I’m going to join this thread because the negativity and arguing over nonsense is killing me in the big thread.

Has anyone seen the projector working in real life? I am already in on an LE, so I am just going to trust it will be awesome, but I can’t help but wonder about this one since it is so different. I picture ball shadows making me crazy unless they illuminate the drops and ramps from behind.

Not a direct comparison, but they did a nice amount of coding on the BKSoR upper playfield.

It is hard to say sight unseen but I have to imagine the projector works in a fairly well lit space. If not, a lot of operators who like to run higher end games (like myself) are going to push back on distributors and Stern for false marketing.

My guess is that it looks horrible in photos and videos. Projectors typically do as they flicker as opposed to something like a modern TV which has more static pixels with always on colors. (Not all modern TVs)

I guess we will all see in a month or so, but I’m going to join the “I think it could be cool” side even though I certainly have my doubts.

As a buyer of used games...the box wouldn't help my decision at all. (if that is what you are thinking) Obviously I am just one person, but in general they are sturdy games built to be moved. You don't need a box if you have moving blankets.

I would also be interested in it moving slower or only coming alive during specific events.

This is in line with what I expected. I am glad these pictures were posted.

I’ll say it again, there is no need for Stern to take a chance on something they know looks like shit. It must be interesting in some way, or something they believe has potential reuse.

I can’t get a feel for this projector. It looks great in some pictures and horrible in others. I hope in real life it looks good.

Funny, I dropped the other thread and joined this one to avoid all of the infighting and bitching.

(In reference to the two pages of UV debate)

When is someone going to create a perfect set of improved screen material so that I don’t have to do any work?

Sounds like you have yourself a budding mod business .

Awesome. I think the gold standard would be some sort of upgrade which tightly adheres over top of the stock material but is removable. It is hard to say without trying it myself, but that seems ideal. I would think it could go over the top of the ramps as well, but who knows.

Does anyone have instructions for removing TK ramp? I need to get into the back for some rubber replacement and I can’t figure out how to easily get that ramp out.

That was the trick, Ty!

I need a little help with this one. Everything was working fine but all of a sudden I’ve started to get this “overcurrent protection” issue on Node Board 8. Is this a short? Can someone help me parse “bottom GI-VIO(x9)”?

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I haven’t cut any cables. There was a wood screw in the bottom of the cabinet. Idk where that came from just yet. I’ll pull out all of the bulbs and check them. Maybe I can meter the chain and find the short?

Ok, I’ve investigated all of the Violet lights and I don’t see any shorts. I highly doubt it is inside of a light right? Unfortunately I have friends coming over so I can’t rip it apart and do a full test but I’ll look into tracing the lines tomorrow. So far this game is the biggest pain in the ass for me!

Thank you. Any risk of playing it with the short? I assume the board is handling it correctly?

If I remove the impacted bulb will the others come back up?

Thanks, this was really helpful. I found it and it ended up being a bad socket. I didn’t see anything obvious with the socket, but a continuity test proved that something is off. I have some new ones on the way.

I ended up just removing the plastic and moving the scanner, but I found out shortly afterwards that it makes contact with the UV board and it ended up shorting out when I placed the playfield down into play position. I fixed it with some electrical tape, but it feels like a sloppy solution.

I was lucky with all three, the TK lock and the demogorgon vibration/shot all worked perfectly with no adjustments.

Huh? There is an auto focus? What do you mean by “pens”.

What the hell are those images on your ramps…on mine all I see is faded Xmas lights? Am I supposed to see something more?

I put electrical tape as mentioned earlier. Slightly annoying :/.

How fucked am I? I realized after ripping this shit off that I probably needed to keep the middle “credit card” like plastic that the screen was stuck to in order to hide the rivets. Everything is now a huge mess and I don’t know what to do .

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You were right. I ended up cleaning everything and 3D printing a spacer. Everything came out great and I think this is absolutely a must have mod. I cannot believe how much better the screen looks!

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