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On Friday, 22 September 2017 11:34:01 UTC+1, Nige Danton wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote:


Could one ask why you want a projector. I havd a friend with one and he
seems to like it but most people he has around say its a bit dim, and the
thing seems notoriously unreliable and it uses tubes that cost an arm and a
leg.
I'd have thought a large screen tv was more cost effective these days.
Brian


Fair comment, and until fairly recently I think I'd agree with you. But
affordable projectors have come on leaps and bounds in recent years. A
group of us used to take turns hosting a "movie night" and one the couples
had a projector that they would set up in the garden. A huge picture 10 or
12 feet across and as bright as u would want it. The projector (then) was
about USD3 thou.


And the bulbs?