[SML] media servers: was Re: Future of Luminaires

[Chip Wood]

Often thought about getting a scrape rear projection TV (they litter 
thrift stores so most won't take them anymore)  and using their large 
front silvered mirrors to shorten the distance for rear projection.

Frank, check out my last message for wide-angle lenses.  Time moves on.

Chip 1

On 9/8/2015 3:30 PM, e-mail frank.wood95 via Stagecraft wrote:
> On 8 September 2015 at 23:07, Bruce Purdy via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>          Keeping lights off the cyc can be problematic, but in my experience the biggest problem would be room behind the cyc for rear projection!
> TV studios used to solve the problem
> with huge mirrors, about 12' square, so as to be able to get the
> projector a long way from the screen.
>
> Wide-angle lenses are a big no-no for back projection.
>
>