End of an era for home theater fans – new EU regulations spell lights out for lamp-based projectors (www.techradar.com)

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[-] throw4w4y5@sh.itjust.works 66 points 8 months ago

fortunately this only affects mercury based lamps which no one in their right mind wants to deal with when they blow anyway. laser, led and xenon/halide projectors are unaffected and have been on the market for ten years.

[-] schnapsman@feddit.de 76 points 8 months ago

Sure but a headline like 'sensible regulation affects almost no one' wouldn't get the clicks

[-] BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago

I'd click it for the lols

[-] taladar@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

affects almost no one

https://xkcd.com/1172/

[-] NoLifeKing@ani.social 7 points 8 months ago

Most projectors nowadays use LED or laser lights not mercury bulbs. Efficiency alone is a big thing but these mercury bulbs are absolutely horrible to deal with in general. Idk why they haven't been illegal before.

[-] notepass@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

And it is only a few hundred bucks to replace one!

[-] NoLifeKing@ani.social 3 points 8 months ago

Oh yes! And a few more to get rid of the broken one!

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