Do you have the standard Strong "high reactance" rectifiers, or the new switchers? The switchers are really cool because you don't have to mess with taps or diodes, but they can be unreliable. So if you have switchers, make sure you have at least one spare.

My last theatre (the 1999-built Regal I mentioned above) had swichters, and within a year of opening, 3 of them went bad. I've heard of cases where 3 went bad in a week! That's about the only bad thing I can think of about them.

To be honest, I've never changed diodes. First of all, my first theatre had switchers, so it wasn't an issue. But I worked a lot with my tech at other theatres, so you would think I would learn, right? But he didn't want any of the operators touching the diodes or taps in case they screwed something up. To be honest, I can't say that I blame him. That's where the switchers come in handy.

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Yeah here's an impression, they are obviously a joke of a company. JC comes on here inquiring to everyone's experience on how to make a theater open smoother and run better, and from the sound of it, he was probably threatened to remove all postings (which he has been doing all over the forums tonight)...or lose his job. Heaven forbid JC care enough about his job to go that extra mile by asking questions and learning from others here. Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.

I can see the conversation now:

UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"Oh my! Look at this everyone! There is a website online and one of our evil employees has posted, using our world-recognized MegaStar Cinemas name!"

OTHER UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL ALSO TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"Oh no! Do you know what this means?"

UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"No, of course not. I'm just an uptight corporate person who is trying to find a use for myself."

OTHER UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL ALSO TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"This means that everyone in the world will read this and think that MegaStar Cinemas' personnel do not know how to properly open up a theater!"

UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"Are you sure about that? Don't you think that people will realize that this JC problem of ours is just trying to make our opening even better and that he is trying to do film right?"

OTHER UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL ALSO TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"Do film right! What the hell is that? And no, everyone will think that we do not hire competent people and this must be stopped! Call JC into the office right now!"

*A short while later*

OTHER UPTIGHT CORPORATE PERSONNEL ALSO TRYING TO FIND A USE FOR HIMSELF
"JC, you are a bad, bad person. Shame on you for making MegaStar Cinemas look like fools! I am going to fire you if you do not rid that evil website of all MegaStar Cinemas comments and qustions!"

JC COWLES
"Yes Sir. I should be shot."

I'll bet 90% of the members here can honestly see that conversation happening. At least the rest of the members and lurkers here now know to stay away from MegaStar Cinemas, or is that Area 51?

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I wonder what kind of secret information Megastar is afraid that JC will pass on to the rest of us? How dare we know what kind of equipment is in their booths! If something were to go wrong, we might actually be able to help them FREE OF CHARGE!!!! Megastar can't have any of that. My guess is that Megastar's lawyers are not only very inexperienced and completely unfamiliar with the industry, but that they are also very very greedy. If this was not the result of the company lawyers then obviously the corporate people need to research the industry a little more before stepping in. Some people here have been in the industry probably before you were born. It's OK. We're all friendly. There is no information provided by members of this forum that can make a negative impact in your profits if possessed by your competitors (or anyone else).

Oh well. We will now be watching Megastar to become the ultimate theater chain, better than every other that has ever existed, since they know something we don't. I'm holding them to that. Just remember people, this is the theater industry, not the CIA. Everything will be OK. I promise.

1. Daddy's little boy wanted to do something with daddy's money and so daddy made him a little cinema company of his very own to play with and employ dickhead directors to run it.

or...

2. Dame Edna Everage has gone completely off the rails.

I go for number one.

JC, when you leave that short-sighted 'company' make sure you come back and flame the crap out of them.

Morons...

MegaStar should change thier name to Cinema Nazi..... "You write anything in Film-Tech again... NO MOVIES FOR YOU"

Rant Over it is time, Oh wait I am at work right now can't do that just yet. Oh well.

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My guess would be that their next step will be to annex, the State of Minnesota from the U.S.A.

Shame, Shame.

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