what is the first movie ever made and who was the actors?

Cody C

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In 1877 Charles Emile Reynaud invented the Praxinoscope, a mirrored drum that gives the illusion of movement using strips of pictures.

In 1881 William Kennedy Laurie Dickson designed the Kinetoscope, a kind of movie projector and ran a trial of a movie called 'Monkeyshines'.

A year after Thomas Edison's invention of the Kinetoscope the Holland Brothers opened the first Kinetoscope Parlor in New York. This was the first commercial exhibition of movies.

In 1895 Louis and Auguste Lumiere patented Cinematographe, a device that could project movies to several spectators at the same time. December 28 1895 they presented the first commercial display of a movie to an audience, running 20 minutes, consisting of 10 short stories.

'The Great Train Robbery' (1903) is considered to be the first real full length movie, the first narrative Western film with a storyline, and the first real smash hit.

slide carousel gaf anscorama 940 (slide projector)?

CSC78

Any recomendations of how I can obtain the carousel for this product. Eveything else is very clean. I can load slides one at a time but it's getting old. (no pun intended).

Looked on e-bay craigs list and well found tons of replacement bulbs but no carousel.

Any insight would help.

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There were only a few types of "rotary" slide trays ever made the "Carousel" was a trademark and patented design of Kodak and, for the most part, was only manufactured for Kodak projectors. I believe there were a few knockoff models made by other companies but they were not generally successful.

The second most common was/is a "Sawyer" tray that works like a "Ferris Wheel" in a vertical configuration, this was the most commonly used tray for non-Kodak projectors and most GAF and Anscorama used this type of tray.

Try finding a used "Sawyer" style tray at a camera specialty store and try it in your machine or Google "Sawyer slide tray".

Note, one other rotary tray was fairly common, it was called "Airequipt". As far as I know this would fit Airequipt projectors ONLY and WILL NOT WORK on GAF projectors.

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DLP vs LCoS Projectors?

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Need some light to be shined on, this is the first time I have ever worked with projectors. I've come down to two great projectors, but both come with different technology: DLP and LCoS.

This is my scenario... I need the technology that will give me the brightest and sharpest picture for a large room (ie. conference rooms).

What is some pro's and con's for each technology, and which is best suitable for my situation?

MANY thanks in advance, I really appreciate it!

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DLP (Digital Light Processing) and LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) are two popular, but as you recognize, quite different technologies for projectors. The third is LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). LCoS is best considered a special case of LCD with some distinct advantages.

I've included some links for further info, but basically the pros and cons of DLP, LCD and LCoS are as follows:

DLP can be made with a single or three DLP chip design (e.g. SIM2, Marantz). The single chip design (e.g. Optoma, Mitsubishi) is much less expensive ($1-3000 vs $10,000+). The single chip designs use a rotating wheel with various coloured transparent sections to generate a colour image. Modern DLP projectors have colour wheels that turn at what is called "5X" or more. Slower wheels can lead to "rainbow effect" (a visual disturbance) in susceptible viewers. Traditionally DLP projectors are known for their deep blacks and good dynamic range (although the advent of dynamic iris technology has led to LCD projectors exhibiting essentially equivalent results). Single ship DLP projectors are often less expensive than LCD and LCoS projectors partially because the latter require three panels not one, but also because the zoom range of the lens are (often) less and the projectors (often) lack vertical and horizontal offset capability (increases mounting flexibility).

LCD projectors (e.g. Panasonic, Sanyo, Epson) use three LCD panels (one for each colour) and therefore have no colour wheel. On the other hand, LCD projectors are less capable of extreme black (meaning slightly less "punch" to the image), a more visible pixel structure (called "screen door effect" and meaning you need to sit slightly further back to not see pixels), and more tendency to smearing with fast action.

LCoS projectors (e.g. JVC, Sony, Canon) are a variation on LCD technology (See links), with the primary benefit being no "screen door effect", excellent colour, but (as with LCD) risk of slow screen response and weaker black perfomance. That said a JVC LCoS projector is currently rated by several reviewers as the best under $10,000 projector.

I hasten to add that all pros and cons are "in general" since there are examples of specific models in each class that have overcome the "traditional" disadvantages of the technology. Therefore, your choice really shouldn't be based on the underlying technology, but on performance.

Since all projectors differ in their specific strengths and weaknesses and each fits certain needs better than others I strongly suggest defining your needs (e.g. room size, screen size, light conditions, type of programming, budget) and finding projectors that best meet these needs. The last two links provide a wealth of information to help.

Has anyone ever used Volare HD 20k projectors?

Jay

I am thinking about buying one, yet there are absolutely no reviews that I can find and every single one for sale on eBay or otherwise claims that they are brand new. It just seems too good to be true.

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It is too good to be true.... and that's not a good thing.

Some of the worst I have seen are cobbled together in Chinese factories from parts that aren't normally used for projectors. The picture is made by shining a light through a 5" LCD TFT screen that would normally be used as an in-car headrest display. The light comes from the sort of lamp fitted to an outdoor security light. It's hardly the pinnacle of video projector technology.

The Volare HD 20K claims to be a "professional home theater projector" with an RRP of $4,995 and 20,000 lumen (extremely bright) light output. There's no way on Gods green earth and never in a million years it can live up to those claims. I could go in to technical details about why their claims are bogus. But instead I'll just say that as someone who has been selling and installing projectors for almost 25 years my advice to you is to leave the Volare alone. It's a real lemon.

If you want a laugh though go have a read of their user manual for this supposedly $5000 projector..... Page one gives us "Installlation" spelled with 3 L's and the hits just keep on coming.

http://volarevideo.com/hd-20k.html

If you want a decent proper home cinema projector then had a look at the Optoma HD66 or the Optoma GT750 if you're more in to gaming general TV/sports viewing.

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Home made star projector?

ilikefoxes

I have been really into astronomy ever since I was just a little kid.
When I joined tumblr, I absolutely fell in love with stars and the night sky.
I have been seeing these beautiful "star projector" type things all over the site.
Is there any way that I could make one? If not, where could I buy one?

this is it:

http://robantha.tumblr.com/post/938688222/just-bought-an-astro-star-lamp-i-am-so-pumped-to

Oh yeah!! visit my tumblr, too! :

http://shessooutthere.tumblr.com/

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I made one when I was a kid.

I folded a piece of tinfoil over a 60 watt light bulb and poked little holes in it with a sewing needle.

Worked great.

has a movie ever made you literally nauseous?

anabelle

today i watched a movie in art class..."the diving bell and the butterfly" and if you've ever seen it it has a lot of flashing lights and swooping camera motions, and blurred focus scenes. it made my eyes hurt, like ache, and gave me a bad head ache. i almost had to leave the room. we watched it in the dark on a big projector screen. my friend got sick and a head ache too.

what caused this? was it the weird filming? has this ever happened to you? why? we watched it from 7-9 and it's nearly 2 am and i am still nauseous and sea-sick feeling, and i almost threw up.
the thing is...my friend isn't epileptic but she has small short seizures occasionally, and she's the one who also got sick! should i be worried, or was it just motion sickness, like others have said?

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The frenetic action sequences in The Bourne Supremacy made me feel a little dizzy.

The shaky camera in Cloverfield made me feel a little queasy. I kind of got used to it after 30-40 minutes, but at first it wasn't real pleasant.

The rape scene in The Last House on the Left made me sick to my stomach. For the most part I avoid horror movies because I don't really like the gore. But this scene went way beyond the gore of a horror movie.

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