New School VS. Old School

[GooeyGus]

Gas lasers are a work of art.

SOO true


I'm a younger guy (23), but in my opinion NOTHING beats a nice ol' gasser.

EDIT:

I feel like this thread needs more gas laser porn...

[drlava]

Prettier they may be, but cooler they certainly aren't, at least in the literal sense. 0.5% efficiency? In any other electrical device I'd call that "failed under test".

-J.,
aware that them's fightin' werdz

Oh, they are 99.5% efficient space and water heaters.. the waste light output the engineers just couldn't eliminate and so decided to call it a 'cool new feature' instead of a bug on the new tubular heater design.






:/

[sugeek]

Oh, they are 99.5% efficient space and water heaters.. the waste light output the engineers just couldn't eliminate and so decided to call it a 'cool new feature' instead of a bug on the new tubular heater design.

:/

You forgot to say STERILIZED water, something has to be clean at a show! I know I have filled up water bottles with ion laser waste water (who said anything about a chiller?). There is UV in that argon-ion tube!

-Adam

[GooeyGus]

Haha... I actually had to flow my tube backwards to get a couple dead bugs out of the water jacket right where it pinches down into the magnet. I guess the psu sat a little TOO long

[heroic]

Are you saying that DPSSes aren't beautiful in their own way? You just need the eyes to see it, and by that I mean ones sensitive to infra-red:

[White-Light]

Wow Gooey you even wash by laser:




A 4 cycle, 3 temperature laser, now that is impressive.

[Laser Zone]

SOO true


I'm a younger guy (23), but in my opinion NOTHING beats a nice ol' gasser.

EDIT:

I feel like this thread needs more gas laser porn...

Dam-it , Im getting an HGM 5, they are so nice !!!! Have you done any modification to it ? How are you controlling the power supply?

[buffo]

How many professional laserist are here in this forum.. Current active professionals in the industry.. raise your hand.

Most of them are too busy working on shows to do anything more than poke their heads in here once in a while. But they are out there. Clandestiny supports himself full time doing shows. Robert Mudryk does the same. Neither one posts here on anything close to a regular basis.

On the other hand, Johnathan, Dreambeamz, Have-Unlocked, Laser-Wizardry, and GottaLuvlasers are all doing professional shows on at least a part-time basis. And, understandably, they have more time to post here.

But just because they don't reply to every thread doesn't mean they're not listening. Remember that survey thread that Zoof started a while back - the one about which controller you were using? He only got 50 replies, yet we have over 10 times that many members. Post count isn't everything you know.

Im not sure why everyone is always talking about going big and going pro.

The ones that say "go big or go home", whether they are pros or just hobbyists, are simply recognizing that there is a distinct difference between a show in your basement and one for money. The laser show market has been hurt over the last 5 to 8 years or so by the explosion of cheap lasers. Smaller clubs and venues have booked laser shows run by would-be-hobbyists that do not have variances or insurance for their equipment. They also do not have any back-up equipment, nor do they have enough power to overcome the ambient lighting in the venue.

Sure, they bid the show for 1/4th the cost of a professional company, but the result is a lame laser show (or no show at all if something breaks). Some of these shows were also unsafe. It only took a couple years of this to seriously harm the market. Go talk to a professional laserist in your area and ask him how much he would charge for a single projector, 1 watt RGB show, and then ask him if any nightclubs in the area would pay that kind of money for a laser show.

Adam

[keeperx]

OMG Adam that was posted a full page ago, and the conversation has moved on, do you really spend all day looking for my posts waiting to disagree?? would you like me to point out where that is the case?? get involved with the conversation and stop riding my nuts...

[buffo]

get involved with the conversation and stop riding my nuts...

Pot.Kettle.Black

I worked a 16 hour shift yesterday and didn't get a chance to log in last night to catch up. I respond when I can. You asked a question - one that went unanswered. I answered it.

What's the matter? Can't stand all the attention?

Adam