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		taffer on Sept 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eidophor I wonder what the advantages / disadvantages were compared to CRT projectors that came out in the 1950s.

mannykannot on Sept 21, 2019 [–]

From the article: the Eidophor was 80 times brighter than CRT projectors of the time.

Presumably because it was a modulator of an independent light source, rather than the source itself.

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