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Posted by Curtin/Dobbs on 10/24/05 16:29
"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:13:58 GMT from NunYa Bidness
> <nunyabidness@nunyabidness.org>:
>> On 23 Oct 2005 23:20:53 -0700, "Jim Reid" <jimreid56@aol.com> Gave us:
>> >There's another possiblilty. There's a theater chain here in Dallas
>> >that I have caught turning the lamp power down on the projector when
>> >it's not a full house. The picture looks dark and has what appears to
>> >be lag in it. I go get the mangager and yell at him and a few minutes
>> >later it brightens up.
>>
>> Do you even know what would be required to reduce the voltage going
>> to the projector bulb?
>
> (big snip)
>
>> Hypo-chondria? Perhaps.
>
> Or, if it's not just a fabrication, perhaps a lot of dust and dirt on
> the lens.
>
> Like you, I can't imagine any theater turning the lamp down to save
> money with a less than full house. The cost of running the lamp is
> such a small part of the total cost of operating the theater that it
> wouldn't be worth the effort.
FWIW, when Siskel was alive, he and Ebert complained about not enough light
being thrown on the screen and they surmised that it was cheap multi-plex
owners trying to save $$.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
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