Odd Press Release
Lincoln Spector
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Lou Mannick, Rear Projection Pioneer, Enters Home Theater Market
CEDIA 2003
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2003--The Home Theater
market just became a more creative and interesting place with the addition
of Designer and Inventor Lou Mannick. On September 5th, at CEDIA EXPO 2003
in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lou makes the transition from Commercial AV to
Home Theater with the introduction of TheaterWall, an innovative new Rear
Projection Home Theater.
Lou's primary focus for many years has been custom AV solutions geared to
Fortune 500 companies' display needs. With the introduction of TheaterWall,
Lou applies his considerable knowledge to a new product that will change the
way the Homeowner views television, movies, the Internet and video games.
Lou believes many Home Theater owners will prefer Rear Projection to front
projection once the benefits are known. "This is exactly what occurred in
commercial AV since its inception," Lou explains. "With Rear Projection, the
projector and special mirrors are positioned behind the screen. You do not
have to dim the lights in the room to allow the image to look excellent."
"This is important," notes TheaterWall spokesman Ed Warner, "especially in
today's homes where diverse activities are taking place at the same time in
the family or media room." He points out that to have a large projection
system and its noise concealed behind the wall offers the homeowner greater
flexibility in family activities.
Lou holds a number of patents on AV products and is a widely-known designer
in this market. Many in this industry, however, know Lou through his
considerable musical talents, being a featured vocalist and harmonica player
in All-Star-Bands that perform at major industry events!
Lou started his first company in 1979, in the pro-audio business, creating
staging and sound systems for many famous performers. Lou has since designed
and developed rear projection systems for thousands of major applications
worldwide, including command/control, simulation and corporate boardrooms.
Interestingly, one of Lou's most notable and distinguished designs was not a
projection system. He was responsible for the engineering and fabrication of
the massive white stage cross for the Pope's visit to Los Angeles in 1987.
Lou will be introducing his latest creation at Visual Solutions booth No.
409, September 5-7 at CEDIA in Indianapolis. For more information call
866-359-2656, or contact Visual Solutions Distributing at 877-367-4449.
Scott Dorsey
>I find some of the logic a bit flawed, at least as far as my take on a
>home theatre system goes. What he's saying is that his rear projection
>system will all you to enjoy your theatre setup while the kids are
>running and screaming through the room, playing their ghetto blasters,
>and all sorts of other activities are happening. Well that' ain't my idea
>of fun. If that was a good idea then the theatres ought to move the video
>games and concessions into the auditoriums so the little munchkins can
>drop their quarters while mom and dad catch a good Jennifer Lopez flick.
When I was a kid, all the railroad stations in the Phillipines used to
have little rear projection theatres, single 16mm projector with a
four foot screen or so. You could go in for a few pennies and watch
terrible Filipino movies while waiting for the train.
And yes, they were filled with screaming kids with transistor radios,
but I assume these are optional.
>No, the real fun of having a home theatre is seeing the start of the
>movie wiggle across the curtains as they open, which doesn't happen when
>you've got those mirrors behind the screen. And rear projection prevents
>you from playing drive-in where you do shadow puppets on the screen or
>give everyone the finger. Where is the sense of showmanship these days?
No reason you can't have curtains with a rear-projection system. And
the lack of shadow puppets (usually produced by those kids with the
transistor radios (see above) would seem to be an advantage. Laser
pointers will also be less effective which is a point in the system's favor.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Lincoln Spector
concealed behind the wall offers the homeowner greater flexibility in family
space, like a conventional rear projection system.
What I wonder is how deep the spaces between your walls have to be. Or do
you save space in the theater by sacrificing it in the next room. (For some
reason, this reminds me of the old Don Martin cartoon showing the back of
Mt. Rushmore, with the bodies of the four presidents, down on their hands
and knees, sticking their heads into the rock.)
And is there a good Jennifer Lopez flick?
Lincoln
"Martin Hart" <martinB...@widescreenBLOCKmuseum.com> wrote in message
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> I find some of the logic a bit flawed, at least as far as my take on a
> home theatre system goes. What he's saying is that his rear projection
> system will all you to enjoy your theatre setup while the kids are
> running and screaming through the room, playing their ghetto blasters,
> and all sorts of other activities are happening. Well that' ain't my idea
> of fun. If that was a good idea then the theatres ought to move the video
> games and concessions into the auditoriums so the little munchkins can
> drop their quarters while mom and dad catch a good Jennifer Lopez flick.
>
> No, the real fun of having a home theatre is seeing the start of the
> movie wiggle across the curtains as they open, which doesn't happen when
> you've got those mirrors behind the screen. And rear projection prevents
> you from playing drive-in where you do shadow puppets on the screen or
> give everyone the finger. Where is the sense of showmanship these days?
>
> Marty
>
>
> In article <Yct3b.8872$LT2....@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>,
> Notr...@myemailaddress.com says...
Harry Chickpea
>He points out that to have a large projection
>system and its noise concealed behind the wall offers the homeowner greater
>flexibility in family activities.
Hee hee. Yeah, right, the noise will be reduced with the projection system
behind the screen. Maybe it would with a lead glass screen, but that would be
television. All those noisy electrons have to be quieted somehow. Ain't it
curious how in a good movie theatre ya don't hear the projector in the
auditorium?
When will people promoting products stop insulting the intelligence of grade
school dropouts? I picked up an 3 ounce air filter in the grocery store today
that touted that it contained baking soda and would absorb odors for up to 90
days. Mel Brooks would have loved that on the set of one of his movies.
Scott Norwood
In article <3f4e95d...@News.CIS.DFN.DE>,
Harry Chickpea <hchickpe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Lincoln Spector" <Notr...@myemailaddress.com> wrote:
>
>>He points out that to have a large projection
>>system and its noise concealed behind the wall offers the homeowner greater
>>flexibility in family activities.
>
>
>Hee hee. Yeah, right, the noise will be reduced with the projection system
>behind the screen. Maybe it would with a lead glass screen, but that would be
>television. All those noisy electrons have to be quieted somehow. Ain't it
>curious how in a good movie theatre ya don't hear the projector in the
>auditorium?
Never mind that with rear projection there's no place behind the
screen to put the loudspeakers, so sound quality suffers as well.
The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. has an interesting 35mm
rear-projection setup: the projectors are parallel to the screen
and face each other, and there is a pair of 45-degree front-surface
mirrors between them. Several feet in front of that is a wall-size
port window for sound isolation. Picture quality is decent, but
brightness drops off significantly for off-axis seats. They used to
have a screen with a nasty horizontal seam about 1/4 of the way up
from the bottom; the new screen is somewhat better.
--
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Lincoln Spector
> rear-projection setup: the projectors are parallel to the screen
> and face each other, and there is a pair of 45-degree front-surface
> mirrors between them. Several feet in front of that is a wall-size
> port window for sound isolation. Picture quality is decent, but
> brightness drops off significantly for off-axis seats. They used to
> have a screen with a nasty horizontal seam about 1/4 of the way up
> from the bottom; the new screen is somewhat better.
projection. I think it was called the Richelieu (this was back in the 70's).
It was okay. If I recall correctly, it only projected Academy Ratio.
Lincoln
Morgan Montague
"Lincoln Spector" <Notr...@myemailaddress.com> wrote in message
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Richelieu was rear projection but I did see "scope" there.
Morgan