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Topic: What's Your Favourite Projector?
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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted May 14, 2008 09:15 AM
As I mentioned in another post, I have rationalised my projector collection to just four; 2 x GS1200s and 2 x Sankyo Stereo 800s. There are several reasons I have ended up with these two models, not least is that I can’t choose between them.
The three real advantages (for me) of the Elmo over the Sankyo are that it has 1200ft reel capacity, synch pulse facility and optical sound capability, otherwise the Sankyo would win out in terms of portability, simplicity and reliability.
Both machines are capable of adequately filling a big screen with a bright stable picture and both can provide booming sound over a wide frequency range.
I have often read, not least on this forum, that the GS 1200 can be a temperamental beast and its advanced but now dated electronics can be a minefield of problems when they start to go wrong. I have been lucky with mine in that other than the dirty recording switch problem and the Faulkener Capacitor replacement upgrade, neither has given me any trouble despite many Saturday evening film shows in the nineties at a local resource centre, countless home shows for family and friends and literally miles of film going through them.
The GS has also been used for a lot of stop start recording using the pulse synch facility, for both re-recording commercial releases using Pedros box and adding synch sound to home movies filmed with my Elmo 110R camera. Touching wood, it still fires up every time it’s plugged in and purrs away beautifully making me very proud in my ownership, particularly when it is surrounded by a cluster of small boys looking on in fascination with their equally awe struck Dads looking over their shoulders (neither paying any interest in what’s on the screen but fascinated by the mechanics of the process).
The Sankyos on the other hand have a whole other appeal to them; firstly they are great to look at, kind of sleek and sexy looking and surprisingly modern in appearance. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, I have never had a Sankyo scratch or otherwise damage a film. The film path is accessible, the mechanics are rugged and well designed and the controls are adequate without unnecessary complications. Both my Sankyos run with the Hi-Pro F1:1.0 lens which is super sharp and bright, and for the most part, unless I’m doing a big screen presentation, the economy lamp setting is more than adequate. They are rugged and compact and fit nicely into their carry cases, which make them very portable.
Hmmm… so if I had to choose just one, which would it be?
I guess it would have to be the Elmo, purely because I have so many films with optical sound tracks and I do make use of the pulse synch facility. If it weren’t for those two points and the fact that mine have never let me down or become problematic, I would go for the Sankyos.
Mike
-------------------- Auntie Em must have stopped wondering where I am by now...
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