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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
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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.

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schnapsman@feddit.de
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Sure but a headline like ‘sensible regulation affects almost no one’ wouldn’t get the clicks

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BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip
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I’d click it for the lols

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taladar@feddit.de
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affects almost no one

https://xkcd.com/1172/

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notepass@feddit.de
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And it is only a few hundred bucks to replace one!

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