Re: New XY Monitors

Vector monitor eyepieces, anyone? :)

> 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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> 16 bit patch for an
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> 1 bit of competition.
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Received on Thu Nov 16 19:11:52 2000