Re: New XY Monitors

I was thinking the "laser bouncing off of galvos" method, but the problems there
are getting the costs down.

So then I says to myself "self, how about using very small earphone elements or
piezo transducers VERY close to the laser so they don't have to move much to get a
LOT of deflection?", but the lasers are still too expensive.

So then, though it's a messy approach, I wondered about using arc lamps for the
three colors. Doing high speed modulation should be a nightmare, but let's just
see where this thought goes. How much are those arc headlights they use on some
cars?

The whole downside to all of this, though, is the lack of persistence that CRT
phosphors give you. On the "bright" side, though, explosions could light up the
room!!!

Zonn wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:27:14 -0600, Rodger Boots <rlboots@cedar-rapids.net>
> wrote:
>
> >It's simple! Get rid of the CRT!!
>
> Ok Rodger, I'll bite...
>
> What would you suggest in the place of the CRT? Laser projections? LCD
> displays? Plasma Displays? One of those new flat screen TV displays that work
> similar to Plasma Displays?
>
> -Zonn
> >
> >
> >Phillip Eaton wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sure there is a way around it, but this is just what I was told by the
> >> man from Hantarex. They have to have type approval for the volumes that they
> >> make.
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
> >> > [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of solarfox@texas.net
> >> > Sent: 11 November 2000 19:38
> >> > To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> >> > Subject: Re: VECTOR: New XY Monitors
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 11:47:29 EST, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >> If I were to make some XY monitor get well kits that require
> >> > mucking around
> >> > >> with the tube and stuff, then I'm liable for any damage you cause to
> >> > >> yourself. It doesn't matter what I get you to sign to say I'm
> >> > not liable,
> >> >
> >> > >I don't think this is necessarilly true. I remember reading one
> >> > court case
> >> > >where some idiot tried to sue Sharp because they got juiced
> >> > trying to adjust
> >> > >a monitor with an uninsulated screwdriver. As long as the
> >> > monitor has the
> >> > >appropriate warnings (and as long as the manufacturer has a
> >> > decent legal
> >> > >dept.) they should be covered. The analogy the Sharp defense
> >> > used was "This
> >> > >case gets thrown out of court if the plaintiff got burned on a
> >> > hot stove..."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Indeed - there must be _some_ way around this; otherwise, magazines
> >> > like Radio-Electronics wouldn't dare publish articles on building tesla
> >> > coils, plasma-ball "lightning" displays, and the like...
>
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