Dialogue Box 4: Projecting projector costs

Summary: Inside a modern projector, you can find the latest million-mirror nanotechnology — and a light bulb. Guess which costs more

By Rupert Goodwins and Charles McLellan | June 15, 2007 -- 14:54 GMT (07:54 PDT)

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Projectors are getting cheaper and better. But they're also getting noisier and hotter — and the special magic that makes the lamps cost so much still hasn't gone away. Dialogue Box looks at what's inside, and whether it's really worth it.

Topic: After Hours

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That was very illuminating.

Sorry.

86140

18 June, 2007 08:20

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Where is the Axis of Awesome?

Are we not running with the axis of awesome.

Urban Badger

18 June, 2007 08:31

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Light it up...

Hello guys,
I enjoyed the episode; I can say that I

iamtechlaw

21 June, 2007 23:37

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Beer

Beer? Now that's a good idea! Check out episode 5 and you should see an improvement in the relaxation factor. That could be related to the fact that the script, such as it was, pretty much went out of the window. Now for the beer...