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Topic: Long Play Units, Who made them?

Matthieu van der Sluis
Master Film Handler

Posts: 373
From: Barendrecht, The Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2017

posted January 17, 2018 04:59 PM

I've seen a few Long Play Units passed along here on the forum recently, like;
Electric Giraffe, GF, Spondon and Eiki.
How many companies made them?
Which where the best?
Which do you prefere best?
Where can I find them?

It's an interresting concept.
Projectors that can take large reels arent automatically the best.
Specially since you can upgrade the lightsource more easilly to Xenpow HID150 on many projectors now and make them with large capasity reels by a Long Play Unit.

So I now like to concentrate on projectors with better sound quallity and have the film pressure so, that you only have to focus once after installing the equipment.
The rest can be upgraded.

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Chip Gelmini
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1733
From: Brooksville, FL
Registered: Jun 2003

posted January 17, 2018 06:07 PM

I made my own. [Big Grin]

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Matthieu van der Sluis
Master Film Handler

Posts: 373
From: Barendrecht, The Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2017

posted January 18, 2018 04:15 AM

Speaking about conversions.
Did you make a tutorial about that, here somewhere?

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted January 18, 2018 04:37 AM

Until recently (2016), Julio Castells, before ending his business on bad way, manufactured (in addition to spools and cans) long play units. I don't know when Spondon and Eiki stopped manufacturing their models.

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Dominique

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