Review: Reke 500RGB (laserius projectorus-cheapus)

ShortyInCanada · Dec 6, 2011

Hey Doc.
Post a new thread for the ILDA interface when you figure it out would you ?
Or maybe a group buy ?
All of us with the same thing going on...

I am going to have to data mine this thread for refund info to post with DD.
:scowl:

Guyfromhe · Dec 6, 2011

Doctorbass said:
BTW.. guess what... the 500RGB SKU:A0879000JL is now specified with 5K scanners.. when i bought the 500RGB SKU:A0879000JL it was specified 10K:thinking:

RRRRrrrr

Doc

the 500 RGB was always listed as 5k on the DD site. Reke says it's 10k. And it's definitely faster than 5.

ShortyInCanada said:
Hey Doc.
Post a new thread for the ILDA interface when you figure it out would you ?
Or maybe a group buy ?
All of us with the same thing going on...

I am going to have to data mine this thread for refund info to post with DD.
:scowl:

You could get any show card off eBay if you want a proper ILDA port.. I believe you should be able to jump the laser drivers and galvos directly into your DAC and it should work as well.

addictive · Dec 14, 2011

I just ordered one, since they have a 71% discount now? Payed 240 euro including shipping to the netherlands (320 dollar)

Guyfromhe · Dec 14, 2011

addictive said:
I just ordered one, since they have a 71% discount now? Payed 240 euro including shipping to the netherlands (320 dollar)

Those discount numbers are all BS. Anyway enjoy the projector.

addictive · Dec 14, 2011

Guyfromhe said:
Those discount numbers are all BS. Anyway enjoy the projector.

I was in doubt about those, haha. But still a good price to get a cheap RGB projector to experiment with beamshows.

Cant wait for it to arrive!
Now I just need a cheap DMX controller

Guyfromhe · Dec 14, 2011

addictive said:
I was in doubt about those, haha. But still a good price to get a cheap RGB projector to experiment with beamshows.

Cant wait for it to arrive!
Now I just need a cheap DMX controller

it's a good laser for the price.

You can get an open DMX controller for like $60 + shipping. I have the GUS electronics DMX controller at home and the FB3 ILDA controller.

addictive · Dec 14, 2011

Guyfromhe said:
it's a good laser for the price.

You can get an open DMX controller for like $60 + shipping. I have the GUS electronics DMX controller at home and the FB3 ILDA controller.

Sounds good! Though Im using a Macbook, so should find one that works on Mac, or buy a seperate controller.

Doctorbass · Dec 15, 2011

I bought a DMX controller and then recently bought the little Ishow ILDA controller.

I know people say ishow is a crap.. but i paid it 85$ shipped from a new ebay seller and i'm really satisfied.. I played with it yesyerday and the ILDA file database is really impressive! ( include few show of 20Mb and more) and it worth it just for these ILDA files so... while waiting to get a better dac and controller it's good for me.. at least to begin in ILDA drawing ...

The USB-DMX controller is also cool.. i paid it 50$ with freestyler, but you get bored after few hours of playing with always the same included pictures and animations of the RGB-500... It just let you to control the actual animations so...

I copied alot of the ILDA file FTP database of the Photolexicon forum and it's really cool stuff.

Now what i regret is to have bought two cheap 260$ projectors instead of one better like 30K galvo and 1W or so....

but i'll take best parth of those and make one better. and might change the galvo for some 30 or 40K..

I still really like my Reke RGB-500... but the Ruby L-85 ( 500RGB) i also have is pretty cool with the faster galvo ( 20K) and the more powerfull lasers and 635nm red appear more intense than the 650 or 660 of the reke 500rgb

Doc

Guyfromhe · Dec 15, 2011

Doctorbass said:
I bought a DMX controller and then recently bought the little Ishow ILDA controller.

I know people say ishow is a crap.. but i paid it 85$ shipped from a new ebay seller and i'm really satisfied.. I played with it yesyerday and the ILDA file database is really impressive! ( include few show of 20Mb and more) and it worth it just for these ILDA files so... while waiting to get a better dac and controller it's good for me.. at least to begin in ILDA drawing ...

