Andysu
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My Dolby Stereo CP200 used on ebay in working order took bit more to find rest of the units and was cheap for a cinema processor that Dolby labs stopped supporting around early 2000? And service parts few years later in early 2000's and that processor was released around March 1980, 40 years and still in use in selected cinemas to this day. I think a CP200 would be around £15 ,16 grand new. I have a Sony SDDS DFP-D3000 new I think around £20 grand and those came around 1993 and lasted for in some cinemas still to this day in some selected SDDS cinemas that are geared up for 35/70 and depending on public demand "U-571" in SDDS 8ch. I got my SDDS for £80.00. My CP200 far less than some selling them at nearly £3 grand and shouldn't cos they are no longer supported but regarded as best cinema processor ever made. I doubt trinnov will last 40 years for the price and I doubt will be supported for long depends if the company doesn't fold? Buying just for a 3d screen showing opjects moving around and I thought watching the movie was all about it? I could buy it 10 times, bit it doesn't look like a cinema processor has no direct audio or video mode buttons and just how fast is it with video mode switching does it have lag delay of many seconds cos I have seen Snails moving a lot faster than my Denon AVC-X8500H, and regret buying a Denon, Lemon that is slow and has bugs on it cos the Denon acts just like a cheap pc computer.I would hesitate to buy a PC based AVP based on the anticipated lifespan of the PC infrastructure. I just had a file server give up the ghost after 15+ years of loyal service in an air conditioned office. I was glad to get more than 10 years. If I bought the altitude 16 and it only lasted 10 years, I'd be very dissappointed. If I bought a Casablanca V, I'd be pretty confident that it would last 20+ years. Obsolete by then but still functioning like an old set of McIntosh Vu meters. Amir knows PCs, what's your take?
When we buy our CAD drafting desktops, we buy 5+ identical units + spare video cards, a spare proccesor, spare motherboard and clone hard drives that reside off-site so that we can swap them if / when needed. Would Trinnov entertain such a n option for cheap insurance purposes?
What know something funny? Saw a Dolby CP850 on ebay for £1.5 grand no joke, two of them but you need them formatted cos they would have some key and if you want the 64 channels got spend out more £ grand for 1U frame box and got pay Dolby labs for many more £ grand just to get the unlock key, Daylight Robbery. Then again the CP850 1.5 grand from ex dubbing theater that went bust and all the gear sold cheaply. CP850 I think sells for £18 grand? Rubbish don't like the look of it worst processor Dolby labs have made and has issues with sometimes getting an Atmos lock on the signal. CP950 looks even worse and I guess all lightweight compared to the other CP processors they made. Dolby's best seller was the CP65 around the 1990's and some cinemas still may use them expect for the digital 4k rubbish cinemas, cos they ain't no cinema just tv projection.
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