>> donation pool some other time... I just need to know what kind of
> projector
> >>> you're looking for.
> >>> Jeffrey
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> wefoundland.com
> >
> >
>



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