The USB-DMX controller is also cool.. i paid it 50$ with freestyler, but you get bored after few hours of playing with always the same included pictures and animations of the RGB-500... It just let you to control the actual animations so...

I copied alot of the ILDA file FTP database of the Photolexicon forum and it's really cool stuff.

Now what i regret is to have bought two cheap 260$ projectors instead of one better like 30K galvo and 1W or so....

but i'll take best parth of those and make one better. and might change the galvo for some 30 or 40K..

I still really like my Reke RGB-500... but the Ruby L-85 ( 500RGB) i also have is pretty cool with the faster galvo ( 20K) and the more powerfull lasers and 635nm red appear more intense than the 650 or 660 of the reke 500rgb

Doc

Sounds good, I did the same thing... I started with DMX and moved to ILDA.

I heard some bad things about iShows stuff but yeah it works for the most part.. Apparently it's supposed to preform better with Spaghetti but don't hold me to that.

I don't think you could have got a single really good projector for $600 shipped though... To get good quality stuff you need to drop like $1000 or more on a unit. I am sure there are some cheap Chinese units that are a little better for that price range but probably wouldn't preform to your expectations. I know people who have bought $600 PJs and got not a lot more than the Reke.. Maybe you can connect your iShow DAC direftly to your Ruby projector with the 20k galvos.. Though I have heard from a 20k GB that they still don't cut it for graphics...

You could always make your own case and use the Reke show card and optics with the lasers and galvos from the Ruby....

Hemlock_Mike · Dec 20, 2011

DUMB QUESTION ----
I have a REKE 500RGB projo --- nice machine

BUT -- Until I finish my ILDA driver, is there a chip which will give better sound driven scans? What's in there is a bit hokey...............

HMike

Guyfromhe · Dec 20, 2011

Hemlock_Mike said:
DUMB QUESTION ----
I have a REKE 500RGB projo --- nice machine

BUT -- Until I finish my ILDA driver, is there a chip which will give better sound driven scans? What's in there is a bit hokey...............

HMike

A sound card with an amp is your best shot....I don't think a sound card on it's own will really give enough output to drive the galvos decently.

Bionic-Badger · Dec 20, 2011

Hemlock_Mike said:
DUMB QUESTION ----
I have a REKE 500RGB projo --- nice machine

BUT -- Until I finish my ILDA driver, is there a chip which will give better sound driven scans? What's in there is a bit hokey...............

As I don't own one of those, do you mean where it is more sensitive to audio, or just that the patterns look idiotic like the ones my now-in-pieces Reke Mini-10RGB used to produce?

If the former, you could amplify the audio with an op-amp.

Hemlock_Mike · Dec 22, 2011

BB ----
Audio drive isn't a problem. The "chip" has the worst scan library
that I can imagine. My Lanling is nice with music input but
This Reke chip is hoooohummmm yuppie .....

HMike

Bionic-Badger · Dec 22, 2011

Yeah, that's why I had absolutely no qualms about taking apart that projector. Even if the projector had perfect galvos I would never want to use any of those ridiculous scribbles. Better in parts than watching that crap.

Xer0 · Jan 12, 2012

Could someone make me some ILDA-Testframe Shots, please?
I need to sell my unit at fleebay which works better with "moar pix"
But AudioDAC still b0rked and no idea how to repair it...

Guyfromhe · Jan 12, 2012

Xer0 said:
Could someone make me some ILDA-Testframe Shots, please?
I need to sell my unit at fleebay which works better with "moar pix"
But AudioDAC still b0rked and no idea how to repair it...

I don't think I can really get a proper ILDA test frame pic... The scanners are too slow...

I think if you take some pics of the built in stuff that's more what people want... People who are buying $200 projectors don't care about ILDA test frames, they care about "oooh shiny".

You can even embed a few of my videos if you want.

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