Posted by Stan Brown on 10/24/05 14:22

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.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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